Democrats rally round Platner in Maine as Trump reaffirms grip on GOP after primaries

Progressives rallied round the controversial Graham Platner after his primary victory in Maine on Tuesday , while Donald Trump again exerted his grip on the Republican party, helping to defeat a politician who had pushed for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Primary elections were held in four states – Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina – ahead of November’s midterms to decide control of both houses of Congress. …