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Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid

Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. Platner’s decision comes after

Democrats weaponize Big Beautiful Bill

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Democrats weaponize Big Beautiful Bill Democrats in some of the most competitive races are looking to make Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” an albatross to hang on vulnerable

Maine brewery owner throws hat in ring to replace Platner

A Maine brewery owner on Wednesday threw his hat in the ring to replace Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner following accusations of rape, even as Platner has not yet officially suspended his campaign. Dan Kleban, owner of Maine Beer Company in Freeport, published a

Why some glasses break suddenly while others deform smoothly

If a liquid is cooled slowly to its freezing point, it becomes a crystal in which the constituent particles are arranged in an ordered pattern. In contrast, when the liquid is cooled very quickly, the particles are unable to arrange themselves in an ordered fashion, and it