30m ago / 7:30 AM EDTTrump plans to raise allegations of 2020 election interference in tonight's speechTrump is expected to use a speech tonight to renew his focus on election integrity and highlight findings that his administration says show foreign interference in the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the planning.Read the full story here.30m ago / 7:30 AM EDTDemocratic candidates for Senate in Maine to square off in debate The candidates for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine following Graham Platner‘s withdrawal from the race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins will face off in a debate tonight at 7 p.m. The candidates will include Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former Maryland environmental official David Costello, former Maine state Rep. Elizabeth Dickerson, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, businessman Dan Kleban, social worker ​Paige Loud, former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah, transgender activist Ashley Webb and former congressional aide Jordan Wood, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine, which is hosting the debate.The debate comes ahead of the state Democratic Party’s meetings this weekend to select delegates to the nominating convention later this month.30m ago / 7:30 AM EDTSenate committee to hold second hearing on Blanche's nomination for A.G. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear a second day of testimony on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to officially become the head of the Justice Department. Witnesses will include former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Epstein survivor Dani Bensky, Jon Adler, the president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation, and others.Blanche, who testified before the committee for several hours yesterday, is not scheduled to attend.30m ago / 7:30 AM EDTU.S. expands strikes into northern Iran and disables ship trying to run blockadeThe United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran today, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait before dawn and warned its attacks may escalate.Read the full story here.