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Tape Bombshell: Nebraska Senate Nominee Dan Osborn's Staffer Admits He Recruited Rape-Accused Dem Platner

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July 8, 2026

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Tape Bombshell: Nebraska Senate Nominee Dan Osborn's Staffer Admits He Recruited Rape-Accused Dem Platner
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Townhall

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· Jul 7, 2026

Undercover: Dan Osborn Staffer Claims Nebraska Senate Candidate Recruited Graham Platner for Maine Run

Undercover: Dan Osborn Staffer Claims Nebraska Senate Candidate Recruited Graham Platner for Maine Run

RAPPLER

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· Jul 1, 2026

Fact Check wRap: More lies about the Senate

In June, false claims about the Senate took advantage of recent arrests and tragedies. Watch this video so you can tell truth from myth.

ArcaMax

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· Jun 29, 2026

'He's not a serial killer,' defense attorney tells new Murdaugh judge, who shows her stuff

COLUMBIA, S.C. — “This guy’s no serial killer. He’s not Ted Bundy,” an animated defense attorney Dick Harpootlian told Judge Debra McCaslin during an hourlong pretrial hearing Monday morning at the Lexington County courthouse for accused...

National Republican Senatorial Committee

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· Jul 10, 2026

NEW: The Osborns’ fingerprints are all over a fraud Senate candidate in Alaska too

Dan Osborn didn’t just recruit Graham Platner in Maine. Osborn and his wife, Megan, also had a hand in recruiting a fraudulent Senate candidate under investigation in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. The fraudulent candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent is running to confuse voters and rig the state’s ranked choice system in favor of Democrat []

Associated Press

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· Jul 8, 2026

Mitch McConnell speaks to Republican leaders as speculation swirls about his health

The Senate's top two Republicans have spoken individually to Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, according to aides, as the former GOP leader remains in the hospital more than three weeks after being admitted for undisclosed health issues. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

DNyuz

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· Jul 8, 2026

Trump DOJ just suffered ‘extraordinarily rare’ court loss over election stunt: expert

The Trump administration’s move to investigate election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, hit a major roadblock as a judge quashed a Justice Department subpoena to reveal those workers’ personal information. That’s something that almost never happens, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN’s Jake Tapper — and it reveals just how far the Trump administration’s []

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Related coverage for "Tape Bombshell: Nebraska Senate Nominee Dan Osborn's Staffer Admits He Recruited Rape-Accused Dem Platner": Townhall — Undercover: Dan Osborn Staffer Claims Nebraska Senate Candidate Recruited Graham Platner for Maine Run. RAPPLER — Fact Check wRap: More lies about the Senate. ArcaMax — 'He's not a serial killer,' defense attorney tells new Murdaugh judge, who shows her stuff. National Republican Senatorial Committee — NEW: The Osborns’ fingerprints are all over a fraud Senate candidate in Alaska too. Associated Press — Mitch McConnell speaks to Republican leaders as speculation swirls about his health. DNyuz — Trump DOJ just suffered ‘extraordinarily rare’ court loss over election stunt: expert