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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is pushing back against new allegations of
“abuse of behavior as voters head toward next week's primary and main.”
The former Marine remains the frontrunner to face Republican senators, Susan Collins in November. Platner addressed supporters Friday after a New York Times report detailed allegations from a former girlfriend who accused him of abusive conduct during the relationship. Platner denies the claims and says he's being targeted for political reasons.
When hurtful things I said on the Internet a decade ago came out into the public. As I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness of recovery and accountability in growth, main had my back. Despite the fallout Platner has vowed to stay in the race ahead of Tuesday's primary.
A federal judge in Rhode Island has struck down several White House policies that limited
legal immigration and PRs. Humanibusteele reports it's the latest setback for efforts to slow down the processing of people already living in the U.S.
“In his opinion, Judge John McConnell Jr. says recent policy changes placed the lives of”
quote countless individuals on hold solely by virtue of their country's birth. About six months ago, the administration paused the processing of any immigration application from citizens of the 39 countries with travel restrictions to the U.S. This includes work permit renewals, visas, green cards, and citizenship applications. The administration has justified its policies by saying more vetting needs to be done.
Other federal judges have ordered the administration to process the applications for its elect group of immigrants who have joined various lawsuits. Humanibusteele and PR News. On Wall Street, text talks tumbled on Friday with the Nasdech falling more than 4% and PRs done.
Rewitch reports it was the indexes were stay in more than a year. The sell-off was triggered by concerns around the artificial intelligence investment
“boom and companies linked to AI in one way or another led the way down including chip stocks.”
In video which makes the most popular microchips for AI saw its share price dropped 6% chip maker AMD's shares fell nearly 11% and Broadcom was off more than 7% following a double digit drop the day before after its earnings outlook failed to impress investors. Other tech giants were also down on the day as investors sold their shares to lock in recent profits, Intel, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla and Alphabet all dropped.
While told the Nasdech's fall of 4.2% was its biggest drop in one day since April 2025, still the indexes in positive territory over the past month and it's up 33% from a year ago, John Ruich and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The federal judge has struck down the Trump administration policy that restricted immigration
benefits for people from dozens of countries. Policy was enacted after last year's shooting of two national guard members. The judge said the policy left immigrants in legal limbo and accused immigration officials of disregarding federal law. The restrictions affected people from nearly 40 countries and block final decisions on applications
including asylum, work permits and green cards. Democrat Javier Bessera will advance to the November runoff for California Governor Marissa Lagos from Member Station KQED in San Francisco reports. Bessera's number one finished marks a remarkable comeback for the former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary who is pulling in single digits as recently as April before
searching in the final weeks of the race. It remains unclear who will claim a second spot in November runoff. Republican businessman Steve Hilton still has an edge over billionaire Democratic activist Tom Styer, but Styer has been gaining ground as ballots continue to be counted.
An estimated three million uncounted ballots remain.
California's open primary system allows the top two vote getters to advance regardless of party and mail-in ballots post marked by election day can still arrive up to seven days later. From here news, I'm Marissa Lagos in San Francisco. In game two of the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105 to 104.
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