Blood in the water: Republicans pour $3 million into Susan Collins campaign as Graham Platner’s support stalls after scandals

Will Republicans Make Donald Trump a Lame Duck?

Congressional Republicans are beginning to challenge the president openly.

Maine Has a Platner Problem

We don't know what Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, wrote in his sexually explicit texts with women other than his wife-six, according to his campaign; a dozen, according to an ex-aide-but do we need to? The glaring question that the texts pose to voters about the presumptive Democratic nominee at this point in a pivotal midterm race is: Are we really going to do this again?

The NYT Just Dropped a Bombshell Report on Graham Platner

Platner Tried Some Damage Control — and Just Made Everything Worse

Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba & Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel

The British government earlier this week barred left-wing political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. ahead of several speaking events. The Home Office said it was canceling their travel permits because “their presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good.” Piker and Uygur, who are related, are both outspoken in their criticism of Israel. While the government did not cite a specific reason for the ban, some lawmakers and pro-Israel groups had accused the two of promoting antisemitism, which they reject. “I find what the British government did here to be objectionable. I find it to be disgusting. I also find it to be terrifying,” Piker tells Democracy Now! “I think it’s a sign that we’re … headed down a very different — dare I say, fascist — direction in the Western world.” Piker also discusses his participation in a recent humanitarian mission to Cuba, for which he is reportedly under investigation by the Trump administration, and his support for progressive and antiwar candidates in this year’s midterm elections. “We don’t have a lot of time. Fascism is here,” Piker says.

Women romantically linked to Platner describe ‘toxic,’ ‘unsettling’ conduct: New York Times

Several women who were romantically involved with Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner described their relationships to The New York Times as “unsettling” and “toxic” — the latest scandal to rock his campaign for a seat long coveted by Democrats.  Platner has faced a growing heap of scrutiny over his past, including recent reports that…

Six Republicans vote no on FISA extension

Six Republican senators sided with Democrats early Friday to vote against advancing the extension of warrantless spy powers set to expire next week, complicating efforts to keep it alive. The procedural vote failed by a vote of 47 to 52 after Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick…

18 House Republicans buck GOP party leadership to fund Ukraine

Eighteen House Republicans defied party leadership by voting with Democrats on Thursday to approve another Ukraine aid bill. Passed by a 296-195 vote, the Ukraine aid bill […]