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Trump news at a glance: president returns to old playbook of undermining US election integrity

Donald Trump in a dark suit and red tie looks to the side in dramatic lighting
Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on 8 June 2026. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump is “inventing fraud” in California’s primary elections, and likely to ramp up unfounded allegations when more races go against him, pro-democracy experts have warned.

Trump has repeatedly called the California results into question as ballot-counting continued in the country’s most populous state. In the LA mayor’s race, Trump said it was “not possible” that the former reality TV star and registered Republican Spencer Pratt could have lost, despite the fact that LA is a deeply liberal city.

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