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FOX 24 US Platner Replacement Battle Begins to Take Shape In the hours after multiple outlets published stories on Jenny Racicot’s allegation that Graham Platner had raped her in 2021, we saw a lot of predictions that he would swiftly step aside. That has not come to pass. His team, according to the state party, is trying to assert some influence over who replaces him — using leverage that his presence on the ballot continues to create, but that many Democrats say he has no right to exercise. “Unfortunately, Graham Platner’s team has repeatedly reached out to us in an…

FOX 24 US This story was originally reported by Brooke Migdon of The 19th. Meet Brooke and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Legislatures in left-leaning states have consistently rejected bills that would bar transgender student-athletes from participating in sports in line with their gender identity. But this November, the question of whether to exclude them will go straight to voters in two blue states, Colorado and Washington, and one swing state, Arizona. The groups behind the ballot measures say they see energy behind the issue, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last week…

FOX 24 US Detroit election officials accused the Justice Department of using “thin gruel” to create a “pretext” to justify sending voting monitors to the city for Michigan’s August 4 primary, letters exclusively obtained by TPM show. That includes what city officials suggested was a false claim about federal monitors during the 2024 election. In the first letter, dated June 24, 2026, DOJ Voting Section Deputy Chief Timothy Mellett wrote that DOJ voting monitors — which Mellett claimed were present at some polling places in Detroit during the 2024 election — had identified serious concerns during voting. But Detroit City…

FOX 24 US As America observed its 250th birthday this past weekend, billionaire Elon Musk and Republican members of Congress aired out a conspiracy theory that has emerged amid internecine white supremacist feuding. Their comments suggested the group Patriot Front, which marched through DC during the Independence Day festivities, is not made up of far-right activists but is actually a “leftist” or even federal law enforcement front. Those suggestions have been described by experts as a baseless and potentially dangerous conspiracy theory, but Rep. Ana Paulina Luna (R-FL), one of the politicians who joined the latest chorus, even went so…

FOX 24 US This article was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud. “Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving republic, and with the…

FOX 24 US A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s stay request Tuesday and will continue to block key sections of an executive order that would give the federal government unprecedented control of absentee voting. “That Defendants may have to work harder later, in the event that this court’s order is reversed, does not rise to the level of irreparable injury…” Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, wrote of the administration.   Talwani had previously ruled in a June decision that the administration could not enforce an executive order that required the creation of a federal citizen list and…

FOX 24 US This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Back in 2018, a 19-year-old neo-Nazi going by the name “ThomasRyan” wrote in a private Discord server that a “vast remigration program” in the United States was the “best outcome we can stand to look at.” There was no mistaking what ThomasRyan meant by “remigration,” a term only he and his ilk were using at the time. It meant the forced removal of non-white people from the U.S., a process ThomasRyan imagined would begin with the U.S. government escorting “willing” non-white people to their “ethnic…

FOX 24 US Maine Senate Thunderdome Here We Come? Staring down the prospect of a candidate in a critical race having to be swapped out in July, with four months to go before the general election, Democrats might be feeling some PTSD. But even before multiple outlets reported a sexual assault accusation Monday night (which Graham Platner denies), there were signs that Platner’s polling was weakening — the result of a months-long drumbeat of scandals, exhausting Democrats of all political stripes. Still, most polls show the party retains a lead on the generic ballot. Mainers appear to want to send…

FOX 24 US Immediately after Politico published a rape allegation against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner Monday, elected Democrats began to withdraw their support, with party leaders urging Platner to step down immediately. “I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line,” tweeted Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). “These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.” “The allegations against Graham Platner are troubling and deeply serious,” said Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). “I am rescinding my endorsement.” Khanna had been one of Platner’s most…

FOX 24 US For months now, the far-right’s desire to pass the SAVE America Act — a voter suppression bill championed by election deniers and President Donald Trump that would require people to provide proof of citizenship and photo ID to be able to vote — has hobbled Republican leadership and their efforts to pass various legislative priorities. Trump, aided by MAGA lawmakers on Capitol Hill, have slowed down or scuttled attempts to finalize several GOP priorities, in the process torpedoing their own party’s agenda and beclowning colleagues ahead of what is expected to be a critical midterm election. House…