Graham Platner may be the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November, but Senate Democrats are keeping the progressive insurgent at arm’s length amid a new extramarital sexting scandal. Platner, who has already weathered scrutiny over past racist and sexist Reddit posts and for having a tattoo of a Nazi […]

A gunman killed six family members on Monday and then himself when confronted by law enforcement in Muscatine, Iowa, police said. Muscatine police identified 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland as the alleged shooter, with the killings occurring across multiple locations and believed to have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Police were first alerted to the shootings […]

The Justice Department’s agreement to temporarily pause its anti-weaponization fund marks a rare retreat from President Donald Trump’s White House as a legal challenge unfolds and opposition from congressional Republicans threatens to blow up a party-line budget bill. The department’s Monday announcement that it would “abide by” a court order pausing the creation and operation […]

The hosts of ABC’s The View blasted Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner on Monday over the growing backlash surrounding explicit text messages and allegations of extramarital relationships, adding to a string of controversies that have dogged his campaign. “Horrible. There is no doubt that this guy Plattner is flawed, flawed, flawed in many ways,” […]