Today in politics
That’s it from us tonight. My colleagues will be keeping an eye on the Ohio rally for any impending announcements. Otherwise here’s what happened today:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s first interview since the attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, last month by a seemingly-unhinged, rightwing conspiracy theory-spouting assailant will be broadcast tonight by CNN at 8pm.
Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s order to install a watchdog at the Trump Organization family business before a civil fraud case by the state’s attorney general goes to trial.
Rumors are swirling that Trump could announce his 2024 presidential bid tonight when he appears at a rally for Senate candidate JD Vance in Dayton, Ohio, on the eve of the midterm elections, where Republicans hope to shine.
Twitter owner Elon Musk posted on his social media platform endorsing the Republicans in the midterm elections.
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the so-called Wagner mercenary group fighting on Russia’s side in the invasion of Ukraine, said today he had interfered in US elections and would continue doing so in future.
It’s the last full day of election campaigning before the big vote tomorrow. US president Joe Biden and former president and Republican beacon Donald Trump will be out on the trail tonight in a contest where so much is at stake for each of their parties – and American democracy.
President Joe Biden says Democrats were “up against some of the darkest forces we’ve ever seen in our history”, according to a White House Pool report from the Guardian’s David Smith. “These Maga Republicans are a different breed of cat. This is not your father’s Republican party.”
Texas senator Ted Cruz was hit with a beer can while riding a float during the Houston Astros victory parade on Monday.
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AP is reporting that an Arizona judge has blocked the hand count of early ballots. Republicans pushed for the count because they claimed they do not trust the voting machines.
PHOENIX (AP) — Judge blocks hand-count of early ballots in Arizona county; measure sought by Republicans who don't trust vote machines.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) November 7, 2022
The move is among more than 100 pre-election lawsuits filed by Republicans around the ways votes are casted or counted.
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