4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (109+ words) Graham Platner has not yet officially submitted the paperwork to withdraw from the Senate race, according to a spokesperson for Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows" office," Politico reports. Said a spokesperson: A public declaration is not an official withdrawal,…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (280+ words) Democrats" top Senate super PAC said it was "committed" to defeating GOP Sen. Susan Collins now that Graham Platner has suspended his campaign," Politico reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (132+ words) President Trump flew out of Turkey on Wednesday night on the old Air Force One instead of his new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 as a security precaution related to the resumption of hostilities with Iran," the New York Times reports. The swap…...

5+ hour, 49+ min ago  (119+ words) President Donald Trump said a decision on U. S. troop levels in Europe would hinge on how allies addressed his concerns over Greenland and the Iran war, comments likely to intensify NATO members" worries about over his commitment to collective security," Bloomberg…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (126+ words) Graham Platner, the populist political newcomer who Democrats had hoped could flip a critical U. S. Senate seat in Maine, ended his campaign Wednesday night after a woman he previously dated publicly accused him of sexual assault," the Washington Post reports. Said…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (183+ words) President Donald Trump told reporters that the firestorm engulfing Maine oysterman Graham Platner is "really a question of whether you believe the woman" who accused him of sexual assault," Politico reports. Said Trump: It"s very hard for them to…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (135+ words) The Maine Democratic Party approved tentative plans for a nominating convention in the event Senate candidate Graham Platner drops out of the race, it announced Wednesday evening," Politico reports. The convention would include roughly 600 people who would be selected by…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago  (127+ words) Democratic frustration and worries were growing on Wednesday as Graham Platner hung on to the party's nomination for Senate in Maine nearly 48 hours after a woman accused him of rape," the New York Times reports. Despite losing every prominent ally…...

9+ hour, 35+ min ago  (119+ words) American military forces launched new strikes on Iran Wednesday night, according to the U. S. Central Command, hours after President Trump pronounced the end of an eight-week ceasefire," the Wall Street Journal reports. The strikes were designed to "further degrade their ability…...

10+ hour ago  (217+ words) Just two weeks ago, opening the Great American State Fair, President Trump triumphantly declared: "For the first time in 3, 000 years, we are going to have peace in the Middle East. ," the New York Times reports. It was typical bravado for…...