Graham Platner considering ‘best path forward’ in the Maine Senate race after denying sexual assault allegation

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is denying a new allegation of sexual assault, an explosive development injecting tumult into a race that is central to the Democratic Party’s path to winning back the Senate. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Despite the denial, Platner said…

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Huge crowds fill Tehran streets for Khamenei’s funeral procession

Ali Khamenei, who was 86, became supreme leader in 1989 after the death of the Islamic Republic’s founding father, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He maintained a firm grip on Iran’s politics and its armed forces, and suppressed domestic challenges, sometimes violently. He also took consistently hard-line stances on external matters, including Iran’s confrontation with the US…

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