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Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad for Ohio ‘shameful, disgusting’, says Republican congresswoman – US politics live
Trump tells Iowa rally crowd he encouraged Ramaswamy to keep running widely criticized campaign ad – as it happened
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This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump told supporters in Iowa he had encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor, to keep running an attack ad featuring the mother of his Democratic…
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Donald Trump has left the building
… or at least the stage, exiting to the live-blogger’s favorite tune, YMCA. The president just wrapped up 90 minutes of remarks, saying very little that he has not said before, but he did devote an extended portion of the speech to defending the attack ad his ally, Vivek Ramaswamy, is running in Oh…
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'I am, really, on the ballot', Trump says, without offering to resign if Republicans lose the midterms
“I’m asking you to pretend that I’m running… pretend I’m on the ballot,” Donald Trump told supporters in Iowa on Thursday, as he has at each stop on his “midterm blitz”. “Remember, I’m on the ballot,” he said later in the speech. “Because I am on the ballot. Really, it’s our stuff, it’s going to be…
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'You’ve got to ride with it'. Trump says he encouraged Ramaswamy to keep running ad featuring Acton's estranged mother
Speaking in Iowa on Thursday, Donald Trump told supporters that he had personally encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor, to keep running an attack ad featuring the mother of his Democratic rival, Dr Amy Acton, who had lost custody of her daughter at age 12 because h…
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Describing cognitive test, Trump recites math problem he claims he solved, but does not provide the answer
As he frequently does at campaign rallies, Donald Trump boasted to supporters in Iowa on Thursday that he “aced” what he called “an aptitude test” that is, in fact, a screening for mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. While the test does include a short test of basic mathematical abili…
Trump tosses conspiracy theories about Ilhan Omar to Iowa crowd, prompting chants of 'Lock her up!'
Despite the fact that he is in Iowa, ostensibly to support Republican candidates, Donald Trump quickly turned to attacks on two candidates running in other states, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, repeating false claims he has made before about two prominent Muslim Americans.…
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Trump begins Iowa rally in support of Republican candidates with heaps of praise for himself
Donald Trump started speaking, about 40 minutes late, to supporters in Sioux City, Iowa on Thursday by boasting about how well he had done in the state in his own three runs for office. Unusually, the president acknowledged that his term in office is drawing (slowly) to a close. “You know, we only…
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Lebron James mimed a golf swing and took an imaginary jump shot, as the national anthem was performed during Tuesday’s Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks match-up. His gestures provoked the ire of Donald Trump, who berated him as “no good” and a “TOTAL DISGRACE” on social media. “LeBron James s…
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Trump Accuses LeBron James of Disrespecting the National Anthem: ‘A Total Disgrace’
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As Trump travels to Iowa, Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson denounced Ohio ad he supports
Donald Trump is expected to speak soon at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa in support of Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, who broke with the president on Thursday by denouncing an attack ad he has supported in the Ohio governor race. As Trump defended the ad, from Republican candidate Vivek Ra…
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Student IDs will not be accepted at New Hampshire polls, Supreme Court rules
The US supreme court ruled on Thursday that New Hampshire students cannot use their school-issued ID cards as proof of identity to vote, handing a victory to the state’s Republicans. The high court cited a previous ruling, “lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the…
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Trump says 'the press has ganged up on' Amy Acton's estranged mother who stayed with husband charged with raping her daughter
At the White House on Thursday, Donald Trump blamed the media for, in his eyes, unfairly attacking the estranged mother of Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, after the candidate’s mother recorded a campaign ad for Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee, in which she called the da…
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Trump's DoJ investigating Corey Lewandowski over role as Kristi Noem adviser – reports
The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation of Donald Trump’s first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, over allegations that he illegally profited from his role as an adviser to the former homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, according to reporting from the Wall S…
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Disgraced ex-Trump aide facing federal public corruption investigation: report
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Kristi Noem's Alleged Lover Put Under Criminal Investigation
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State department reportedly asked career officials up for promotions about voting history
The state department asked foreign service officials who are up whether they voted for Donald Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024, according to a report by the Washington Sun. Citing several former and current state department officials familiar with the matter, the Washington sun reports that top brass a…
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Here's a recap of the day so far
Donald Trump has defended Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial gubernatorial campaign ad that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, and has been widely condemned by Republicans. “Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about a daughter in that way would normally lead to the da…
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'Vivek should keep it up': Trump defends controversial Ramaswamy campaign ad condemned by Republicans
Donald Trump has defended Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial gubernatorial campaign ad, that has been widely derided by Republicans, and features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. Donna Arthur hasn’t seen her daughter since she was removed from her custody when she was 12 – a…
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Susan Collins’ deciding vote to confirm conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh has become a flashpoint in the Senate race in Maine. This midterm election is the first time Collins is on the ballot since the 2022 Dobbs decision, which overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. “…
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Speaking to the crowd in Portland, Troy Jackson said that – if elected – his “day one agenda” in the Senate would involve repealing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Donald Trump’s domestic policy legislation that was signed into law last year. “I know will be a big uphill deal. So we can get some se…
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Discussing the immigration crackdown in Maine that saw a 26-year-old man in Biddeford killed at the hands of a federal immigration agent, Ocasio-Cortez noted how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Maine has been disproportionate. “They are sending ICE out in droves to intimid…
'We've got a Senate race to win': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns with Troy Jackson in Maine
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now campaigning in Portland, Maine, alongside Troy Jackson, the Democratic hopeful for US Senate. “We’ve got a logger that we are hoping to send to the United States Senate, that’s for working people and higher wages, on healthcare and so much more,” she said, describing…
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And following up from our last post, Calley Means has officially announced his resignation on social media. He said he was doing so with “tremendous respect” for Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary. “They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that…
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Calley Means, a senior adviser to US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr who has also worked in the White House to further his “Make America Healthy Again” policies, has quit his role today, the Wall Street Journal (paywall) reports. According to reports, Means departed his role ove…
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AG doesn't rule out DoJ weighing in on states' certifying election results in certain scenarios
Asked by a reporter earlier whether there was any scenario in which the Department of Justice would weigh in on states’ certifying process or try to block states from certifying the election, attorney general Todd Blanche did not rule it out. Blanche replied: “Is there any scenario? Yes, of course…
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Maine GOP senator Susan Collins calls for removal of radio ad attacking Democrat Troy Jackson as a 'creep'
Maine Republican senator Susan Collins has distanced herself from a new radio ad attacking her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson as a “freak” and a “creep” because “he has two kids with his cousin”, saying yesterday that the ad should be taken down. The spot, airing on Maine radio in the form of a c…
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in nine states
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states – California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin – into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. US district court judge Araceli Martínez…
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Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use at the US southern border. The “heat ray”, known as the Active Denial System, is a military-grade weapon that shoots an energy beam causing “a sens…
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Reporting from Miami Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December – or else he could be subject to sanctions, including the possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit. The lawsuit…
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Before traveling to Nebraska, JD Vance fielded questions from reporters and expressed confidence in possible negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, following Steve Witkoff’s meetings with leadership of both countries in recent days. “The reason why we haven’t struck a peace deal is because they’v…
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Democrats have 37-point lead over Republicans among likely young voters, new poll finds
Democrats lead Republicans 63% to 26% among likely voters aged 18-29, according to a new poll by Harvard’s Institute of Politics. However, 33% of young Americans say they will definitely vote in the upcoming midterms, down from 40% who said the same ahead of both the 2018 and 2022 cycles. In 2024,…
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Key election forecaster shifts Ohio gubernatorial race in Dems favor after GOP campaign ad controversy
Following the recent controversy around Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad that features Amy Acton’s estranged mother, Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the Center for Politics – a key election forecaster – has shifted the Ohio gubernatorial race from “toss up” to “leans Democratic”. As I noted earlier, a number…
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'Deeply troubling': Republican governor of Ohio calls on Ramaswamy to take down campaign ad featuring Democratic opponent's estranged mother
Mike DeWine, the outgoing Republican governor of Ohio, has called on Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign to take down the recent ad that includes the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. DeWine called the campaign spot “deeply, deeply troubling” and said it was “wrong” to have run it. “I…
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