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New York Times PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Graham Platner's Exit Sets Off Scramble for New Democratic Senate Candidate in Maine
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.

Washington Post PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Democrats seek a way forward amid finger-pointing in Maine
Leaders of the Maine Democratic Party are still working toward a process to replace Graham Platner, without angering his supporters.

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Politics - U.S. SenateJul 09, 2026
Graham Platner Suspended His Senate Campaign. Here's What's Next for Democrats.
The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.

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Inside the Implosion of Graham Platner's Maine Senate Campaign: ‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster' (New York Times Politics)

BBC PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Burnham on path to No 10 with Labour nominations under way
The former mayor of Greater Manchester is unopposed in the race to replace Sir Keir Starmer.

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Yahoo PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Maine progressives race to find Platner replacement as centrists call for ‘normie Democrat'


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New York Times PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Platner Suspends Senate Bid in Maine After Rape Accusation
Mr. Platner's withdrawal, which comes after a woman accused him of rape, creates deep uncertainty in a race that both parties see as crucial to their hopes of winning the Senate.

Drudge ReportJul 09, 2026
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Mexico to request criminal charges over deaths following fatal shooting of Houston man by ICE agents (Yahoo Politics)

Democracy NowJul 09, 2026
"Demanding the Truth": Family Wants Answers After ICE Kills Houston Dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Immigration and civil rights advocacy groups are demanding an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant and father of three who was killed by ICE agents in Houston on Tuesday morning. Salgado Araujo, who had been living in the United States for nearly 35 years, worked in construction and was starting his day by picking up other workers in Magnolia Park, a historically Latino neighborhood, when ICE agents targeted him. The Department of Homeland Security says Salgado Araujo "weaponized his vehicle" and attempted to ram agents, a claim made in previous ICE killings that has fallen apart under scrutiny. This latest death comes exactly six months after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances.

We speak with Cesar Espinosa, executive director of the Houston-based civil rights organization FIEL, Immigrant Families and Students in the Fight. He says the community is demanding answers, including the release of any available video of the incident.

"Everything is hush-hush," he says of the Homeland Security response. "They don't want to release anything. We don't even know if there's bodycam footage."


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Yahoo PoliticsJul 09, 2026
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New York Times PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Lonnie Bunch Defends Smithsonian Museum After Negative White House Report
In a letter to staff, Lonnie G. Bunch III wrote that the report was "not a fair characterization of the work and totality of the National Museum of American History."

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Foreign PolicyJul 09, 2026
Ukraine Finally Has a Theory of Victory. Will It Work?
Kyiv has developed a strategy for winning the war. Now all it needs is time.

Washington Post PoliticsJul 09, 2026
Democratic Party fissures are shaping Michigan's crucial Senate primary
The race is the next, and perhaps biggest, battle between the Democrats' warring factions.

Politics - U.S. HouseJul 09, 2026
Graham Platner Is Not the Only One Getting His Comeuppance
The questions his political demise raises go far beyond Maine.

Democracy NowJul 08, 2026
NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdogan & Considers F-35 Sales
Trump announced on Tuesday at the NATO summit in Ankara that he would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey and is considering selling the country F-35 fighter jets. Trump made the comment following a lavish state dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he praised as a "great leader." The mayor of Istanbul and other Turkish politicians, civil society figures and journalists remain jailed on politically motivated charges.

"Here in Ankara, and in Turkey more broadly, this NATO summit is not taking place in a climate of freedom. We saw, in the two weeks leading up to this summit happening, authorities in Ankara arrested over 200 people in dawn raids," says Ruth Michaelson, a journalist based in Istanbul. "There has also been a protest ban enforced in Ankara, and that is a protest ban that extends even to leafleting."

Repression from the Turkish state has not been addressed during the summit; instead, "something that we've been hearing throughout the summit is that Turkey has this indispensable place in NATO," says Michaelson.


BBC PoliticsJul 08, 2026
Andy Burnham's path to becoming prime minister
Labour MPs are about to start choosing Sir Keir Starmer's replacement after his resignation last month.

Yahoo PoliticsJul 08, 2026
Graham Platner drops out of Senate race, allowing Maine Democrats to replace him


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Yahoo PoliticsJul 08, 2026
Democrat Graham Platner says he plans to withdraw from Maine Senate race after sexual assault claim


BBC PoliticsJul 08, 2026
Starmer gifted gun and ammunition by Turkish president at Nato
The weapon has not been brought back to the UK and has instead been left with British officials in Turkey.

Politics - U.S. SenateJul 08, 2026
Who is Troy Jackson, a Democrat running for Senate in Maine?
Mr. Jackson, a longtime state legislator, lost a Democratic primary for governor this year. He has already earned some high-profile endorsements.

New York Times PoliticsJul 08, 2026
U.S. Begins Second Day of Strikes Against Iran
President Trump said earlier that a cease-fire was over and warned that the United States would probably hit Iran "hard."

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New York Times PoliticsJul 08, 2026
When Might Graham Platner Drop Out? Here's the State of Play.
Here's what we know about the uproar in the Democratic Party's bid to unseat Senator Susan Collins.

Politics - U.S. HouseJul 08, 2026
Democrats Grow Frustrated as Graham Platner Resists Dropping Out Quickly in Maine
Two days after a woman accused Graham Platner of rape, he had not given up his nomination for Senate in Maine, raising worries about whether and how his party might find a replacement.

Foreign PolicyJul 08, 2026
Propaganda Sustains Russians Fighting in Ukraine
Belief in Kremlin narratives dehumanizes Ukrainians and sustains the will to fight.

Politics - U.S. SenateJul 08, 2026
If Platner Exits Senate Race, the Maine Democratic Party Chair Could Help Pick the Nominee
Charles Dingman, chair of the Maine Democratic Party and a progressive, would play a key role in choosing the state's Democratic Senate candidate if Graham Platner leaves the race.

Washington Post PoliticsJul 08, 2026
In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles
It was a dramatic departure from Trump's more acerbic tone toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he once derided as ungrateful.

Democracy NowJul 08, 2026
"Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan's War": Filmmaker Julia Steers on UAE Backing RSF Atrocities
A new investigation has uncovered how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supports a secret network of military training camps for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that enables them to continue their deadly war in Sudan.

"This war, which is often categorized in international media as a civil war, is really a proxy war," says award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Julia Steers. "We're talking about a really extensive network of logistics and training and financial backing from the UAE."

The investigation is a collaboration between Lighthouse Reports, Evident, Sudan War Monitor and Der Spiegel.

Meanwhile, as the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warns another humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding the North Kordofan state capital of El Obeid, where the RSF and the Sudanese army are fighting for control. "There's no question that the RSF would not be able to have gotten as far as they have, to have claimed nearly as much territory as they have, without the really robust support of the UAE," says Steers.


Washington Post PoliticsJul 08, 2026
U.S. and Iran launch fresh strikes following attacks on commercial ships
Iran said it had targeted more than 80 U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, after the U.S. launched strikes in response to attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

New York Times PoliticsJul 07, 2026
The History at the Smithsonian That the White House Finds Unpatriotic
The administration's report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump's push to reshape the American story.
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