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Dan Kleban jumps (back) into Maine Senate race

Dan Kleban, the Maine Beer Company founder who briefly ran for Senate last year before dropping his bid and endorsing Gov. Janet Mills in the race, relaunched his campaign...

Graham Platner just dropped out. Here’s who could replace him.

Graham Platner just dropped out of Maine’s Senate race. Some Democrats have already said...

Trump can stop Gavin Newsom’s healthcare tax — and should

California Democrats pushed a controversial new healthcare tax through the legislature without a single...

Britain spurns the Harry and Meghan pity party — and strikes a blow for freedom

The prince's court humiliation is a momentous victory for freedom of the press —...

Trump mustn’t trust Turkey strongman Recep Erdogan with our F-35 jets

President Trump’s friendship with Turkish strongman Recep Erdogan is blinding him to some serious...

Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid

Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. Platner’s decision comes after he easily won the Democratic primary despite a growing list of scandals, including revelations around a...

Democrats weaponize Big Beautiful Bill

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care   The Big Story Democrats weaponize Big Beautiful Bill Democrats in some of the most competitive races are looking to make Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” an albatross to hang on vulnerable incumbents. © AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr. A year after Republicans muscled the...

Top lawyer for military joint chiefs stepping down early, citing ‘personal reasons’

The senior legal counsel to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine is stepping down nearly a year ahead of schedule, the latest top official to leave or be pushed out of the Pentagon since the start of the second Trump administration. Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar told ProPublica he was leaving “for personal reasons” after...

Maine brewery owner throws hat in ring to replace Platner

A Maine brewery owner on Wednesday threw his hat in the ring to replace Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner following accusations of rape. Dan Kleban, owner of Maine Beer Company in Freeport, published a Wednesday Substack post expressing his interest in the nomination after suspending his Senate campaign last October to endorse Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D)....

The Memo: Trump’s tough talk on Iran raises big question — will the US return to war?

The United States launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Wednesday, marking the second successive night of offensive action. The new strikes, which were announced in a social media post by U.S. Central Command (Centcom) shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, were far from a surprise. President Trump had told reporters earlier in the...

Actor Patrick Dempsey pours cold water on possible Senate bid in Maine

Patrick Dempsey will not attempt to go from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital to the real U.S. Senate. Dempsey, a native of Lewiston, Maine, who is perhaps best known for his role on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," said Tuesday he will not run for Senate in his home state, as Democrats in Maine and across the nation call on...

Lawmakers demand answers after fatal ICE shooting in Texas 

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for an investigation after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant in Houston on Tuesday. An ICE spokesperson said officers with the agency had tried to conduct a vehicle stop as part of a targeted operation. The driver, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, did not follow...

US strikes Iran as Trump says truce ‘over’

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US strikes Iran as Trump says truce 'over' The U.S. military resumed strikes against Iran on Wednesday, aiming to further decimate its ability to disrupt maritime traffic. © Filip Singer, Pool Photo via Associated Press “At...

OpenAI moves ahead with new model release

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story OpenAI to publicly release new model after delay OpenAI will release its most advanced model series, GPT 5.6, to the public Thursday after delaying the public rollout at the request of the Trump administration. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Michael Dwyer The company announced the move on the social platform...

Republicans prepare $8 million ad campaign against possible Platner replacement

Republicans are preparing to launch an $8 million ad blitz against the candidate selected to replace Maine Senate Democratic nominee Graham Platner in the wake of sexual assault allegations.  In May, the super PAC Pine Tree Results spent $2 million on YouTube and television ads bashing Platner and still has $8 million left to fight...

Platner, Democrats battles over his replacement

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s staffers on Wednesday accused the Democratic party of excluding grassroot supporters from determining who would replace the embattled party nominee in the November general amid allegations of sexual assault.  Platner’s campaign manager, Ben Chin, sent out a text blast alleging the Maine Democratic Party told staffers they’d "have no role...

Democratic infighting roils process to replace Platner in Maine Senate race

Maine Democrats are looking to quickly turn the page on Senate candidate Graham Platner’s imploding campaign and select a new nominee ahead of a looming Monday deadline, but escalating tension between his campaign and the state party is threatening Democrats’ hopes of salvaging a race critical to flipping the Senate this fall. Maine Democratic Party...

Vance targets H-1B visas as anti-fraud tour visits battleground Wisconsin

Vice President Vance made a stop in Milwaukee on Wednesday to tout the administration’s crackdown on fraud, announcing that the Labor Department has launched investigations into foreigners involved in the H-1B visa program. H-1B visas are employer-sponsored, nonimmigrant visas that allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers with specialty skills. “Here’s a simple principle, ladies...

Markey, Moulton look to capitalize on antiestablishment mood in Massachusetts Democratic Senate debate

The two Democrats vying for Massachusetts’s Senate seat wrestled to position themselves as the challenger in this race during a Wednesday debate, amid a growing appetite from voters across the country for antiestablishment candidates. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) launched his challenge for Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) seat last fall. The 47-years-old congressman is calling for generational change...

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