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Platner’s wife calls news coverage of Senate hopeful’s sexually explicit texts with women ‘shameful’

Graham Platner’s wife called the media reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful” over the weekend, the latest controversy to hit the Maine Democrat’s whirlwind Senate campaign. Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, posted a video taken by his wife, Amy Gertner, who reportedly told his […]

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Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support

WASHINGTON | The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president’s direction on a conflict that has spanned well over two months. Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced […]

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Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end game

WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably […]