Day: July 6, 2026

The Hill   Democrats and progressives on Monday called for Maine candidate Graham Platner (D) to end his Senate campaign amid a new accusation of sexual assault. “I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on the social platform X, a previously vocal defender of the Senate candidate. “These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on X called the allegations against Platner “troubling and deeply serious. I am rescinding my endorsement.” READ THE FULL STORY   

CBS News   A federal judge rejected a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, finding that President Trump’s sweeping pardons of the rioters were “expressly limited” to those who were convicted of their actions that day. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali denied a motion by lawyers for Brian Cole Jr. arguing his actions were “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6 and should be dismissed. Cole’s legal team pointed to filings by prosecutors that said Cole had told the FBI he had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend a 2020 election-related protest, which suggested he was part of “the same political controversy that animated the January 6 crowd.” And they noted that even though the bombs were allegedly planted on Jan. 5, they were discovered on the following afternoon. READ THE FULL STORY   

CNBC   Toyota Motor on Monday announced that it is investing $3.6 billion to move production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a plant in Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing campus. The investment is expected to create 2,000 U.S. jobs at the facility, add a second vehicle assembly line and roughly double the size of the 2.7-million-square-foot plant by 2030, the automaker said. It will expand the plant’s annual capacity from roughly 200,000 to 350,000 units, Toyota said. The announcement is part of Toyota’s stated plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected domestically in the U.S. through 2030. It comes less than a week after the Trump administration confirmed it would not extend its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews. READ THE FULL STORY