Trump makes unprecedented move of calling election ‘inaccurate’ in advanceEconomy suffers worst quarter since second world war as GDP shrinks by 32.9%US passes 150,000 deathsJoe Biden’s running mate – none will satisfy all sections of the partySign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.47pm BST The Guardian’s voting rights report, Sam Levine, notes that the president can’t unilaterally change the election date. The president cannot unilaterally move the election. The date of the election is set by Congress. The constitution says the President and Vice President’s term ends on January 20 https://t.co/LMVTeCOgRs https://t.co/LOz4qLjDBH Related: US economy suffers worst quarter since the second world war as GDP shrinks by 32.9% 2.35pm BST Secretary of state Mike Pompeo is appearing before the Senate foreign relations committee for the first time in more than a year, in what is already a particularly contentious hearing. The ranking Democrat, Bob Menendez said the Trump administration had “at worst simply abetted Putin’s efforts” to undermine the US, and said the state department was “at risk of catastrophic failure.” 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…