Debbie Dingell

Democrats 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.

What to Know About Buying Watermelons This Weekend

If you are going grocery shopping this weekend and watermelons are on your shopping list, here is what you need to know about what you might currently find. I hit three different grocery stores this morning and something stood out, the watermelons are back in a big way. Each of the stores had a sizeable watermelon display, especially Fred Meyer (Kroger), who had at least 7-8 large bins of different types of watermelons.

Some conservative lawmakers are rebranding June with LGBTQ Pride alternatives

June is widely recognized as Pride Month, but a handful of Republican governors have bestowed alternative titles that both supporters and opponents view as counterprogramming. Without directly saying the idea was to replace Pride, the governors of Indiana and Tennessee rebranded June as Nuclear Family Month to celebrate units made up of “one husband, one wife and any biological, adopted or fostered children.”

The IPO set to make Elon Musk unfathomably wealthy

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Today, we dive into how SpaceX’s initial public offering is expected to launch Elon Musk into a new stratosphere of wealth, and Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zanona texts with us about the mostly symbolic House vote to halt the war against Iran. Let’s get into it.

Richard Thomas reflects on Tony nomination, 'Waltons' legacy

Stage and screen acting legend Richard Thomas, who won an Emmy in the ‘70s for playing John-Boy in “The Waltons,” just earned his second career Tony nomination for his role as the president of a dysfunctional HOA board in “The Balusters.” He spoke with NBC News' Joe Fryer about the honor.

An arrogant neighbor stole a pregnant mother's medical delivery, facing public arrest.

My sister is currently eight months pregnant and suffering from a high-risk medical condition that requires a specialized, highly expensive organic diet. A large delivery of premium produce and medical-grade supplements was dropped on her porch yesterday afternoon while she was resting. I checked the doorbell camera and watched a neighbor casually walk up, pick up the heavy insulated boxes, and load them into her luxury SUV. When I went to her house, she claimed she saw a post on the Food Radar app saying my sister was donating "surplus health food" to the neighborhood. She was shamelessly stealing life-saving nutrition from a pregnant woman just to avoid going to the store herself. I didn't argue. I called the local police and showed them the Food Radar private drop-off status for the address. The officers forced entry into her kitchen, recovered the stolen items, and arrested her for theft. The whole block watched as she was led away in handcuffs.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to suspend tax breaks offered to data centers

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday plans to temporarily halt offering tax breaks to data centers that apply to build in the state and intends to call on lawmakers and other groups to hash out a framework in the fall veto session for how the centers should be developed. In...

Man takes hostages at California building as bomb threat prompts evacuations

A man was barricaded with an unknown number of hostages Tuesday at a California building where police had received reports of a bomb threat. “Several community members” were inside the location in downtown Bakersfield, police spokesperson Sally Selby said in a statement, adding that crisis negotiators were working to resolve the situation peacefully.

Strangers invaded my private pool for a party, so I blasted freezing sprinklers.

I woke up on Saturday to loud splashing and shouting. I looked out my window and saw eight strange adults having a massive pool party in my fenced backyard. I ran outside furious. A guy held up his phone, showing me a LocalAll post made by my neighbor: "Free Open Community Spa! Walk right through the side gate!" My neighbor was using my expensive pool to look cool for his friends. I didn't yell at the trespassers. I walked into my pool house, bypassed the heater, and turned on the industrial cold water pump. Massive jets of freezing 5-degree well water blasted the crowd, sending them running into the street shivering.

Trump betrayed by Putin, over 1,600 missiles and drones slam Ukraine

The Big Story: Trump betrayed by Putin, over 1,600 missiles and drones slam Ukraine. After US President Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine War on May 8, Ukraine kept its part of the bargain and didn’t launch any long-range strikes into Russia during the period. After autocrat Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day in Red Square, his advisor Yuri Ushakov told Russian state media agency RT, “No attempted attack on Red Square: naturally, no massive retaliatory missile strike on Kyiv.”

New Jersey police sergeant charged with stealing journalist’s camera bag at immigration protest

NEW YORK — A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering tense protests outside a Newark immigration jail. Darryl Brown, a sergeant in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, was caught with the...

If God is a God of love, why does the Old Testament look so violent?

Like many modern seekers, I spent a long time trying to edit the Old Testament. I loved the gentle whispers of the Psalms, but the violent accounts of divine judgment, the shaking mountains, and the absolute destruction of nations in books like Joshua and Isaiah terrified me.

Trump Tried Throwing a Massive MAGA Revival — Then the Crowd Never Showed

Donald Trump spent Sunday promoting a supposedly massive patriotic revival event in Washington. The problem? Much of the National Mall appeared to have missed the memo. A new report detailing the White House-backed “Rededicate 250” gathering paints a brutally embarrassing picture for Trumpworld: rows of empty chairs, recycled video footage from the president, and MAGA loyalists desperately insisting the turnout was huge while photos told a very different story.

Trump Mocked a Fox News Reporter’s Fiancé — Hours Later It Blew Up in His Face

Donald Trump’s habit of publicly humiliating anyone who strays even slightly from MAGA orthodoxy appears to have backfired yet again, this time with a Republican congressman now openly threatening to sabotage one of the administration’s most controversial billion-dollar deals after Trump decided to take a bizarre swipe at the lawmaker through his Fox News fiancée.

Young Puppy Brought In To Be Euthanized Now Fighting for a Chance to Grow Up Thanks to Unsung Hero

PAWS New England is asking the community to rally around Denver, a young puppy fighting for life after arriving at Memphis Veterinary Specialists with a grim prognosis. The nonprofit rescue, known for taking in abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs from high-kill shelters and desperate situations, says Denver was “brought… to be euthanized with a diagnosis of parvo,” and their team is now doing everything possible to give the “little man” a chance at the future every dog deserves.