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Trump praises supporter for allegedly punching protester during rally for Darline Graham in South Carolina – as it happened
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We’re wrapping up our live coverage of US politics. Here are some of today’s key developments: Donald Trump rallied in South Carolina for Republican Senator Darline Graham. The event at Clemson University was marked by tension and aggression toward protesters, which Trump praised. Several demonstra…
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Ilhan Omar gives first interview since federal raid on her home
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar denied allegations of immigration fraud in a Wednesday appearance on MS Now, her first interview since federal agents raided her residence last week. The 12 October raid marked an escalation of a years-long feud between Omar and Trump. Those in Donald Trump’s orbi…
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Democrats are suing to stop Donald Trump’s administration from demanding states remove voters, who the federal government alleges are not citizens, from their rolls ahead of the US midterms. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said “Trump knows he can’t win a fair fight, so he’s resorted to…
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Trump’s South Carolina rally has continued to see aggression and violence directed toward protesters. Multiple demonstrators have been removed from the event at Clemson University, including one who was allegedly punched by a Trump supporter, a move the president praised. Footage emerged online of…
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While Trump is in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, last week the senator was at odds with the US president after he put on hold a new sanctions package targeting Russia. The legislation had been named for the late South Carolina senator Lindsay Graham, Graham’s brother, who was the prima…
'I loved that' Trump says after protester was allegedly punched by president's supporter
Tensions flared on Wednesday, as multiple protesters were removed from the Trump rally at South Carolina’s Clemson University. One demonstrator apparently was socked by a rally attendee, much to Trump’s delight. “That was great, man. Wow. Man, I loved that,” the president said. “Who’s the guy that…
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Donald Trump digs at Darline Graham's opponent in Senate race, faces protests at SC rally
Donald Trump is back in South Carolina, galvanizing his base to back senator Darline Graham. She is running to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham’s congressional seat. Her campaign has been dogged by questions about her political inexperience, notably after she struggled to answer a question a…
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Amy Acton responded to the controversy over Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad featuring her estranged mother, telling a group of voters her opponent shouldn’t have “exploited her”. “I haven’t seen my mother since I was 12, and obviously we were removed from her custody. And she’s not well and they shou…
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Nancy Pelosi's office latest to receive 'suspicious' letter
Nancy Pelosi’s office received “a suspicious letter” on Wednesday in what appears to be the latest incident of ill-intentioned mailings targeted at US Congress members before the midterm elections. Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that the offices of more than three dozen members of Congres…
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The controversy around Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad continues to grow as it emerged that another Republican candidate in Ohio had asked him not to run the spot featuring his Democratic opponent’s estranged mother. A Republican operative told CNN that a candidate “personally asked” the GOP gubernat…
Aipac, the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the US, will cease issuing endorsements and directly contributing to candidates through its political action committee, according to a report from Jewish Insider. Since 2022, the group has been directly involved with elections through its Pac and Super P…
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AIPAC ends endorsements and PAC contributions in favor of ‘new tools’
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JD Vance says Republicans should 'stop whining and go win the race in 13 days' after outrage over Ramaswamy campaign ad
Speaking earlier, JD Vance also chided Republicans for their outrage over the controversial campaign ad from Vivek Ramaswamy, featuring his Democratic opponent’s estranged mother. Amy Acton was sexually abused by her mother’s husband when she was 12 years old, according to her brother Phillip Stear…
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Musk threatens to 'come for' Democrats who 'pick fights' with him in new Congress
Elon Musk – the tech billionaire, Trump ally, and founder of Tesla and Space X – has threatened to home in on Democrats who pursue him in the next Congress. “Live by the sword, die by the sword,” Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he bought in 2022. “Those who pick fights with me should und…
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Here's a recap of the day so far
US envoy Steve Witkoff announced this morning that Russia authorities had freed Stephen Hubbard, the first American known to be convicted of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Hubbard was arrested when the Russians briefly took over the Ukrainian city of Izium at the start of the ongoing conflict…
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Trump defends special envoy Witkoff calling Putin a 'humanitarian'
In the East Room today, Trump defended Steve Witkoff’s comments, noting that the release of Steven Hubbard might warrant praise for Putin. “I guess you could say for that particular purpose, for the purpose of allowing a man who was thinking he was going to be in prison for life, out,” Trump told r…
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Earlier, we noted that Thom Tillis, the outgoing Republican senator from North Carolina, slammed special envoy Steve Witkoff for calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” today – following the release of detained US citizen Steven Hubbard. Now, more GOP lawmakers are pushing back. “Vladimir Putin is…
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Key takeaways from early voting numbers
With 13 days until the midterms, early voting data is rolling in nationwide. Democrats need to net four Senate seats and hold 218 House seats to reclaim a congressional majority. Here is where the numbers stand so far: Turnout is surging in key battlegrounds: Over 16 million Americans have already…
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Meta ordered to pay $25bn penalty over deceiving users about data privacy
A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25bn in penalties, on after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising from allegations that Cambridge Analytica – a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign – obtained data from millions of Faceb…
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In Maine, Susan Collins, the moderate Republican incumbent senator vying for a sixth term in office, joined the growing list of GOP lawmakers to urge the Trump administration to reverse the waiving of Russian sanctions. “First of all the law is very clear, that we wanted additional sanctions to be…
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Vance criticizes outrage over Ramaswamy ad featuring opponent's estranged mother
At a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, JD Vance criticized the media and Democrats for focusing on Vivek Ramaswamy’s recent ad for his gubernatorial campaign, which features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. As we noted earlier, the campaign spot, which has circulated am…
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Vance says Republicans shouldn't complain about Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother
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VP Vance Defends Vivek Ramaswamy After Ad Featuring Amy Acton's Estranged Mother
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Vance Tells GOP to ‘Stop Whining’ About Vivek Ramaswamy's Ad Featuring Amy Acton's Estranged Mother
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Witkoff calls meeting with Putin 'constructive', says trilateral talks will continue 'at the technical level'
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said his meeting today with Vladimir Putin – which resulted in the release of Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old former teacher who had spent more than four years in Russian jails– was “constructive”. Trump’s emissary met with Russian leadership in St Petersburg, after talks…
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A 24-year-old Kansas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot Donald Trump. Authorities arrested Jaden J Read, of Clearwater, Kansas, last Saturday after he allegedly posted threats to kill the US president at his rally in the Wichita area on Monday, according to the justice departm…
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Retiring GOP senator Thom Tillis has ridiculed Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff for praising Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian”. “WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of ‘humanitarian,’” Tillis said in a post on X, with a screenshot showing the definition. “What an embarrassing and outrageo…
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Elena Kagan criticized rulings made by the US supreme court’s conservative majority this week, arguing that its recent decisions on redistricting and campaign finance had undermined America’s democracy. “The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings on how th…
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Supreme court rebuffs Trump restrictions on medical care for trans inmates for now
The supreme court has refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately deny gender-affirming care for transgender people in federal prisons. The decision leaves in place a lower-court block on the policy while a legal challenge plays out. It was adopted after an executive order from Donald…
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Steve Witkoff lavished praise on Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the grand Constantine Palace in St Petersburg, describing the Russian president as a humanitarian. “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that…
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Donald Trump's special envoy tells Vladimir Putin he is a ‘humanitarian’
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A White House official has confirmed to the Guardian that Donald Trump’s roundtable at 2.30pm ET will be focused on cybercrime. The president is “unleashing every available tool to stop foreign-based organized criminal organizations that exploit Americans in cyberspace”, the official said in a stat…
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While Donald Trump will be in South Carolina today, his vice-president, JD Vance, will be stumping in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Buckeye state is home to a must-keep Senate seat for Republicans, where the incumbent, John Husted, is fending off a challenge from former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown – t…
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Trump praises UK approval of controversial Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea
Donald Trump has welcomed the news that UK government has approved the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea. “Great news for the wealth and prosperity of the United Kingdom, and the wonderful region of Aberdeen. The UK has started drilling in the North Sea, one of the greatest and most p…
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Reporting from Jerusalem The Israeli military has detained about 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers helping Palestinians harvest olives near Bethlehem, including the New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, several rabbis and Israel’s former deputy attorney general. “I’ve been deta…
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