SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor, Bill Weld, to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid.
Weld, who served two terms as the Republican governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s, will announce plans Thursday to seek the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nomination, Johnson confirmed in a Wednesday interview with the Associated Press. The pair met privately in Las Vegas over the weekend when Weld agreed to run as Johnson's running mate in the party's upcoming nominating convention and into the general election.
The Little Sisters of the Poor and the other religious organizations challenging the Obamacare contraceptive mandate on religious freedom grounds won an important victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The Court unanimously vacated the lower courts' judgments against them, and remanded the cases for further exploration of the possibilities of sensible compromise that would satisfy their religious objections as well as the government's interest in the provision of free contraceptives.
