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| Trump campaign to clarify immigration policy amid mixed signals – live | Trump campaign to clarify immigration policy amid mixed signals – live |
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| 2.29pm BST | 2.29pm BST |
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| The Hillary Clinton campaign was confronted with an unpleasant distraction on Monday morning as the New York Post published a front-page story about newly revealed, explicit Twitter messages sent by former congressman Anthony Weiner to a woman he met online. Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. | The Hillary Clinton campaign was confronted with an unpleasant distraction on Monday morning as the New York Post published a front-page story about newly revealed, explicit Twitter messages sent by former congressman Anthony Weiner to a woman he met online. Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. |
| The latest messages appear to be another installment in a long-running pattern of conduct by Weiner online that has made a public spectacle of his marriage and recalled the sex scandals attached to Clinton’s own marriage. | The latest messages appear to be another installment in a long-running pattern of conduct by Weiner online that has made a public spectacle of his marriage and recalled the sex scandals attached to Clinton’s own marriage. |
| Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after similar explicit messages came to light. His 2013 New York City mayoral bid foundered on a similar scandal. | Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after similar explicit messages came to light. His 2013 New York City mayoral bid foundered on a similar scandal. |
| Weiner’s Twitter account has been deleted. The Clinton campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment. | Weiner’s Twitter account has been deleted. The Clinton campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment. |
| The Post on Monday published texts and images said to have been sent and received by Weiner about a year ago, in July 2015. The images include one that appears to have been sent by Weiner in which his young son, asleep, is visible in the background. | The Post on Monday published texts and images said to have been sent and received by Weiner about a year ago, in July 2015. The images include one that appears to have been sent by Weiner in which his young son, asleep, is visible in the background. |
| As his mayoral bid collapsed, Abedin, already anticipating Clinton’s presidential run, appeared alongside Weiner and expressed support for him. She did not appear at a concession speech he gave at the end of the campaign. She travels constantly with Clinton. | As his mayoral bid collapsed, Abedin, already anticipating Clinton’s presidential run, appeared alongside Weiner and expressed support for him. She did not appear at a concession speech he gave at the end of the campaign. She travels constantly with Clinton. |
| The disintegrating mayoral bid, and the couple’s efforts to prevent the same from happening to their marriage, were the subject of an award-winning documentary released this year, Weiner. | The disintegrating mayoral bid, and the couple’s efforts to prevent the same from happening to their marriage, were the subject of an award-winning documentary released this year, Weiner. |
| Earlier this month, Weiner revealed that Abedin never agreed to the documentary. | Earlier this month, Weiner revealed that Abedin never agreed to the documentary. |
| Update: Donald Trump has sent a tweet questioning Clinton’s judgment, without mentioning Weiner by name: | |
| Crooked Hillary's brainpower is highly overrated.Probably why her decision making is so bad or, as stated by Bernie S, she has BAD JUDGEMENT | |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump has announced a date for what he bills as “a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” – Wednesday in the “GREAT State of Arizona”. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump has announced a date for what he bills as “a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” – Wednesday in the “GREAT State of Arizona”. |
| I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. | I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. |
| Trump surrogates have said he will use the speech to clarify his immigration proposals. The candidate appears to be backing away from a proposal to stand up a “deportation force” to remove millions of undocumented migrants from the country. Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and New Jersey governor Chris Christie insisted at the weekend that the candidate’s position on immigration had not changed. | Trump surrogates have said he will use the speech to clarify his immigration proposals. The candidate appears to be backing away from a proposal to stand up a “deportation force” to remove millions of undocumented migrants from the country. Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and New Jersey governor Chris Christie insisted at the weekend that the candidate’s position on immigration had not changed. |
| The Trump campaign has reserved “upward of $10m” in TV ad time in nine states “in the next week or so”, AP reports, including states where Trump’s poll numbers have lagged such as Virginia and Colorado. The buy brings the Trump campaign’s total TV ad spending to about $15m, versus $77m for the Hillary Clinton campaign. | The Trump campaign has reserved “upward of $10m” in TV ad time in nine states “in the next week or so”, AP reports, including states where Trump’s poll numbers have lagged such as Virginia and Colorado. The buy brings the Trump campaign’s total TV ad spending to about $15m, versus $77m for the Hillary Clinton campaign. |
| The Trump campaign is also out with a new ad this morning, offering contrasting visions of what would happen to the American economy under a Trump presidency versus a Clinton presidency: | The Trump campaign is also out with a new ad this morning, offering contrasting visions of what would happen to the American economy under a Trump presidency versus a Clinton presidency: |
| Can Trump catch Clinton in the 71 days remaining until election day (with early voting in dozens of states a month away)? Polling averages depict a static race through the month of August, with Clinton leading by between six and eight points. New polling by Emerson College, which FiveThirtyEight has found has a measurable house effect in favor of Republicans, has Trump within three points of Clinton in a four-way race in Pennsylvania, where head-to-head averages have her up seven points. Morning Consult released a national poll yesterday showing Trump within three points of Clinton after having trailed by six points a week earlier. Is he gaining? The signals are mixed. | Can Trump catch Clinton in the 71 days remaining until election day (with early voting in dozens of states a month away)? Polling averages depict a static race through the month of August, with Clinton leading by between six and eight points. New polling by Emerson College, which FiveThirtyEight has found has a measurable house effect in favor of Republicans, has Trump within three points of Clinton in a four-way race in Pennsylvania, where head-to-head averages have her up seven points. Morning Consult released a national poll yesterday showing Trump within three points of Clinton after having trailed by six points a week earlier. Is he gaining? The signals are mixed. |
| In conversations in Nascar country, Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts found some skepticism about the Republican candidate. | In conversations in Nascar country, Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts found some skepticism about the Republican candidate. |
| New Weiner sexts revealed | New Weiner sexts revealed |
| This has happened: | This has happened: |
| .@anthonyweiner's Twitter account has been deleted pic.twitter.com/l0DftDzJIn | .@anthonyweiner's Twitter account has been deleted pic.twitter.com/l0DftDzJIn |
| Presumably because this happened (that link takes you to the New York Post coverage of previously unseen, by the public, sexts by Anthony Weiner, from a year ago). | Presumably because this happened (that link takes you to the New York Post coverage of previously unseen, by the public, sexts by Anthony Weiner, from a year ago). |
| When you see Anthony Weiner is trending. pic.twitter.com/h9xT3Gzyn7 | When you see Anthony Weiner is trending. pic.twitter.com/h9xT3Gzyn7 |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |