5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (113+ words) Greg Bluestein: "Sen. Jon Ossoff has fueled a wave of speculation about a potential 2028 presidential campaign with his viral rallies and cutting commentary on Republicans." "But the pundits are focused on the wrong Georgian." "Sen. Raphael Warnock is the Georgia…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (382+ words) Graham Platner's implosion in Maine is driving an intense debate among Democrats over how they wound up in this mess " and if the progressive, populist push for more "outsider' candidates has come at the expense of rigorous candidate vetting," NOTUS…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (85+ words) U. S. and Iranian forces exchanged overnight attacks for a second straight day, hours after President Donald Trump said he thought the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was "over. ," the Washington Post reports. Bloomberg: U. S. strikes Iran for second straight day. U. S. and Iranian…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (360+ words) New York Times: "It is a question on which the left and right have largely diverged: In recent months, Democrats have sought to expel problematic men swiftly, while Republicans in the era of Trump have often batted back accusations and…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (161+ words) The selection of Maine's next Democratic Senate nominee will come down to roughly 600 people " 500 of whom haven't been chosen yet," Politico reports. "Graham Platner suspended his campaign on Wednesday following POLITICO's reporting on an allegation that he sexually assaulted a…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (149+ words) President Trump's head-spinning appearance at the NATO Summit in Ankara on Wednesday began with him insulting vast swaths of Europe during the morning sessions and finished just hours later with him declaring that the whole thing had been one big…...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago  (137+ words) Planned Parenthood is pumping more than $47 million into the midterms as it looks to pick off Republicans who cut off funding to the abortion provider last year," Politico reports. "The near-record investment from Planned Parenthood Votes " an independent super PAC…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (188+ words) Susan Collins" fight to hold onto her seat just got messier," Politico reports. Republicans had welcomed Graham Platner as a foil to Collins, who is trying to win a sixth Senate term in a state that voted for Kamala Harris…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago  (130+ words) James Talarico, the Democratic U. S. Senate nominee, raised a staggering $30 million from April through June, his campaign announced Wednesday " more than triple the amount brought in by his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton," the Texas Tribune reports. The haul is…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (128+ words) The House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation will hit the one-year mark later this month, and the saga isn't ending anytime soon," Politico reports. "No matter which party ends up in control in the next Congress, the Oversight panel will…...