Graham Platner's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Removed Condoms Without Her ConsentAnother ex-girlfriend of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has accused him of sexual abuse, alleging that he removed condoms during sex without her consent.Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Platner for two years starting in 2013, spoke with The Washington Post for a piece published Tuesday."He would pull condoms off," Fifield told The Post. "He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me."Platner has been under fire, with the future of his campaign in doubt, after an allegation of sexual assault was brought to light Monday.Jenny Racicot said Platner, who she dated on and off, came to her home in 2021 and assaulted her."I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me," Racicot told Politico. "I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, ‘This is no longer my choice.'"Racicot said that Platner ejaculated inside of her, despite her allegedly telling him "words like, 'No, don't.'"Latest Live UpdatesTrump Admin Drops Plans To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill: Spectrum NewsThe Trump administration is no longer pursuing an Obama-era plan to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, according to a report from Spectrum News. On Monday, the outlet asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the agency was “still planning to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.”“We are not at present,” Bessent said. A Treasury Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment. Read more from Spectrum News: NATO Summit Was Supposed To Focus On Defense Spending. 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Trump launched the attacks shortly after leaving a dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan where the leaders of the alliance’s 32 member countries had gathered ahead of Wednesday’s talks meant to focus on progress made toward meeting NATO’s spending targets.Read more from The Associated Press:Platner Campaign Official Challenges Statement From Maine Democratic PartyA campaign official for Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner has contested a statement from the Maine Democratic Party that accused the oysterman's team of trying to “put their thumb on the scale” in the process of selecting a potential replacement. “The Platner campaign has reached out to the party to try and understand what this process would look like. At no point has the campaign tried to ‘put its finger on the scale,’” the official told NBC News on Tuesday. “Over 150,000 Mainers voted for this movement, and over 15,000 Mainers volunteered their time and energy to it. While Graham wouldn't want to be a part of the process, he would want to make sure the voters and volunteers make this decision — not the political establishment.”‘It Was Domestic Abuse’: Platner’s Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out About Allegations Of ViolenceLyndsey Fifield, an ex-girlfriend of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, spoke out Tuesday regarding allegations of violence she previously made about the oysterman in a New York Times story. “I think the biggest betrayal after that piece came out was feeling like I had been – they wouldn't even use the word abuse. A lot of people just kept saying, oh, mistreatment, or – no one was describing…” Fifield said during a Tuesday interview on CNN. “It was domestic violence,” said CNN anchor Jake Tapper. “It was intimate partner violence and it was domestic abuse,” said Fifield. Fifield had previously told The Times that Platner could be rough with her, including grabbing her by the shoulders and twisting her arm behind her back during an argument, which he denied. "Anything alleging physicality, anything alleging that I knew what my tattoo was, these are the statements of someone who’s politically motivated," Platner said during a June MS NOW interview. Fifield’s CNN interview followed the publication of a bombshell report in Politico on Monday, in which Jenny Racicot, another woman who previously dated Platner, accused him of sexual assault. Fifield also told The Washington Post that Platner had removed condoms without her consent during sex.Platner denied both allegations. Fifield said she wanted to share her experience because it spoke to how Platner could potentially handle the position of senator and how he could treat the women he worked with. “We know that you can't be that way in private and not have it translate into how you would govern,” Fifield said. Maine Democratic Party: Platner's Team Is Trying To Sway Replacement ProcessThe Maine Democratic Party is working to create an “open, inclusive, transparent and fair” process to replace U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, despite his team's efforts to influence it."Unfortunately, Graham Platner's team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like,” said Maine Democratic Party executive director Devon Murphy-Anderson in a video on Tuesday, after two women accused Platner of sexual assault this week. Murphy-Anderson said the party has called on Platner to drop out of the race and explained to his team that “they have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like.”An unnamed source told The New York Times on Monday that Platner would only withdraw from the race on the condition that he was “replaced by a candidate who he believes is true to the values and vision and policy agenda of the campaign that Maine voted for.”Trump Admin Threatens To Strip Antiterrorism Funding From States That Don't Make Election Changes: ReportThe Trump administration is threatening to withhold 20% of some antiterrorism grants from states if they don’t comply with new election security measures, including transitioning to paper ballots and verifying citizenship, according to documents viewed by The New York Times.The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to transform elections as they continue to push unfounded complaints of widespread voter fraud.Read more from the Times:Debate In Key Michigan Senate Race Gets UnderwayMichigan Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens fired off attacks at one another Tuesday evening, in their first debate since state Sen. Mallory McMorrow ended her campaign. Early on in Tuesday's debate, Stevens criticized El-Sayed for not releasing his tax returns. She accused her opponent of being more focused on achieving fame than being a good politician. "Abdul, you talk about getting money out of politics and putting money in people's pockets, but who is putting money in yours?" she said. "What are you hiding?" El-Sayed argued Stevens is a corporate-focused politician and noted she has received donations from pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC."When it comes to the choice between working people and corporations, I will pick working people every time," he said. Top Democrat Says She’s Heard More ‘Credible’ Graham Platner AllegationsRep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) alleged Tuesday that she had been told of multiple allegations against embattled Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, one day after a woman’s sexual assault allegation prompted scores of allies to call on Platner to drop out of the closely watched race to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).Dingell told CNN's Boris Sanchez she had been “yelled at” by political allies for her past criticism of Platner, but now the same people have told her that her “instincts were right.”“And quite frankly, I am told that there are more. This is a community that I work in, and there are other credible reports that people have told me of,” she said, referring to her work advocating for victims of sexual violence.“I don't spread rumors, so I'm not going to get into that. But it's time. We have a sexual predator in the White House, that doesn't make it OK for Democrats. Yes, we need to fight fire with fire, but we've got to have some principles and values that we stand up for,” she said.Dingell did not specify the nature of the allegations she'd heard, or whether they involved physical violence. Platner has denied any nonconsensual sexual conduct.Platner Campaign Scraps Fundraisers, Online Ads: PoliticoAs the list of Democrats calling for him to drop out of the Maine Senate race grows, Graham Platner has canceled “at least a half-dozen” planned fundraisers and isn’t running new ads online, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told Politico.The campaign upheaval comes after a 41-year-old woman came forward yesterday and accused Platner of sexually assaulting her five years ago, while he was heavily inebriated.Read more at Politico:U.S. Revokes Sale Of Iranian Oil Over 'Wholly Unacceptable' Actions In Strait Of HormuzThe United States revoked a general license Tuesday that authorized the sale of Iranian oil after several tankers reported being struck near the Strait of Hormuz.A U.S. official told Reuters that negotiators will continue to work in good faith towards a final agreement, but that Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz were "wholly unacceptable" and would be met with consequences.Three tankers reported being struck by unknown projectiles in and near the Straight of Hormuz in recent days, according to Reuters. 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