Several artists have pulled out of the Great American State Fair concert series celebrating the US's 250th birthday, prompting Donald Trump to propose replacing the event with a Make America Great Again rally. Organizers and officials maintain the event is nonpartisan despite the controversy.
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Amy Gertner, wife of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, responds to reports she informed his campaign about sexually explicit texts he sent to other women. Despite controversies, Platner remains the presumptive Democratic nominee facing Republican Senator Susan Collins.
Colorado Democrats censured Gov. Jared Polis after he commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, convicted for election tampering. The party condemned the decision as harmful to election integrity and barred Polis from party events.
President Trump and the Justice Department settle a $10 billion IRS lawsuit by creating a $1.7 billion fund to address claims of government "weaponization." The fund will provide a process for victims to seek redress but awards no damages to Trump or his family.