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growing calls to separate from the Senate race in Maine after a sexual assault delegation
“reported Monday by Politico and Pearson Green Glass reports a campaign arm for Senate”
Democrats as among them. In a statement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Heerston Gillibrand, the Democratic Senator of campaign committee chair called the allegations incredibly disturbing and say the DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Plattener remains on the ballot. That's after Politico reported the account of a woman who dated Plattener. She alleges he entered her home uninvited and intoxicated and forced her to have sex despite
her saying no. NPR has not independently verified the allegation. Plattener denies it categorically. It plattener exits the race by July 13th means Democratic Party could select a replacement to face Republican Senator Susan Collins in a race that could determine control of the Senate. Same Green Glass NPR news Washington. President Trump aboard Air Force One on his way to Turkey for a NATO summit where the war in Ukraine will likely be high on the agenda.
Earlier Monday, Trump said that a resolution to the war is getting closer.
“I think we're getting much closer than people realize and President Putin wants it to end.”
I will tell you that very strongly. Good call. And President Zelensky actually wants it to end now. And we're going to be going to NATO and we're going to be talking about it. And I think we're going to get it. I think we're going to get it ended. It's been a terrible situation. President Trump has to meet on the sidelines with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who is urging U.S. and European partners to boost Ukraine's air defense.
It's a summit comes a day after Russia launched another missile and drone attack on Keev, the killed at least 22 people. Israel's Prime Minister expected to meet with President Trump in Washington soon to discuss some memorandum of understanding sign between the U.S. and Iran. Israel, not part of the preliminary plan to end the war and is concerned about the details
“of his empire's carry-con reports. Israel has been sideline in the negotiations to end the war”
with Iran, a source familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly about Netten-Yahu's plans, tells NPR that Israeli Prime Minister has been asking repeatedly for a face-to-face with Trump, and that Netten-Yahu wants to seek U.S. approval for potential Israeli military action against Iran if "that becomes necessary." Netten-Yahu who faces tough elections this fall has been on the defense of about the U.S. Iran deal. It is very unpopular and Israel and perceived as making
too many concessions to Iran that includes unfreezing billions of dollars, which Israel says Iran could use to replenish its badly damaged missile arsenal. Carry-con, NPR news, Tel Aviv. This is NPR news. Business legend George Johnson, the creator of Afro-sheem, has died in addition to Afro-sheem Johnson co-founded the dance program "Soul Train," a scenario glint in reports. When Martin Luther King Jr. visited George Johnson's factory on the South
side of Chicago with its black chemist and executives, King declared now this is black power. When Johnson saw a local dance program for black teens that was broadcast in black and white, it was Johnson's idea and money that took sole training national, with the success of Afro-sheem
and soul-trained Johnson's Johnson products company was the first black firm to be listed on a
major U.S. stock exchange. His money kept Martin Luther King's organization afloat and Jesse Jackson's operation push had its origins in the Johnson products cafeteria. According to his family, George Johnson died of respiratory failure in Chicago. He was 99. For NPR news, I'm Senator Clinton. Clashes inside a prisoner's Sri Lanka's capital have killed at least 25 people. Officials say most of the dead are inmates and that about 100 people have been injured.
The clashes began Sunday between rival groups of inmates and Justice Minister says authorities were able to restore order Monday evening. French for a right leader, Marine Le Pen's political future rests on a French court's verdict. The court is to rule Tuesday on the Pen's eligibility for the next presidential election. Le Pen is appealing a 2025 conviction for misusing European Parliament bond. She was sentenced to prison time and a five-year ban on holding. He liked
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