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Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex — The campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine called the allegation “categorically false and politically motivated.” — Summary — An ex-girlfriend of embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner told …
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Accused rapist Graham Platner lists demands to Dems as he weighs dropping out of Maine Senate race — WASHINGTON — Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner appears to be holding the Democratic Party hostage — refusing to drop out after he was accused of rape unless he gets to approve …
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Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
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.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Graham Platner is a bad dude — and data shows he's a bad candidate, too — I try not to traffic in takes that can come off as moralism or scolding, but unfortunately, the news out this week about Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, is simply disgusting.
Associated Press:
Democrats scramble as Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner faces sexual assault allegation
Democrats scramble as Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner faces sexual assault allegation
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Politico:
Graham Platner cancels fundraisers, pulls down ads as he mulls campaign future
Graham Platner cancels fundraisers, pulls down ads as he mulls campaign future
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Melanie Mason / Politico:
The cost of Khanna's Platner alliance
The cost of Khanna's Platner alliance
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Zach Despart / ProPublica:
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. — Two weeks before this year's primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud.
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Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on “illegal voting.” He may have violated Texas election law. — The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
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New York Times:
Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse — The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences. Officials inspecting it found support columns were buckling, and upper floors were sagging.
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abc7NY:
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 …
CNBC:
Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe … President Donald Trump on Tuesday resurrected his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, and suggested the U.S. could pull all of its armed services members out of Europe in response to the continent's continued pushback on the issue.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Justice Department Threatens Top Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting — The letters come amid President Trump's effort to tighten election rules to prevent a problem that doesn't exist: widespread noncitizen voting. — The Justice Department sent letters to at least 10 states …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ threatens election officials with criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting
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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
DOJ says it will send election monitors to 3 Michigan cities
DOJ says it will send election monitors to 3 Michigan cities
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Bloomberg:
US Strikes Iran and Blocks Oil Sales in New Threats to Ceasefire — The US launched fresh airstrikes on Iran and revoked a waiver that allowed it to sell oil globally, further imperiling a peace agreement after a spate of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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New York Times:
Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal — The university has been in talks to resolve investigations into its admissions practices. The law school's dean and some faculty have argued a deal could compromise its independence. — The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty …
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge rejects Justice Department attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County — The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
The World Cup Stood as a Break From U.S. Politics. Then Trump Got Involved. — The president's call to the head of FIFA underscores that he has yet to find an area of American, or even global, life where he is unwilling to assert himself. — For nearly a month, President Trump had stayed away …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Loves Trump's World Cup Meddling—Until We Lose
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republican Leaders Say They've Spoken With McConnell Since Hospitalization — The top two G.O.P. senators each said they had lengthy phone conversations with Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized for three weeks, as questions mount about his condition.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate GOP leaders say they've spoken with Mitch McConnell
Senate GOP leaders say they've spoken with Mitch McConnell
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
U.S. gave Tehran details on Iranian asylum seekers, lawsuit alleges — The claim, outlined in court papers, contends information shared with Iran could jeopardize the lives of pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities and LGBTQ people. — Summary — A lawsuit filed Tuesday …
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Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Lawsuit says US illegally shared confidential information on Iranian asylum seekers with Iran
Lawsuit says US illegally shared confidential information on Iranian asylum seekers with Iran
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It — After the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major defeat by upholding birthright citizenship last month, an angry Trump took to Truth Social to urge Republican lawmakers to overturn it with legislation.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ICE Takes on New Role in Suppressing Online Dissent — ‘Warning Notice’ — This story has been percolating in local media since last month — credit to Syracuse.com, which appears to be the lead dog on this story — but the totality of it just hit the national radar over the last 24 hours or so.
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Deborah Cole / The Guardian:
Hungarian public media outlets halt broadcasting in post-Orbán shake-up — Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission — Hungarian public media outlets close to Viktor Orbán have suspended broadcasting …
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Associated Press:
Le Pen says she'll run for French presidency next year despite court-ordered monitor — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.
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Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Emil Bove's Trump iPhone Wallpaper Might Be the Most Deranged Thing About Him — Shortly after taking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump elevated Emil Bove, a member of his small army of criminal defense attorneys, to a high-profile position at the Department of Justice.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Ally Michael Flynn Reached a Second Settlement With DOJ — The US Justice Department settled a second lawsuit against the government brought by Michael Flynn, agreeing to pay the conservative activist and ally of President Donald Trump to resolve his claim that the US Army wrongly …
Jeffrey Schweers / Sun-Sentinel:
Federal court strikes down Florida's Stop WOKE Act in higher ed — A federal appeals court ion Tuesday struck down parts of Florida's Stop WOKE Act, calling it a “breathtaking assertion of power” that unconstitutionally censors what state university and college professors can discuss …
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Reuters:
ICE agent fatally shoots Mexican motorist in Texas during vehicle stop, agency says — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist in Houston on Tuesday during an attempt by officers to stop the man's vehicle, according to an ICE statement.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum arrested on drug charges — Andrew Gillum, who was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Florida governor's race, was arrested last week on drug-related offenses, according to jail records. — Officers from the Daphne Police Department …
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Claims He's No. 1 on TikTok. His Own Graphic Tells a Different Story. — A closer look at the numbers Trump shared — President Donald Trump claimed he is “No. 1 on TikTok” and said Taylor Swift ranked 11th, pointing to “numbers that just came out.”
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
More Than 1,200 Former DOJ Officials Urge Senate to Reject Todd Blanche — More than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees have signed a letter urging the Senate to reject acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to permanently lead the department, arguing that his leadership …
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