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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Graham Platner May Exit Maine Senate Race Following Rape Allegation.

Graham Platner's possible withdrawal from the Maine Senate race follows allegations of rape and campaign turmoil.

Graham Platner’s possible withdrawal from the Maine Senate race follows allegations of rape and campaign turmoil. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Graham Platner, the Democrat nominee for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, is reportedly considering dropping out of the race amid allegations of rape. A report from POLITICO on Monday has detailed accusations from Jenny Racicot, who alleged that Platner entered her home and raped her while intoxicated in 2021, and additional controversy has surrounded his campaign in recent weeks. DETAIL: Racicot alleges Platner came to her home uninvited and drunkenly forced himself on her despite repeated objections. POLITICO reports that it has corroborated parts of her account through interviews and reviewing…Open

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - ICE Captures Murderers, Predators, and Traffickers in Nationwide Independence Day Sweep.

Federal immigration enforcement conducted a nationwide operation over the holiday weekend, apprehending illegal immigrants with serious criminal convictions, including murder and violent sexual assaults against children.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested illegal immigrants across the country during a holiday sweep, targeting migrants with serious criminal convictions such as murder, child sexual abuse, and drug trafficking. The operation, conducted over the Independence Day weekend, was announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday. DETAIL: Among those arrested were migrants convicted of heinous crimes, including Radimir Thompson-Nagle, a Panamanian citizen convicted of murder and assault in New York, Roberto Gutierrez-Diaz, a Mexican convicted of sodomizing a child aged under 12 and several other sexual crimes against children, and Francisco Olmedo-Silva, who faced charges for…Open

NEWSNATIONNOW (Caroline Vakil and The Hill) - Platner 'taking the time to reflect on the best path forward' in Maine Senate race after assault allegation

Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner on Monday said his campaign is “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward,” just minutes after Politico published a story in which a woman who previously dated the oyster farmer alleged he had sexually assaulted her.   “I wanted to directly address the troubling, serious and false allegations against me. Any accusation of [...]