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Why did Maine Senate hopeful Graham Plattner withdraw from the race over assault allegations?
He's ending his campaign. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Plattner says he will withdraw from the race after a former girlfriend accused him of rape. In an 11-minute video posted to social media, Plattner denied the allegations and thanked his supporters.
I'm immensely proud of what we have built. And I have the utmost faith that we will continue to build and we will continue to move towards a better future.
And Plattner said the process to replace him needs to be open, transparent and democratic and reflect the will and wishes of his supporters.
What did Plattner say in his 11-minute video denial and about replacing him?
Maine is considered a key state for control of the Senate. Democrats are hoping to defeat longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman called Plattner a piece of trash.
It's like he gave that that weird long speech is like, no one wants you anymore. I'm like, bro, you are an accused rapist. You know, no one wants your endorsement. No one cares what you think.
Maine Democrats have said they will hold a convention to determine who will replace Plattner. President Trump says tonight's strikes on targets in Iran were in retaliation for its launching attacks on civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. He says U.S. forces are in control.
We've already won militarily. They have very little left, and they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know if they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims it attacked two U.S. bases in Kuwait and two in Bahrain tonight. The president heading back to Washington after a two-day NATO summit in Turkey, where Secretary General Mark Rutte announced European allies and Canada would pay almost $300 billion more on defense. America is listening to Fox News.
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How are Maine Democrats planning to choose Plattner’s replacement and why does it matter for the Senate?
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Another courtroom roadblock against a Florida law aimed at controlling how race and gender policies are implemented in schools and businesses.
Florida's 2022 law called Stop Woke was intended to prevent employers and public school teachers from enforcing policies claiming a particular race or gender was either morally superior to others or that it was systemically oppressed. That law is once again ruled unconstitutional. A panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals says Florida's argument that a state university-employed professor's speech belonged to the state was violative of the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court may next be asked to evaluate this law. In Miami, Eben Brown, Fox News.
The Labor Department investigating fraudulent use of U.S. visas.
Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito says investigators are probing visa use for alleged human trafficking schemes. He tells Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business they're looking at the use of H-1B visas that allow skilled foreign people to work in the U.S. and PERM visas, the first step toward a green card.
We've already started to issue dozens of subpoenas. We are going to make sure that we track down every lead.
D'Esposito says it's not just hiring factory workers, but medical facilities and doctors' offices.
Much of the visa and the human trafficking that we see when it comes to this foreign labor is tied to cartels, is tied to transnational gangs.
Ginny Kosola, Fox News.
People who live near the building in Manhattan that buckled yesterday morning have been allowed to return to their homes. Crews work through the night to shore up the building, which is being converted from office space to luxury apartments. The cause of the structural issues remains under investigation. The renovation project is billed as the largest office-to-residential conversion in the city's history.
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Chapters
3 chapters
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Why did Maine Senate hopeful Graham Plattner withdraw from the race over assault allegations?
0:03–0:39
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What did Plattner say in his 11-minute video denial and about replacing him?
0:39–2:10
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How are Maine Democrats planning to choose Plattner’s replacement and why does it matter for the Senate?
2:10–4:08