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Platner suspends Senate campaign, forcing Democrats to pivot in crucial Maine race

Many Democrats had already questioned Platner's fitness for office before Politico reported on Monday that a woman accused him of forcing her to have sex with him nearly ⁠five years ago.

Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine.
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next US Surgeon General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 25, 2026.

Bernie Sanders urges Platner to quit Maine Senate race as Democrats vie to succeed him

DC MAYORAL candidate Janeese Lewis George prepares for an interview with members of the news media next to a voting site at the Chevy Chase Community Center during DC’s primary voting day in Washington, DC, US, June 16, 2026.

Democratic socialist whose Israel criticism ignited Jewish concern leads DC mayoral primary vote

Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the US departs from the US Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, June 25, 2025

Leiter’s blunt accuracy may be undiplomatic, but his criticism is valid - editorial


Bernie Sanders to support Iron Dome funding in exchange for Gaza aid

Asks Sen. Chuck Schumer to also supply $1 billion in aid to Gaza, as well as the Iron Dome funding.

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019.

Pro-Israel Democrat Shontel Brown defeats rival Turner in Ohio primary

A number of Democratic establishment figures, including the JDCA, DMFI and members of the Congressional Black Caucus campaigned for Brown, while Sanders and other progressives rallied for Nina Turner

US Rep. Marcia Fudge, US President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, speaks after Biden announced her nomination among another round of nominees and appointees during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, Decemb

Bernie Sanders, addressing Israel: 'We need an even-handed policy'

"I want to see the United States work with other countries to try to bring Israelis and Palestinians together to bring about some peace in that region."

DEMOCRATIC US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, earlier this week.

Bernie Sanders says he 'will not be mourning' Netanyahu's departure

"I think, over the years, the coalition that he has put together has become more right-wing, and in some cases, part of that coalition is overtly racist."

Bernie Sanders

Amer Zahr, national surrogate for Sanders: Don't condemn antisemitism

"Say free, free, free Palestine and nothing else."

Amer Zahr in 2017 in Dearborn.

Bernie Sanders offers resolution blocking arms sales to Israel

Democratic President Joe Biden's administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel this year, and sent it to Congress for formal review.

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019.

Rashida Tlaib: US tax dollars shouldn't support Israeli apartheid

David Friedman responds: Israel bends over backwards to secure Muslim worship at Muslim holy sites.

Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren

Sen. Warren: Consider restricting military aid in occupied territories

“By continuing to provide military aid without restriction, we provide no incentive for Israel to adjust course.”

US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to reporters during a news conference on Democrats' demand for an extension of eviction protections in the next coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid bill on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Bernie Sanders to US Senate: Let Americans go on dates again

“You’ve got young people who want to go to school, who want to socialize, want to date, want to do things that young people do,” Sanders said.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announces introduction of public housing legislation as part of the Green New Deal in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2019

US Senate works through the night to advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill

With Republicans united in opposition, Democrats must keep all 50 of their members on board in order to pass the package, as they hope to do this weekend.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) delivers remarks beside Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on COVID-19 relief, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, February 11, 2021.