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| Ted Cruz on Brussels attacks: We must patrol Muslim neighborhoods – live | Ted Cruz on Brussels attacks: We must patrol Muslim neighborhoods – live |
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| Three Mormon missionaries among Brussels injured | |
| Sam Levin | |
| Three Utahns serving as missionaries for the Mormon church were injured in the attacks in the Brussels, Belgium airport, according to Utah Governor Gary Herbert. | |
| “It is not uncommon for innocent victims to be targeted in these terrorist attacks, but seldom do we see people of faith who have forsaken everything—family, friends, school and careers—in order to share a message of hope and love with the world also fall victim,” Herbert said in a statement on Tuesday. | |
| The Utahns injured are 66-year-old Richard Norby, 20-year-old Joseph Empey and 19-year-old Mason Wells, according to the Associated Press. | |
| “To the Norby, Empey and Wells family, please know that the state of Utah is united in prayer at this time for the health and well being of your missionaries. As Utahns, we stand together with our fellow Americans and those around the world in our resolve to put an end to these acts of terror,” Herbert said. | |
| Mormon voters reject Trump immigration, religious views | |
| The attacks came just before the Tuesday GOP caucus in Utah where immigration has become a particularly hot-button issue. Many Republican Mormon voters, even those with very conservative views on immigration and counter-terrorism efforts, oppose Donald Trump in part due to his outlandish proposals like banning all Muslims. | |
| Political experts say that Mormon voters value religious freedom, and the church last year even issued a statement indirectly condemning Trump’s proposed Muslim ban, citing a quote from Mormon founder Joseph Smith on respecting other religions. | |
| Because so many Mormons serve as missionaries overseas or have family members abroad, they tend to be less inclined to support extreme anti-immigration policies. | |
| This is one of the reasons why Mormon voters could turn Utah blue in November if Trump is the GOP nominee, as the Guardian reported in an an analysis of the Utah Republican caucus. | |
| This content is cross-posted from our live blog coverage of the Brussels attacks | |
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| Barack Obama and family are in Havana at an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team. | |
| The president did the wave: | |
| and here it is: Obama doing the wave pic.twitter.com/1erVpjEVYN | |
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| Let’s get awkward: how bad was Obama’s ‘handshake’ with Castro? | Let’s get awkward: how bad was Obama’s ‘handshake’ with Castro? |
| The moment where politicians risk a hand towards a mutual greeting will always be fraught. Each second is loaded with micro-decisions, like a high-stakes game of rock, paper, scissors. Who is going for what? With handshakes, there is always a winner. | The moment where politicians risk a hand towards a mutual greeting will always be fraught. Each second is loaded with micro-decisions, like a high-stakes game of rock, paper, scissors. Who is going for what? With handshakes, there is always a winner. |
| Here are five of the most awkward greetings between leaders in the history of politics: | Here are five of the most awkward greetings between leaders in the history of politics: |
| Related: Let’s get awkward: how bad was Obama’s ‘handshake’ with Castro? | Related: Let’s get awkward: how bad was Obama’s ‘handshake’ with Castro? |
| 5.46pm GMT | 5.46pm GMT |
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| Clinton: Trump's 'stream of insults' 'absurd' | Clinton: Trump's 'stream of insults' 'absurd' |
| Hillary Clinton just popped up for an interview on CNN, to be asked about Donald Trump accusing her at a candidates’ forum last night of lacking the “stamina” and “strength” needed for the presidency. | Hillary Clinton just popped up for an interview on CNN, to be asked about Donald Trump accusing her at a candidates’ forum last night of lacking the “stamina” and “strength” needed for the presidency. |
| Did she wish to reply? | Did she wish to reply? |
| “No, I really don’t,” Clinton said: | “No, I really don’t,” Clinton said: |
| I don’t want to respond to his constant stream of insults. I find it really, at this point, absurd. | I don’t want to respond to his constant stream of insults. I find it really, at this point, absurd. |
| 5.36pm GMT | 5.36pm GMT |
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| House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not worried that Donald Trump will cost Republicans control of the chamber in November’s election, the Associated Press reports: | House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not worried that Donald Trump will cost Republicans control of the chamber in November’s election, the Associated Press reports: |
| With Trump leading the race for the GOP presidential nomination, some in the party worry that his unbridled comments about women, Hispanics and others will cost Republican candidates in swing House districts. | With Trump leading the race for the GOP presidential nomination, some in the party worry that his unbridled comments about women, Hispanics and others will cost Republican candidates in swing House districts. |
| Ryan says he’s not concerned because House Republicans are crafting an agenda to put the country on the right track. The Wisconsin Republican said Tuesday “We are in control of our own actions.” | Ryan says he’s not concerned because House Republicans are crafting an agenda to put the country on the right track. The Wisconsin Republican said Tuesday “We are in control of our own actions.” |
| Ryan, who was Mitt Romney’s 2012 running mate, has shushed talk of his swooping in at the national convention to claim the Republican presidential nomination. But he just announced a speech on the “state of American politics”, open to media and interns only: | Ryan, who was Mitt Romney’s 2012 running mate, has shushed talk of his swooping in at the national convention to claim the Republican presidential nomination. But he just announced a speech on the “state of American politics”, open to media and interns only: |
| So @SpeakerRyan is totally announcing he's running for president tomorrow, right @BrendanBuck? pic.twitter.com/hClPOr15TR | So @SpeakerRyan is totally announcing he's running for president tomorrow, right @BrendanBuck? pic.twitter.com/hClPOr15TR |
| Speaker Ryan spox confirms speech will NOT be an endorsement in #2016 race nor an announcement about him running | Speaker Ryan spox confirms speech will NOT be an endorsement in #2016 race nor an announcement about him running |
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| 5.32pm GMT | 5.32pm GMT |
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| Barletta, endorsing Trump: 'voters are smart' | Barletta, endorsing Trump: 'voters are smart' |
| Pennsylvania congressman Lou Barletta, who as a city mayor spearheaded nationally controversial efforts targeting undocumented migrants, has endorsed Donald Trump for president. | Pennsylvania congressman Lou Barletta, who as a city mayor spearheaded nationally controversial efforts targeting undocumented migrants, has endorsed Donald Trump for president. |
| “Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has proven that he is the leader our country needs to change the way Washington does business, and I am proud to give my full endorsement and support to his candidacy,” Barletta said in a statement. | “Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has proven that he is the leader our country needs to change the way Washington does business, and I am proud to give my full endorsement and support to his candidacy,” Barletta said in a statement. |
| As I have said before, I am discouraged that certain members of the Republican Party have spent more time trying to figure out how to stop Donald Trump than they have trying to understand why he is so popular in the first place. Voters are smart. We need to listen to the voters instead of elitists trying to tell us right from wrong. In state after state, voters have made it clear that they want change and are tired of the way things are being done in Washington. I think Donald Trump is the best person to bring the change that Americans are demanding.” | As I have said before, I am discouraged that certain members of the Republican Party have spent more time trying to figure out how to stop Donald Trump than they have trying to understand why he is so popular in the first place. Voters are smart. We need to listen to the voters instead of elitists trying to tell us right from wrong. In state after state, voters have made it clear that they want change and are tired of the way things are being done in Washington. I think Donald Trump is the best person to bring the change that Americans are demanding.” |
| (h/t: @bencjacobs) | (h/t: @bencjacobs) |
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| Sam Levin | Sam Levin |
| Becca Schwartz, a self-described “Jewish ex-Mormon lesbian”, said that Utah’s LGBT voters and other progressives who have left the Mormon church are lining up behind Bernie Sanders, writes the Guardian’s Sam Levin in Salt Lake City: | Becca Schwartz, a self-described “Jewish ex-Mormon lesbian”, said that Utah’s LGBT voters and other progressives who have left the Mormon church are lining up behind Bernie Sanders, writes the Guardian’s Sam Levin in Salt Lake City: |
| “It comes down to equality in every realm – gender, color of your skin, sexual orientation, financial standing in life,” said Schwartz, who lives in Salt Lake City and has been rallying for Sanders with Autumn Hickman, her girlfriend of five years, in advance of the Tuesday caucuses. | “It comes down to equality in every realm – gender, color of your skin, sexual orientation, financial standing in life,” said Schwartz, who lives in Salt Lake City and has been rallying for Sanders with Autumn Hickman, her girlfriend of five years, in advance of the Tuesday caucuses. |
| “It’s time for every American to have a decent quality of life.” | “It’s time for every American to have a decent quality of life.” |
| Schwartz, a 31-year-old health care manager, and Hickman, a 40-year-old airline supervisor, both were previously members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but they eventually came out of the closet and left the Mormon faith. | Schwartz, a 31-year-old health care manager, and Hickman, a 40-year-old airline supervisor, both were previously members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but they eventually came out of the closet and left the Mormon faith. |
| In Schwartz’s family, five of seven children all eventually came out as queer – and all left the church, she said. They’re big Sanders fans now. “Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump here,” she added, citing a recent poll showing that highly conservative Utah could select a Democratin November if Trump is the GOP nominee. | In Schwartz’s family, five of seven children all eventually came out as queer – and all left the church, she said. They’re big Sanders fans now. “Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump here,” she added, citing a recent poll showing that highly conservative Utah could select a Democratin November if Trump is the GOP nominee. |
| “This could be a historic year for Utah,” Schwartz said. | “This could be a historic year for Utah,” Schwartz said. |
| Hickman said it’s not hard to support Sanders given the current pool of candidates: “He’s the only responsible adult in the room.” | Hickman said it’s not hard to support Sanders given the current pool of candidates: “He’s the only responsible adult in the room.” |
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| Cruz: 'patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods' | Cruz: 'patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods' |
| In a new statement on the Brussels attacks, Republican hopeful Ted Cruz has called for a law enforcement focus on “Muslim neighborhoods”. | In a new statement on the Brussels attacks, Republican hopeful Ted Cruz has called for a law enforcement focus on “Muslim neighborhoods”. |
| “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized, Cruz said in a statement posted to Facebook. | “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized, Cruz said in a statement posted to Facebook. |
| “We need to immediately halt the flow of refugees from countries with a significant al Qaida or ISIS presence,” Cruz said: | “We need to immediately halt the flow of refugees from countries with a significant al Qaida or ISIS presence,” Cruz said: |
| We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized. | We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized. |
| We need to secure the southern border to prevent terrorist infiltration. | We need to secure the southern border to prevent terrorist infiltration. |
| And we need to execute a coherent campaign to utterly destroy ISIS. | And we need to execute a coherent campaign to utterly destroy ISIS. |
| The days of the United States voluntarily surrendering to the enemy to show how progressive and enlightened we can be are at an end. Our country is at stake. | The days of the United States voluntarily surrendering to the enemy to show how progressive and enlightened we can be are at an end. Our country is at stake. |
| Read the full statement here. | Read the full statement here. |
| 4.34pm GMT | 4.34pm GMT |
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| The Arizona Republicans are voting in a winner-take-all primary, with the prize being 58 delegates. | The Arizona Republicans are voting in a winner-take-all primary, with the prize being 58 delegates. |
| Voters face long waits at one Arizona polling site #Election2016: https://t.co/8sX9Xm7rZH pic.twitter.com/sQBfoxcQxU | Voters face long waits at one Arizona polling site #Election2016: https://t.co/8sX9Xm7rZH pic.twitter.com/sQBfoxcQxU |
| Here’s our delegate tracker for the Republican side: | Here’s our delegate tracker for the Republican side: |
| Utah Republicans will caucus with 40 delegates at stake, to be shared out proportionally unless any one candidate claims more than 50% of the vote, in which case he wins all 40. Could Cruz cross the wire? Mitt Romney at the weekend warned Utahns that a vote for Kasich was a vote for Trump. And Cruz’s ground game is strong in both states. There’s not much polling in Utah, but Cruz appears to be far in the lead. | Utah Republicans will caucus with 40 delegates at stake, to be shared out proportionally unless any one candidate claims more than 50% of the vote, in which case he wins all 40. Could Cruz cross the wire? Mitt Romney at the weekend warned Utahns that a vote for Kasich was a vote for Trump. And Cruz’s ground game is strong in both states. There’s not much polling in Utah, but Cruz appears to be far in the lead. |
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| Arpaio: Trump reminds me of me | Arpaio: Trump reminds me of me |
| Paul Lewis | Paul Lewis |
| As Arizona votes, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa county, Joe Arpaio, has spoken at length with Guardian US west coast bureau chief Paul Lewis. | As Arizona votes, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa county, Joe Arpaio, has spoken at length with Guardian US west coast bureau chief Paul Lewis. |
| “Arizonans searching for a glimpse of what a Trump administration would be like could do worse than reflect on the 23-year reign of the Maricopa County sheriff,” writes Paul: | “Arizonans searching for a glimpse of what a Trump administration would be like could do worse than reflect on the 23-year reign of the Maricopa County sheriff,” writes Paul: |
| Arpaio, who has been found to have systematically racially profiled Latinos, runs a notorious jail in which inmates are housed in tents – a facility that even he has joked is comparable to a concentration camp. | Arpaio, who has been found to have systematically racially profiled Latinos, runs a notorious jail in which inmates are housed in tents – a facility that even he has joked is comparable to a concentration camp. |
| He once launched an investigation into Barack Obama’s birth certificate, which he still maintains is a forgery. Trump, who once offered $50m to see the same birth certificate, has avoided questions on the issue since launching his campaign for the White House. | He once launched an investigation into Barack Obama’s birth certificate, which he still maintains is a forgery. Trump, who once offered $50m to see the same birth certificate, has avoided questions on the issue since launching his campaign for the White House. |
| During an eve-of-election interview with the Guardian that lasted close to two hours, Arpaio, 83, reflected on how he had been thrust to the centre of both the Republican and Democratic races, and toyed for the first time with the possibility of a role in a Trump administration. | During an eve-of-election interview with the Guardian that lasted close to two hours, Arpaio, 83, reflected on how he had been thrust to the centre of both the Republican and Democratic races, and toyed for the first time with the possibility of a role in a Trump administration. |
| He likes the sheriff. ... This guy is different. I don’t have an ego because I got a guy that might become the president that likes the sheriff. They all like me until they get elected. But he’s different. | He likes the sheriff. ... This guy is different. I don’t have an ego because I got a guy that might become the president that likes the sheriff. They all like me until they get elected. But he’s different. |
| Related: Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Donald Trump: 'My mission is to get him elected' | Related: Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Donald Trump: 'My mission is to get him elected' |
| 3.53pm GMT | 3.53pm GMT |
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| Clinton draws a tacit distinction between herself and Trump, especially, in their views on responding to terrorism: | Clinton draws a tacit distinction between herself and Trump, especially, in their views on responding to terrorism: |
| We can be strong and smart without advocating torture or bigotry. We will not let fear dictate our foreign policy. | We can be strong and smart without advocating torture or bigotry. We will not let fear dictate our foreign policy. |
| 3.41pm GMT | 3.41pm GMT |
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| Sanders: this 'barbarism cannot be allowed' | Sanders: this 'barbarism cannot be allowed' |
| Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has issued a statement on the Brussels attacks. Here it is in full: | Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has issued a statement on the Brussels attacks. Here it is in full: |
| We offer our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in this barbaric attack and to the people of Brussels who were the target of another cowardly attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. We stand with our European allies to offer any necessary assistance in these difficult times. | We offer our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in this barbaric attack and to the people of Brussels who were the target of another cowardly attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. We stand with our European allies to offer any necessary assistance in these difficult times. |
| Today’s attack is a brutal reminder that the international community must come together to destroy ISIS. This type of barbarism cannot be allowed to continue.” | Today’s attack is a brutal reminder that the international community must come together to destroy ISIS. This type of barbarism cannot be allowed to continue.” |
| 3.39pm GMT | 3.39pm GMT |
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| Trump asserts that his take on terrorism – how would you summarize it? “Threats exist so close the borders and ‘bomb the shit out of ’em’”? – has proven “far more correct” than anybody’s: | Trump asserts that his take on terrorism – how would you summarize it? “Threats exist so close the borders and ‘bomb the shit out of ’em’”? – has proven “far more correct” than anybody’s: |
| I have proven to be far more correct about terrorism than anybody- and it’s not even close. Hopefully AZ and UT will be voting for me today! | I have proven to be far more correct about terrorism than anybody- and it’s not even close. Hopefully AZ and UT will be voting for me today! |
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| Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies | Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies |
| Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who succumbed to a scandal surrounding his use of crack cocaine but remained in politics, has died after fighting cancer, the Associated Press reports. | Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who succumbed to a scandal surrounding his use of crack cocaine but remained in politics, has died after fighting cancer, the Associated Press reports. |
| Ford had been in the hospital since late February. His chief of staff said last week that doctors were working on building his strength to be able to resume chemotherapy. In October 2015, doctors discovered two cancerous growths on his bladder. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. | Ford had been in the hospital since late February. His chief of staff said last week that doctors were working on building his strength to be able to resume chemotherapy. In October 2015, doctors discovered two cancerous growths on his bladder. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. |
| 3.18pm GMT | 3.18pm GMT |
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| Brussels attacks: candidates respond | Brussels attacks: candidates respond |
| The first responses of the four US presidential candidates to the attacks in Brussels included expressions of solidarity, vows to defeat “radical Islamic terrorism”, criticism of Barack Obama, calls for and against torture and calls for and against closed borders. | The first responses of the four US presidential candidates to the attacks in Brussels included expressions of solidarity, vows to defeat “radical Islamic terrorism”, criticism of Barack Obama, calls for and against torture and calls for and against closed borders. |
| Here’s a roundup of the presidential candidates’ initial responses to the Brussels attacks ( | Here’s a roundup of the presidential candidates’ initial responses to the Brussels attacks ( |
| senator Bernie Sanders has not yet released a statement | senator Bernie Sanders has not yet released a statement |
| Update: Sanders has issued a statement here): | Update: Sanders has issued a statement here): |
| Related: US presidential candidates respond to attacks in Brussels | Related: US presidential candidates respond to attacks in Brussels |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.45pm GMT | at 3.45pm GMT |
| 3.11pm GMT | 3.11pm GMT |
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| Aipac president distances group from Trump remarks | Aipac president distances group from Trump remarks |
| The president of Aipac, the pro-Israel lobby, has taken the conference stage Tuesday morning and said that an exuberant reception by the crowd Monday night for a Donald Trump attack on Barack Obama was not appropriate and that the applause was not representative of what the group agrees with or condones. | The president of Aipac, the pro-Israel lobby, has taken the conference stage Tuesday morning and said that an exuberant reception by the crowd Monday night for a Donald Trump attack on Barack Obama was not appropriate and that the applause was not representative of what the group agrees with or condones. |
| Aipac president Lillian Pinkus said the group takes “great offense” to Trump’s comments, JNS reports. | Aipac president Lillian Pinkus said the group takes “great offense” to Trump’s comments, JNS reports. |
| “With President Obama in his final year - YAY!” Trump said, to perhaps the most sustained applause of this evening’s session. “He may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel, believe me. And you know it better than anyone.” | “With President Obama in his final year - YAY!” Trump said, to perhaps the most sustained applause of this evening’s session. “He may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel, believe me. And you know it better than anyone.” |
| “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the president of the United States and our president, Barack Obama,” Pinkus said. | “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the president of the United States and our president, Barack Obama,” Pinkus said. |
| “There are people in our AIPAC family who were deeply hurt last night,” she said. She regretted that “so many applauded a sentiment that we neither agree with or condone.” | “There are people in our AIPAC family who were deeply hurt last night,” she said. She regretted that “so many applauded a sentiment that we neither agree with or condone.” |
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| at 3.14pm GMT | at 3.14pm GMT |
| 2.58pm GMT | 2.58pm GMT |
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| Democracy Now! host: media 'manufactures consent' on Trump | Democracy Now! host: media 'manufactures consent' on Trump |
| Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman has called out the TV media for ignoring a large Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix last Tuesday night, and instead engaging in a holding pattern in advance of a Donald Trump victory speech. “But it’s not only the networks,” she says, recalling a string of anti-Sanders pieces in the Washington Post. | Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman has called out the TV media for ignoring a large Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix last Tuesday night, and instead engaging in a holding pattern in advance of a Donald Trump victory speech. “But it’s not only the networks,” she says, recalling a string of anti-Sanders pieces in the Washington Post. |
| “The media manufactures consent, as Noam Chomsky says,” Goodman tells host Brian Stelter. “This exposure for Trump is very frightening. Yes, there is now some critical coverage, but for the year 2015, as the snowball rolled and got larger and larger, he got 23 times the coverage of Bernie Sanders.” | “The media manufactures consent, as Noam Chomsky says,” Goodman tells host Brian Stelter. “This exposure for Trump is very frightening. Yes, there is now some critical coverage, but for the year 2015, as the snowball rolled and got larger and larger, he got 23 times the coverage of Bernie Sanders.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.07pm GMT | at 3.07pm GMT |