Pressure mounts on Graham Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race as new allegation emerges – as it happened

According to The Guardian, pressure is mounting on Graham Platner to drop out of Maine's Senate race after a new allegation emerged, with Democrats said to be weighing how they might replace him. On the international front, President Donald Trump said he had what he called a "very good talk" with Russian President Vladimir Putin before arriving in Turkey for a NATO summit. The conversations come amid a wave of recent Russian strikes across Ukraine that have killed at least twenty-one people. Trump said he also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the summit.

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