Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's deleted Reddit account

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's deleted Reddit account reveals graphic posts about masturbating in portable toilets and praising explicit military restroom graffiti — the latest in a growing trail of vulgar comments that could define his race against Susan Collins.

Platner has dismissed past controversies as 'joking' and 'shitposting,' but GOP strategists say the pattern raises fundamental questions about his judgment and fitness for office.

Two corporate entities and a foreign shipping employee have been charged

Two corporate entities and a foreign shipping employee have been charged in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Federal prosecutors say the companies behind the container ship, along with a technical superintendent, altered critical fuel systems before the crash.
"The indictment alleges that if the Dali had been using the proper fuel supply pumps, then the vessel would have regained power in time to safely navigate under the Key Bridge," U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes says.

Investigators say a second blackout sealed the outcome — turning a power loss into a deadly collapse that killed six workers.

California mayor resigns after being charged with acting as an illegal agent of China

Eileen Wang has agreed to plead guilty as she faces up to 10 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors.

They say she secretly worked to advance pro-Beijing messaging in the U.S., allegedly spreading propaganda tied to the Chinese government.

James Raeford arrested 19 times on more than 60 charges set free

James Raeford, a man from Charlotte, North Carolina, who had already been arrested 19 times on more than 60 charges—including multiple assaults on government employees—was released on bond after being accused of shooting a 3-year-old child.

Illegal migrant who admitted she committed document fraud to get into the country was sworn in as Mayor of St. Paul Minnesota

“I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country.”

Kaohly Vang Her made the comments in June of last year, while speaking on the house floor during a special session debate on a bill to remove MinnesotaCare coverage for illegal migrants.

She said her family “broke the law to come here” via document fraud by her father to speed up their refugee paperwork from Laos in the early 1980s.

She walked it back the same day claiming she and her parents are naturalized U.S. citizens.
She was elected in January and is still mayor.

Judge Deadra Jefferson sentenced a child predator to 1 day for possessing nearly 1,900 images and videos of children being sexually abused.

Judge Jefferson was elected to the bench by the South Carolina Legislature in 1996

She approved a plea deal for child predator Donald Edward Gresh Jr. who had the material that included toddlers as young as three raped by adults and animals.

Gresh faced six charges in 2018 after police raided a business he owned and found the child sexual abuse material (CSAM):

Videos of 11- to 13-year-old girls having sex with an older male,
A photo of a 3- to 4-year-old forced into sex, and
Files of kids with animals.

Instead, prosecutors dropped five of the six charges. Gresh pleaded guilty to one reduced count. The plea deal was hammered out in about 15 minutes.

Jefferson presided, signed off on the one-day sentence (time served), lifetime sex offender registration, and 20 years of supervision.

This happened about 5 years ago.
The case is back in the spotlight after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted the details and the full court file online, calling it proof the system is broken.

Somali Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac announces her number one goal in office

Somali Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac announces her number one goal in office is to surge taxpayer money from America to Somalia.

"Hopefully we will be able to help our former country Somalia!"