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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Sunday warned of what actions Congress can take if Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) unseats Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), saying that lawmakers "have to set a higher bar." Fitzpatrick and his colleague Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) spoke with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" about Platner. On...

President Trump denied Friday that he campaigned on avoiding “endless” wars, as he seeks to reach a deal to end hostilities with Iran. “I didn't promise anything. I don't like these endless wars. This is not an endless war,” he told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” in an interview that aired Sunday. ...

OGUNQUIT, Maine — Within days of the New York Times trawling through Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s volatile past relationships, the campaign’s latest flyer, prominently displaying a supporter waving a “Women for Graham” sign, arrived in voters’ mailboxes. Platner had been coasting to a win in Tuesday’s primary, with his opponent for the Democratic nomination, […]

Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday, targeting what it said were Hezbollah facilities just days after Israel and Lebanon renewed a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at halting months of fighting along the border. Multiple explosions rocked the Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for residents […]