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Politico:
Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her  —  A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster  —  Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine.  If he hasn't, he needs to, immediately.  —  His campaign, which started with such excitement and inspired so many people in Maine, has become a shameful catastrophe.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Who Might Replace Platner if He Drops Out?  Here's What Could Happen.  —  Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week.  If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.  —  Graham Platner can be replaced …
Politico:
Democrats have abandoned Graham Platner … GORHAM, Maine — The dam has broken on Graham Platner's candidacy.  —  Democratic leaders in Maine and Washington, along with a growing pack of Platner's close supporters, abandoned his Senate campaign on Monday after POLITICO reported that a woman …
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Platner's campaign has been dogged by controversy from the beginning.  —  After a woman accused Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, of rape, he denied the allegation but said he was taking time to “reflect” on his path forward.  —  Here's the latest.
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Maine's Democratic Party leadership calls on Platner to drop out following POLITICO report  —  The leaders of Maine's Democratic Party are calling on Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race, after POLITICO reported Monday that a woman who he dated said he forced her to have sex with him.
Torrie Herrington / NOTUS:
Top Democratic Leaders Call for Platner to Withdraw from Senate Race  —  The Maine Democratic Party's leaders said Monday that Senate candidate Graham Platner should withdraw from the race and several of his once-vocal supporters withdrew their endorsements following a report about sexual assault allegations.
Washington Post:
Top Democrats pull Graham Platner endorsements, call on him to end Maine Senate campaign
Wall Street Journal:
Platner Reassesses Maine Senate Bid, Denies Sexual-Assault Allegation
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Platner says he is ‘taking the time to reflect’ on his candidacy
Discussion: Breitbart
Bloomberg:
Platner Urged to Drop Maine Senate Bid After Assault Allegations
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Joy of the World Cup Just Collided With Trump  —  This year's World Cup has been unusually thrilling on the field, even by the tournament's high standards for drama, and has largely gone off without a hitch, despite prior concerns about stadium travel logistics for fans and whether the obscenely expensive matches would sell out.
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ESPN:
President Donald Trump confirms he asked FIFA to review Balogun red card
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
FIFA Is a Cautionary Tale for Trump
Discussion: Al Jazeera
The Athletic:
Trump's call to Infantino and plot to ‘free’ Balogun that sparked a huge World Cup controversy
Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
Belgian federation to challenge FIFA's decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump threatens America's World Cup goodwill with one phone call
Dave Zirin / The Nation:
Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell's Office Won't Confirm If He's Conscious  —  A spokesperson for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would not say Monday whether he is conscious in the hospital, where he's been since June 14 after someone at his house was reportedly found unconscious and received CPR for cardiac arrest.
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Ben Binday / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about Sen. Mitch McConnell's health  —  McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks, and his office still will not say what sent the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican there.  —  Summary  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks …
Wall Street Journal:
IRGC Fires Missiles at Ships in Strait of Hormuz  —  Attacks could complicate negotiations to end U.S. war with Iran  —  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles at two commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. official …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. says
Discussion: Reuters
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE  —  Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations tried to track down Rochester resident David Streever last month and give him a warning notice alleging that he had potentially violated the law when he wrote …
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Maddy Varner / Wired:   ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him  —  Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’  —  The 162-page report on the National Museum of American History marks an escalation of President Donald Trump's criticism of the Smithsonian museums.  —  Summary  —  A new report from the White House accuses …
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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Ideological Fight With the Smithsonian … President Trump and his allies have criticized what they call “improper ideology” in the Smithsonian's presentation of American history and culture.Lawren Simmons for The New York Times  —  Coming from the leader of almost any other major museum …
Discussion: Raw Story and NOTUS
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Key Health Care Panel Is Again Blocked From Meeting  —  The United States Preventive Services Task Force has been stymied under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  —  For the fourth time, the Trump administration has prevented an important public health panel from meeting as planned.
CNN:
He was Trump's boyhood friend.  Now he's pushing Trump to declare a ‘national emergency’ and seize control of the midterms  —  Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th US elections  —  In Peter Ticktin's world, there always seems to be a conspiracy or cover-up lurking.  —  The 2020 election?
 
 
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