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What are the allegations prompting Democrats to call Graham Plattner to drop out of the Maine Senate race?
A cascade of defections. On Lisa Brady, Fox News. A growing number of fellow Democrats are calling on Graham Plattner to drop out of the Senate race in Maine as an ex-girlfriend publicly accuses him of rape. One of his biggest supporters and fundraisers, Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, says he spoke with Plattner and recommended that he step aside.
Plattner denies the rape allegation and he has not dropped out of the race, but says he's weighing his options. This is just the latest scandal for Graham Platner following backlash over the chest tattoo as a Nazi symbol.
How are leading Democrats, including Bernie Sanders, responding to Plattner’s controversy?
Also, physical abuse allegations from other ex-girlfriends.
Fox's Alexis McAdams. If he drops out, party officials in Maine have until next Monday to choose a new candidate to face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November. At least two other Democrats now filing paperwork. that opens the door to running. A setback in court for the Trump administration's effort to get detailed information about election workers in Georgia.
The Justice Department is seeking to obtain the names and personal contact information of every individual who worked or volunteered for Fulton County, Georgia's election operations in 2020 and obtained a grand jury subpoena to do that in April. But a federal judge has quashed that subpoena, ruling the subpoena is unreasonable and highly burdensome. The grand jury subpoena followed a January search of Fulton County's election hub by the FBI. President Trump has long claimed widespread voter fraud in the county cost him Georgia in the 2020 election. No recounts or investigations have uncovered fraud.
Fox's Jared Halpern in Washington.
What was the federal judge’s ruling on the DOJ subpoena for Georgia election workers?
A deadly confrontation between federal immigration agents and a man they were trying to arrest in Houston. Ice says he was an illegal migrant from Mexico who attacked an officer with his vehicle early today during an attempted traffic stop and was shot when the officer fired in self-defense. The driver later died at a hospital the FBI investigating. America is listening to Fox News.
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What happened in Houston during the deadly confrontation with federal immigration agents?
President Trump is in Turkey for a NATO summit that may get tense at times.
He was remaining openly critical of NATO, claiming there's been little to no support for U.S. operations against Iran. And the president says he even would have skipped the summit altogether had it not been for where it's being held, as well as the invitation from Turkey's president, who Trump is clearly seeing as a close ally.
We have a better relationship with Turkey, and Turkey's been in many ways much more loyal than other countries that we think would be loyal.
Now, the president also is suggesting that sanctions against Turkey will be lifted fairly soon and that he believes it's certainly possible that Turkey will be allowed to buy the F-35.
Fox's Mark Meredith in Ankara.
How is President Trump framing U.S. relations at the NATO summit in Turkey and possible sanctions changes?
Sales of those fighter jets were barred during the first Trump term after Turkey acquired a Russian air defense system. Meantime, the U.S. Treasury revoking a license for the temporary sale of Iranian oil after three commercial ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz today. The FIFA World Cup sets another record.
The United States round of 16 matchup against Belgium Monday saw 30 million viewers tune into Fox. That's according to preliminary data from Nielsen, which would make it the most watched soccer telecast in U.S. history. It breaks the previous record set by the U.S. game against Bosnia and Herzegovina last Wednesday.
Which major sports and entertainment stories topped the news—World Cup viewership and Louise Lasser’s death?
Fox's Tony Genualdo. Yesterday's audience peaking at more than 36 million viewers in the middle of the second half before the U.S. fell to Belgium for one. Meantime, the defending champions Argentina advancing to the quarterfinals today after three late goals and a come-from-behind win over Egypt, including the game winner in stoppage time.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the allegations prompting Democrats to call Graham Plattner to drop out of the Maine Senate race?
0:03–0:36
2
How are leading Democrats, including Bernie Sanders, responding to Plattner’s controversy?
0:36–1:38
3
What was the federal judge’s ruling on the DOJ subpoena for Georgia election workers?
1:38–2:15
4
What happened in Houston during the deadly confrontation with federal immigration agents?
2:15–2:54
5
How is President Trump framing U.S. relations at the NATO summit in Turkey and possible sanctions changes?
2:54–3:32
6
Which major sports and entertainment stories topped the news—World Cup viewership and Louise Lasser’s death?
3:32–4:13