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Republicans may be publicly using Graham Platner’s exit from Maine’s Senate race to ratchet up their attacks on Democrats, but behind the scenes, his withdrawal is hardly being viewed as good news for Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection campaign. According to a person familiar with the campaign’s thinking, granted anonymity to discuss it, Collins’ team had long viewed Platner as a uniquely vulnerable opponent whose personal controversies could help offset one of the biggest challenges she faces in 2026: running as a blue-state Republican in the Trump era. “She can certainly win, but they didn’t want to change candidates,” the person…

Mark Zuckerberg’s company has been accused of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and teenagers Meta could face up to $1.4 trillion in penalties after four US states accused the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict young users, media have reported, citing court documents. The potential fines are nearly equal to the company’s current market value of around $1.5 trillion.California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey accuse Meta of deliberately designing its platforms to keep children and teenagers hooked while misleading the public about the apps’ safety, the company said in a court filing on Monday.At a court…

Colombia’s far-left Historic Pact coalition announced on Tuesday that it plans to present a lawsuit demanding the annulment of the 2026 presidential runoff election, which their candidate Iván Cepeda lost to conservative President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. The leftist coalition reportedly affirmed that it will request the annulment of the election based on purported “irregularities” during the vote count. The Historic Pact coalition is led by outgoing Marxist President Gustavo Petro and is currently the ruling political party in Colombia. Petro is set to leave office on August 7, 2026, when de la Espriella is scheduled to be inaugurated and…

Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign is seeking a Research Director after a new allegation surfaced that he entered a woman’s home without permission and reportedly raped her. The position, which was posted to Daybook on July 7, comes after a report from Politico revealed that Jenny Racicot, 41, told the outlet that in 2021, Platner “entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night.” Racicot also told the outlet that Platner had been “deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop.” “I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,”…

Cheyenne Hunt, a progressive Democratic lawyer whose nonprofit aims to fight misogyny, said she is relieved Graham Platner dropped out of the Maine Senate race. “Today, I’m proud of my party for drawing a red line and putting our values above political outcomes,” Hunt said in a statement posted on X on Wednesday. “Now the hard work begins to put forth a candidate who can defeat Susan Collins and ensure we send a champion for women to the Senate this November.” Hunt, the executive director of Reckoning Action, had connected POLITICO with Jenny Racicot, who dated Platner and alleged that…

As Washington weakens, it is tightening the screws on Havana – using blockade, blackouts, and mass suffering to punish defiance Despite US attempts to sabotage and manipulate the event, the UN General Assembly has followed the request of the Cuban delegation to debate the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”While this debate has been an annually recurring event since 1992, this year its backdrop is particularly grim, as Washington has greatly escalated its longstanding economic-warfare campaign against Havana. At the same time, the US has also threatened a military…

While American fans may have ended up in a bit of a funk after Team USA’s 4-1 loss to Belgium on Monday, the game nevertheless set another TV ratings record. The numbers show that the game earned about 30 million viewers on the Fox telecast. That number will likely increase once more of the figures are tabulated, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Data for Telemundo and Peacock’s Spanish-language broadcast won’t be in for at least a few days. But for Monday’s game, the viewership crested at 36.9 million viewers from 9:15-9:30 p.m., partway through the second half. Whatever the final…

Citizen Vigilante star Armie Hammer is out spreading the word in Woke Hollywood that he considers his own movie to be “hateful” and “disgusting.” “The first time he saw it, he was in tears,” someone described as a “source in Hammer’s camp” told the far-left Puck. “He called me and said, ‘Fuck. This is hateful, disgusting.’” “I think he knew it certainly leaned toward the right, but Uwe works in a very frantic way,” the source added. “It’s not like he sent him a hundred-page script. When he saw the final product, he was, ‘That was not the movie I…

Republicans were quick to condemn Graham Platner after he suspended his campaign, seeking to tie Democrats to his failed candidacy. Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters said that “Democrats rolled in the mud with Platner, and now they are completely stained by their association with this sick monster.” Alex Latcham, executive director of the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with GOP leadership, said that “at the 11th hour, the Democrat Establishment has tipped the scales against Maine voters in an attempt to salvage their failing midterm strategy.” National Republican Senatorial Committee regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell added that…

US Central Command said the latest round of attacks was aimed at securing maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz The US carried out strikes in southern Iran for the second night in a row on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire was effectively over.Hostilities resumed after the US and its Arab allies in the region blamed Iran for attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.In a statement on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces were “conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait…