Maine votes as scandal-plagued Graham Platner seeks Democratic Senate primary win - US politics live

Polls for Maine’s primary elections close at 8pm ET as it appears voters may be sticking with Platner despite string of controversiesSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe House is set to vote today on the GOP $70bn bill to fund Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda for the remainder of his term.It comes days after the Senate passed the legislation 52-47, following a marathon session of votes to knock down proposed amendments – including those seeking to outlaw the Trump’s administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund – as GOP leaders scrambled to prevent the derailment of the wider funding package. Only