<p>This live blog is now closed.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/graham-platner-maine-senate-campaign">Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/maine-democrats-graham-platner-senate">Maine contenders: the Democrats who could replace Graham Platner</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-u

The implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign for Senate in Maine after an accusation of rape has ripped open divisions inside the Democratic Party as its progressives and moderates battle to pick his ...

<p>Calls grow for Platner to drop out of Senate race after sexual assault allegation; Platner must end campaign by 13 July for Democrats to replace him on ballot</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/bernie-sanders-graham-platner-maine-senate-race">Bernie Sanders calls on Platner to quit race</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/how-democrats-replace-graham-platner-maine-senate">How could Democrats replace Graham Platner?</a

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection</p><p>The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal.</p><p>The disclosure will put further pressure on the Reform UK leader, who is awaiting a decision by the standards commissioner over whether his failure to decl

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<p>In today’s newsletter: Former Reasons to Be Cheerful guests on the challenges facing the presumptive next occupant of No 11 Downing Street</p><p>Good morning. Does anybody else remember <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reasons-revisited/id1287081706">Reasons to Be Cheerful</a>? The podcast was hosted by radio presenter Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband, during what has been unkindly described as his wilderness years, after he stepped down as Labour leader in 2015.</p><p>I flipping l

<p>This live blog is now closed.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/graham-platner-assault-allegation">Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WE

<p>PPP’s Amjad Hussain on Monday was sworn in as the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in a ceremony attended by his party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.</p> <p>Advocate Hussain was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2009973">elected</a> for the role on June 22 following the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005670">June 7 elections</a>, in which the PPP emerged as the largest party, with 12 seats in the 24-member GB assembly.</p> <p>Addressing the ceremony in Gilgit after taking the oath

The joyful, communal festival of World Cup soccer that had seemingly brought the United States together has now been interrupted by a controversy that cuts through notions of fair play on and off the ...

<p>PESHAWAR: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Wednesday said that his party was not holding talks with the government at the moment and that matters had not progressed beyond the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2006659">offer of negotiations</a>.</p> <p>Talking to reporters on the premises of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), Gohar said, “It is now the responsibility of those who hold authority to respond to PTI’s offer.”</p> <p>He added that the Leader of the Opposition in the Nat