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| Clinton campaign accuses Trump of breaking Cuba embargo – live | Clinton campaign accuses Trump of breaking Cuba embargo – live |
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| Gymnast Simone Biles stood tall at the White House on Thursday - though not quite as tall as First Lady Michelle Obama. | |
| The 19-year-old found herself being playfully used as an arm rest by 5ft 11ins Michelle at a ceremony honouring the 2016 US summer Olympic and Paralympic teams. | |
| “Only one American woman has ever won gold on the vault,” Barack Obama said. “Only one American has won four golds in gymnastics in a single games. That would be this young lady, Simone Biles.” | |
| The event was attended by relatives of Jesse Owens and America’s 17 other black athletes from the 1936 Olympics for the acknowledgement they, unlike their white counterparts, did not receive from Franklin Roosevelt 80 years ago. | |
| Sprinter Allyson Felix, the only female track-and-field athlete to win six golds, told reporters afterwards: “It’s been just so moving, so inspiring. We’re just honored to be able to share this moment with them.” | |
| Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised gloved fists on the podium at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 in what they called “a human rights salute”, were also present. Felix reflected: “We’re inspired by what they did. It was a peaceful protest and it brought so much attention. | |
| “Especially with everything that’s happening now, as athletes we do have a voice and we want to show that change should happen, so we want to use your voice for that in a peaceful way because we still are so proud to represent this country.” | |
| Obama praised the diversity of the 2016 Olympic team, which ranked first in the medal table with 46 golds. Simone Manuel had become the only African American woman to win a swimming gold, he noted. | |
| “Imagine what it means for a young girl or a young boy who sees somebody who looks like them doing something and being the best at what they do,” he said. “There’s no kid in American who can’t look at our Olympic team and see themselves somewhere.” | |
| The president also noted that the athletes are “all very good-looking, just exuding health. Like everybody’s teeth is really white and their eyes are really shiny.” | |
| His wife piped up: “Fruits and vegetables!” | |
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| A would-be senator: | A would-be senator: |
| I am hoping to be wrong. But given a train ran at high speed INTO the station, I am going to say terrorism. If I'm wrong cool. | I am hoping to be wrong. But given a train ran at high speed INTO the station, I am going to say terrorism. If I'm wrong cool. |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Bedford, New Hampshire | Donald Trump campaigns in Bedford, New Hampshire |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence is in York, Pennsylvania, hosting a rally. | Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence is in York, Pennsylvania, hosting a rally. |
| “Donald Trump is ready. He’s ready to leave this country after where we’ve seen America’s place in the world weakened,” saysPence. | “Donald Trump is ready. He’s ready to leave this country after where we’ve seen America’s place in the world weakened,” saysPence. |
| “At a time when America’s crying out for something new and different the other party comes out with the most predictable of names and the most stale of agendas,” says Pence. | “At a time when America’s crying out for something new and different the other party comes out with the most predictable of names and the most stale of agendas,” says Pence. |
| “Let’s decide it here and now... Hillary Clinton will never be elected president of the United States of America,” he says to applause. | “Let’s decide it here and now... Hillary Clinton will never be elected president of the United States of America,” he says to applause. |
| Correction: this post previously said Pence was with Trump in New Hampshire, that was incorrect, a miscommunication thanks to a wrong YouTube livestream. | Correction: this post previously said Pence was with Trump in New Hampshire, that was incorrect, a miscommunication thanks to a wrong YouTube livestream. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.22pm BST | at 8.22pm BST |
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| Here’s the talking points from the Trump campaign about the accusations he pursued illegal business opportunities in Cuba in the 1990s, leaked to Buzzfeed’s deputy politics editor. | Here’s the talking points from the Trump campaign about the accusations he pursued illegal business opportunities in Cuba in the 1990s, leaked to Buzzfeed’s deputy politics editor. |
| Obtained from a source, here are the Trump surrogate talking points on report of Cuba business dealings... pic.twitter.com/tTz6gkpPAQ | Obtained from a source, here are the Trump surrogate talking points on report of Cuba business dealings... pic.twitter.com/tTz6gkpPAQ |
| No denial of facts, it appears? | No denial of facts, it appears? |
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| Clinton ends with a plea for Iowa voters to register and her “love trumps hate” line. | Clinton ends with a plea for Iowa voters to register and her “love trumps hate” line. |
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| “I have no idea what he’s going to say the next time. But I will spend some time preparing for it,” says Clintons, to chuckles. | “I have no idea what he’s going to say the next time. But I will spend some time preparing for it,” says Clintons, to chuckles. |
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| “He spends all of his time dumping on America... that everything about America is in bad shape. But it’s probably true he hasn’t paid a penny in federal taxes to actually support our military, or our vets, or our schools or our roads or our education system,” said Clinton, doing the stump speech she’s been refining this week after Trump called himself “smart” for not paying income taxes during their debate on Monday. | “He spends all of his time dumping on America... that everything about America is in bad shape. But it’s probably true he hasn’t paid a penny in federal taxes to actually support our military, or our vets, or our schools or our roads or our education system,” said Clinton, doing the stump speech she’s been refining this week after Trump called himself “smart” for not paying income taxes during their debate on Monday. |
| “If not paying taxes makes you smart, then what are we?” she asks. | “If not paying taxes makes you smart, then what are we?” she asks. |
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| Clinton now on stage in Des Moines (apologies, Reuters livestream isn’t working today). | Clinton now on stage in Des Moines (apologies, Reuters livestream isn’t working today). |
| She’s talking about the college plan she announced with Bernie Sanders yesterday in New Hampshire. | She’s talking about the college plan she announced with Bernie Sanders yesterday in New Hampshire. |
| “An education should give you a boost not hold you back. And we’re going to offer a relief for those of you who already owe debt,” says Clinton. | “An education should give you a boost not hold you back. And we’re going to offer a relief for those of you who already owe debt,” says Clinton. |
| “It is outrageous that you can get a home mortgage at 3%, a car payment at 2%, and I met people paying 8, 10, 12% interest on their student loans. I am not going to allow the federal government to make a profit off young people trying to get their education,” she says. | “It is outrageous that you can get a home mortgage at 3%, a car payment at 2%, and I met people paying 8, 10, 12% interest on their student loans. I am not going to allow the federal government to make a profit off young people trying to get their education,” she says. |
| “Four year college is not and should not be the only path to a good job that supports a real middle class job,” says Clinton. | “Four year college is not and should not be the only path to a good job that supports a real middle class job,” says Clinton. |
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| Update from Gary Johnson’s “Aleppo moment” last night, where he was unable to name a current foreign leader he admired during a MSNBC town hall interview. | Update from Gary Johnson’s “Aleppo moment” last night, where he was unable to name a current foreign leader he admired during a MSNBC town hall interview. |
| It's been almost 24 hours...and I still can't come up with a foreign leader I look up to. | It's been almost 24 hours...and I still can't come up with a foreign leader I look up to. |
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| Clinton team accuses Trump of breaking Cuba embargo | Clinton team accuses Trump of breaking Cuba embargo |
| The Clinton campaign says Donald Trump “appears to have broken the law” following reports that he secretly paid $68,000 to pursue business in Castro-led Cuba despite US sanctions. | The Clinton campaign says Donald Trump “appears to have broken the law” following reports that he secretly paid $68,000 to pursue business in Castro-led Cuba despite US sanctions. |
| “Trump’s business with Cuba appears to have broken the law, flouted U.S. foreign policy, and is in complete contradiction to Trump’s own repeated, public statements that he had been offered opportunities to invest in Cuba but passed them up,” said Clinton’s senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan. | “Trump’s business with Cuba appears to have broken the law, flouted U.S. foreign policy, and is in complete contradiction to Trump’s own repeated, public statements that he had been offered opportunities to invest in Cuba but passed them up,” said Clinton’s senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan. |
| “This latest report shows once again that Trump will always put his own business interest ahead of the national interest - and has no trouble lying about it,” he added. | “This latest report shows once again that Trump will always put his own business interest ahead of the national interest - and has no trouble lying about it,” he added. |
| This morning’s report in Newsweek revealed that back in 1998 Trump’s hotel and resort business paid $68,000 to a consulting firm to go to Cuba and meet with officials and business leaders in preparation for possible investment opportunities if sanctions lifted. Newsweek reports that the money was later declared as charity in order to hide it as only US government-approved and humanitarian money was allowed to be spent because of the embargo on Cuba. | This morning’s report in Newsweek revealed that back in 1998 Trump’s hotel and resort business paid $68,000 to a consulting firm to go to Cuba and meet with officials and business leaders in preparation for possible investment opportunities if sanctions lifted. Newsweek reports that the money was later declared as charity in order to hide it as only US government-approved and humanitarian money was allowed to be spent because of the embargo on Cuba. |
| Trump himself has not addressed the allegations, but his surrogate Kelly Conway did not dispute the facts of the payment on The View today. | Trump himself has not addressed the allegations, but his surrogate Kelly Conway did not dispute the facts of the payment on The View today. |
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| As we await Clinton’s Des Moines event to kick off - it was supposed to start 30 mins ago - here’s a pic from yesterday with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton hanging out before their joint event yesterday. | As we await Clinton’s Des Moines event to kick off - it was supposed to start 30 mins ago - here’s a pic from yesterday with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton hanging out before their joint event yesterday. |
| The photo is by Barbara Kinney, who was the Clinton White House photographer in the 1990s and now works as a photographer for the Clinton campaign. | The photo is by Barbara Kinney, who was the Clinton White House photographer in the 1990s and now works as a photographer for the Clinton campaign. |