Planned Parenthood makes big ad buy in Maine Senate race  

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Today's Top Stories - August 18, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 18, 2026

The super PAC for Planned Parenthood is rolling out a more than $600,000 ad campaign against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), criticizing her for her record on abortion as Democrats look to flip the Maine Senate seat this fall.  

Planned Parenthood Votes released some of its first ads in the digital campaign Monday. In one video, a woman who reported voting for Collins said she regretted that decision. The voter cited the GOP senator’s track record on abortion and her vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as her reasoning.

“She said very recently that she doesn’t even regret confirming Brett Kavanaugh, and that just is so shocking to me,” the woman says in part of the ad. “I can’t take my vote back, but I will not make the same mistake twice.” 

Collins’s campaign........

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