National Politics

Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault.

President Trump switched to an older Air Force One plane following a NATO summit, raising security questions about the new Qatari-gifted jet.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the message from a summit in Ankara, Turkey, is that “NATO delivers.”

A federal judge says writer E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack.

The questions surrounding Democrat Graham Platner have left a crucial U.S. Senate race unsettled just months before the midterm elections.

The Trumps administration has been ramping up pressure on state election officials to make sure noncitizens aren’t registered to vote. This week, the DOJ warned state officials that they can be prosecuted if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.

A three-judge panel has denied a request from the Kennedy Center’s board to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the institution while they appeal an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal.

Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership. His comments reflect a shift among centrist Democrats away from traditional support for Israel.

Kentucky’s governor has written an open letter to Mitch McConnell asking the Republican senator to disclose more about his condition. There’s been three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old McConnell since he was hospitalized June 14 in Washington.

Graham Platner’s bid for Maine Senate may be all but over, but it’s likely future candidates will find themselves on a similar path.