9m ago / 8:29 AM EDTDemocrats navigate a new Graham Platner controversy in Maine’s battleground Senate race For the Democratic Party, the road to Maine’s Senate primary is paved in dread.All Graham Platner had to do was glide into Tuesday’s election to clinch the state’s Democratic Senate nomination, since Gov. Janet Mills abruptly suspended her campaign in late April. But with each passing day, the divisions inside the party have grown as some lawmakers and activists say they are increasingly alarmed over the breadth and depth of controversies and scandals facing the military veteran.Read the full story here.52m ago / 7:46 AM EDTHouse passes Ukraine aid bill in another GOP rebuke of Trump’s foreign policyThe House passed bipartisan legislation last night that would provide new aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions against Russia, largely clashing with the Trump administration’s approach to the war.The 226-195 vote included support from 18 Republicans, who joined all but one Democrat in approving the measure.Read the full story here.2h ago / 7:23 AM EDTMay jobs report expected to show growth in an economy squeezed by inflation The jobs report for May, set to be released Friday morning, is expected to show that hiring has remained steady despite growing inflation and energy prices triggered by the ongoing war in Iran.Economists polled by Dow Jones believe that the U.S. economy will have added 80,000 positions in May and that the unemployment rate will be unchanged, at a low 4.3%. Average hourly earnings, which fell below the rate of inflation in April, are expected to rise 0.3%. Wages are expected to rise 3.4% from a year ago.Read the full story here.2h ago / 7:23 AM EDTSenators block consideration of FISA surveillance reauthorizationSenators blocked a vote to start consideration of an extension of the authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to conduct warrantless surveillance of non-U.S.-citizens outside the country — a controversial issue because of the potential for Americans' communications to get swept up in the activity. The effort to proceed to the measure failed after Senate Democrats raised concerns about Trump’s appointment of top housing official and close ally Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. As director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Pulte had sought probes into several of Trump’s perceived political enemies.A vote to proceed to the bill failed in a 47-52 vote with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., being the only Democrat to vote to proceed to the bill. Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Rick Scott of Florida and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama voted against proceeding to the measure.2h ago / 7:23 AM EDTSenate passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement, without limits on Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fundThe Senate passed legislation this morning to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies after intense bipartisan backlash over a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund threatened to derail the bill.Republicans managed to push through the $70 billion legislation, which would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term, on a 52-47 vote after weeks of delays.Read the full story here.