Schultz said he wouldn’t pursue campaign he has toyed with since January but noted ‘not enough are willing to consider backing an independent’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.50pm BST Hurricane Dorian is continuing its devastating journey through the Atlantic, unleashing intense winds and rain in North Carolina. Dorian’s effects are also expected to be felt in Virginia and possibly southeast New England before the storm dissipates. 2.36pm BST The candidates challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination already had their work cut out for them, given the president’s sky-high approval rating in the party. But now those challengers might not even get the chance to compete against Trump in certain states.Politico reports: Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump’s long-shot primary challengers.Republican parties in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are expected to finalize the cancellations in meetings this weekend, according to three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans. Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…