Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) officially announced Tuesday her candidacy for U.S. Senate, aiming to challenge Republican incumbent Susan Collins in the next midterm. At 77, Mills said her experience has equipped her to take on the race. “My life’s work has prepared me for this fight,” she declared in her campaign launch video.
An appellate court in Bogotá, Colombia, has overturned the house arrest of conservative former President Álvaro Uribe, declaring the measure a violation of his presumption of innocence and unsupported by evidence. Uribe, who governed Colombia from 2002 to 2010, is appealing a conviction for bribery and abuse of procedure that many conservatives argue amounts to political persecution.
