Unease and hostility meets defiant support as Maine residents grapple with Graham Platner allegations

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. ...

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 […]

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday fretted about Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s appointment as the acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, describing him as “grossly unqualified.” Senate Democrats have slammed Pulte for using his role as FHFA director to help President Trump use mortgage records to...