Mamdani joins Democrats’ calls for Graham Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race as window to replace him narrows – live

According to The Guardian, pressure is mounting on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to end his campaign. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has now joined fellow Democrats urging Platner to step aside following a sexual assault allegation. The timing is tight: Platner must withdraw by the thirteenth of July for Democrats to replace him on the ballot, which is narrowing the window for the party to regroup. Separately, President Donald Trump said he had what he called a very good talk with Russian president Vladimir Putin before arriving in Turkey for the NATO summit. That call came amid a wave of recent Russian strikes across Ukraine that have killed at least twenty-one people. Trump said he also spoke with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the summit.

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