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This blog is closing now – thanks for following along. You can find the latest US elections coverage here. Here are today’s highlights:
With Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday night, Joe Biden has said it “could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century”. Scientists at Noaa are working to collect data from inside the storm, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have captured images of the storm, and fleeing Floridians are facing gas shortages.
Kamala Harris continued a week of media appearances on three New York shows today: The View, the Howard Stern Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Trump secretly sent Covid-19 testing machines to Vladimir Putin in 2020, and has called the Russian leader as many as seven times since leaving the White House, investigative journalist Bob Woodward has reportedly written in a forthcoming book.
The FBI never acted on tips received about Brett Kavanaugh during his supreme court nomination process, a Democratic senator opposed to the Trump appointee revealed in a report.
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As Hurricane Milton approaches, Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has gone into Hurcon II, one of five rankings the center maintains for which preparations should be made before an approaching hurricane.
The spaceport is now restricted to essential personnel only. Tropical storm-force winds are expected to reach the center by Wednesday evening, with hurricane-force winds expected early Thursday.
The center, with support from SpaceX, has already secured the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
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