The questions mounting for Maine’s Democratic Senate front-runner

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2026-06-08

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Maine voters head to the polls Tuesday for a consequential primary race. ABC News reports on how some Democrats are worried their chosen candidate’s past could cost them in the November general election. SpaceX is set to become one of the 10 biggest companies in the world when it goes public on Friday. The Atlantic’s Matteo Wong explains why the record-breaking IPO is less about rockets than Elon Musk’s ambitions to launch AI data centers into space. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has agreed to create the country's first gender-detransition clinic as part of a settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Washington Post’s Molly Hennessy-Fiske breaks down what that signals for transgender health care nationwide. Plus, Iran and Israel struck each other for the first time since the April ceasefire began, NBA Finals watch parties outside Madison Square Garden are banned in preparation for President Trump’s visit to Game 3, and the furniture makers growing chairs from trees. Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.
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  • Good morning.

  • Democrats are hoping to win a crucial Senate seat in Maine this November,

  • but days from the primary election, their frontrunner is facing mounting controversies.

  • If the allegations are true, they are disturbing.

  • At the end of the day, though, Maine voters are going to decide this.

  • Elon Musk's rocket company prepares for a blockbuster liftoff on Wall Street.

  • The Atlantic looks at why it matters for your 401(k).

  • And Iran and Israel trade strikes for the first time since the April ceasefire.

  • It's Monday, June 8th.

  • I'm Cecilia Lei, in for Shimita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • He's the favorite to become the Democratic candidate for Maine's all-important Senate race

  • as the party tries to win back a majority in Congress.

  • But now Graham Plattner is facing a string of misconduct allegations

  • that could cast a shadow over tomorrow's primary election results.

  • The latest came last Thursday.

  • The New York Times published claims by several women who dated Plattner.

  • They said he could be demeaning to women and, in at least one case, was physically threatening.

  • Plattner has acknowledged that he was a, quote, "far from perfect boyfriend,"

  • but his campaign strongly disputed any claims of physical intimidation.