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8:45 AM ET, July 7, 2026

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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 …
Benjamin Kail / Bangor Daily News:
Graham Platner postpones multiple events this week  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has postponed a string of events Sunday and Monday as rumors circulate among Maine Democrats and over social media …
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 …
New York Times:
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Platner Reassesses Maine Senate Bid, Denies Sexual-Assault Allegation
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Maine's Democratic Party leadership calls on Platner to drop out following POLITICO report
Torrie Herrington / NOTUS:
Top Democratic Leaders Call for Platner to Withdraw from Senate Race
Andrew Howard / Politico:   Platner says he is ‘taking the time to reflect’ on his candidacy
The Ringer:
The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men's World Cup Ever … What fools we were, in retrospect.  What children!  We let ourselves be seduced by the almost unbelievably good vibes of this World Cup—this astonishing World Cup, easily the best since the last one—and we lost sight of the fact …
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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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump and the Fifa debacle  —  The US president is the first leader since Benito Mussolini in 1934 to intervene publicly in his team's favour  —  Call it the anti-Midas touch.  Donald Trump loves gold.  Yet so much of what he handles, from reflecting pools to US alliances, seems to turn into something else.
ESPN:
President Donald Trump confirms he asked FIFA to review Balogun red card
The Athletic:
Trump's call to Infantino and plot to ‘free’ Balogun that sparked a huge World Cup controversy
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: The Contrarian and Bloomberg
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. says
Discussion: Straight Arrow and Reuters
Axios:
Trump's Iran grudge hangs over NATO summit  —  President Trump arrives at Tuesday's NATO summit in Ankara still furious at the allies who refused to help him fight Iran — and determined to make sure they know it. … - Some allies' refusal to open air bases for U.S. strikes on Iran …
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Politico:
‘Trump management’: Everyone else has a plan to keep NATO summit on the rails
New York Times:
Trump's Intervention in Balogun's World Cup Suspension Adds to Conflict With Europe
New York Times:
In NATO's Next Act, Can Europe Play the Leading Role?
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 …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The History at the Smithsonian That the White House Finds Unpatriotic … A model of the Statue of Liberty made by immigrant farmworkers on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington.  Lawren Simmons for The New York Times  —  While the nation's 250th birthday may have passed …
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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Ideological Fight With the Smithsonian
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Why Democratic Socialists are suddenly winning everywhere  —  It's not because of ideology … Democratic Socialists are on a roll.  In New York's June 23 primaries, candidates allied with the Democratic Socialists of America won in 9 of 10 races the organization fielded a candidate in …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society  —  Joe Gebbia, the U.S. Chief Design Officer appointed by Trump to lead the new National Design Studio boosted anti-immigrant claims by the John Birch Society.  The guy whose entire job is branding the US government aligned himself …
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: The Hill, Blaze Media and twitchy.com
Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Top Senate Democrats push Trump-affiliated companies for answers about IRS settlement  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Top Senate Democrats are pushing for answers on whether a provision in a controversial settlement agreement between President Trump and his own administration applies …
 
 
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