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Trump to rally in Florida after stoking Ramaswamy ad furor – US politics live <p>Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for Ramaswamy</p><p>Americans heading to the polls for next month’s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to Washington, or their state capitols. There are also 145 statewide measures on ballots across 39 states, polling voters on actions from a novel wealth tax on California’s billionaires to requiring Alabama’s public schools to broadcast or perform the first stanza of the national anthem each week.</p><p>Voters in Idaho, Nevada and Virginia are asked to protect abortion rights; voters in Missouri are asked to give those rights back. Property tax issues appear on dozens of state ballots. Several state referendums ask voters to bar trans athletes from competing in women’s sports, or bar gender-affirming medical care for minors.</p><p>“Iowans want - and probably Ohioans want – someone who’s going to be an empathetic leader, and I think it sends absolutely the wrong message.</p><p>“And I would bet that Amy Acton and I probably don’t agree on anything, either. But like the last thing I would want as someone who’s running against is to force them to relive the childhood trauma. So, I think, again, I think it’s wrong, and it should come down.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/23/trump-florida-midterms-ramaswamy-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a>
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Potholes, bus fares and headphone dodgers: will Burnham’s strategy of ‘everyday fixes’ succeed? <p>Since Burnham took office Labour has prioritised small fixes to try to show voters it can make a genuine difference, with government insiders delighted at the public reaction</p><p>In the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It, the hapless minister Hugh Abbot is in the back of a taxi, frantically brainstorming for an on-the-hoof policy he can announce to the assembled national press.</p><p>“So you want something sexy and eye-catching, and that is free and universally popular and instantly applicable. No one can possibly object to it,” says the addled junior advisor Ollie Reeder. “Well, really, you should have said something before then, because I’ve got a file about <em>that</em> fucking thick of that back in the office.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/23/andy-burnham-everyday-fixes-strategy-bus-fares-pubs-potholes-headphone-dodgers">Continue reading...</a>
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Oil hits five-month high amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran <p>Brent crude rises to $114.72 a barrel after Tehran threatens retaliatory attacks on Gulf oil and tech facilities</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/23/global-stocks-fall-ai-fears-grow-british-retail-sales-fall-business-live-latest-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Oil has hit its highest level in more than five months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets.</p><p>Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by 1% on Friday morning to $114.72 a barrel – its highest level since May.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/23/oil-five-month-high-fears-us-renews-strikes-iran">Continue reading...</a>
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