How a must-win race for Democrats imploded
A sexual assault allegation against Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine has thrown the party into crisis, threatening their already narrow path to Senate control, while a high-profile murder case against Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin unfolds in Utah, and a DOJ-backed inv
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