Troy Jackson files paperwork to explore replacing Graham Platner  —  The Bangor Daily News was the first to report this story.  What you're reading here would likely not be made public without the efforts of professional journalists asking questions, interviewing sources and obtaining documents.

Democrats scramble as Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner faces sexual assault allegation  —  With Democrats across the U.S. abandoning their support of Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner following an allegation of sexual assault, party leaders found themselves Tuesday scrambling …

Abandoned by Allies, Platner Faces Pressure to End Senate Campaign  —  After Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine, was accused of rape, much of the party and several key supporters turned against him.  —  A month after he captured the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine …

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.

Midtown Manhattan buildings evacuated after columns found buckling at high-rise construction site  —  The high-rise at East 42nd Street and Second Avenue is a 1970s-era office building being converted into luxury apartments.  —  MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (WABC) — Columns buckled …

Senate GOP leaders say they've spoken with Mitch McConnell  —  Spokespeople for Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Majority Whip John Barrasso said the two leaders spoke this week with Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized since June 14.  Disclosure of the calls …