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Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, has remained officially neutral on the race, but in conversations with donors, he has been clear about which candidate he supports.

In an interview after The Times reported on his treatment of women he had dated, Graham Platner acknowledged “not exactly acting with the best behavior” after his military service.

What’s the matter, can’t you take a joke?

The journalist Helen Lewis examines the ancient, angry gender politics of the New Right.

The Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine could be charming, women said in interviews, but some found his actions intimidating and disturbing.

President Trump said he’s hopeful acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte will shrink the size of his new office, saying it’s “too big.” The comments come in an interview the president gave The Wall Street Journal amid controversy over his installation of Pulte,

Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) was the only Democrat to vote against a bill that passed the House Thursday that would provide new military assistance to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia, breaking with her party as it delivered a bipartisan blow to President Trump’s foreign policy.

Twelve Democrats voted against the House Armed Services Committee’s nearly $1.15 trillion version of the annual Defense policy bill late Thursday, a rare break in the typically bipartisan panel. Ranking member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) called the committee’s National Defense Auth

A majority on a three-judge appeals court panel appeared sympathetic to a challenge to President Trump’s White House ballroom project at oral arguments Friday.  The two Democratic-appointed judges pressed the government on its arguments that Congress has already given all necessa

President Trump on Friday pushed back on inflation concerns driven by a strong jobs report, arguing robust growth should be viewed as a positive for markets. “With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “That’s the w

The Senate pulled an all-nighter Thursday, voting just before dawn to pass the $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package that funds immigration enforcement operations through 2029. The night was not without GOP defections on various amendments, from trying to prohibit President

A federal judge on Friday vacated a series of President Trump’s policies enacted in the wake of a deadly attack on National Guard members, forcing immigration agencies to again process applications from citizens of nearly 40 countries. In the days surrounding last Thanksgiving, T

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) said Thursday that his past sexting with multiple women was an issue that he and his wife, Amy Gertner, dealt with early on in their marriage. When asked in an interview when the sexually explicit messaging ended, Platner told MS NOW: “It h

The State Department is weighing in on an explosive criminal case in the United Kingdom centered on questions around the weaponization of racial discrimination, underscoring the Trump administration’s focus on culture wars abroad and accusations of prejudice against white people.

An NPR reporter on Thursday accused former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) of threatening him during a heated phone call that included the phrase “a gun in your face.”  NPR’s Bobby Allyn said the comments from Santos came a day after he published a report on the Department of Justice

An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others’ experience dating the Democrat. Lyndsey Fifield, whom the Times quoted as part of a wide-ranging story detailing allegations o

The news follows a string of economic releases earlier this week that suggest the U.S. manufacturing sector has started to rebound, even as gas and energy prices surge.

President Trump attacked Fox News pundit and former Republican White House aide Karl Rove, saying the network should “get rid” of him. “Fox News should get rid of sloppy RINO Karl Rove,” Trump wrote Thursday in a Truth Social post, using an acronym for “Republican in name only.”

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) is facing fresh scrutiny after a report from The New York Times detailed new allegations from women about his past behavior in relationships. He has pushed back on the most serious claims and brushed off suggestions he would withdraw from t