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President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campaign=BN22326&utm_content=signup&utm_term=standfirst&utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Sign up for the US Breaking News email</a>Donald Trump on Monday tried to boost senator Jon Husted’s reelection campaign by attacking two groups of immigrants during a rally in Ohio, where an organization with Republican ties began promoting a socialist candidate over Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown.Trump also gave a shoutout to representative Max Miller, the Republican congressman who refused to stop running for reelection after facing accusations of domestic abuse, pointing him out in the audience.She comes from one of the worst countries ⁠anywhere on the planet. What a mess they have done - Somalia.A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">administration</a> to temporarily halt the broadcast of taxpayer-funded <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/democrats-sue-trump-taxpayer-funds-ads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">television ads</a> promoting the president ahead of the 3 November midterm elections. Effective as of 6.45pm ET on Sunday, US district judge Jennifer L Rochon of the southern district of New York issued a temporary restraining order aimed at the ads that is meant to stay in effect for at least 14 days.The New York mayor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Zohran Mamdani</a>, compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">ICE</a>)’s recent shooting of a man in the Manhattan enclave of Marble Hill to a mass shooting scene – and called for an end to the agency’s operations in his city. Mamdani’s joined MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff for his first media interview since ICE agents shot and wounded Oscar Belgal, 28, during an enforcement operation while he was in his car with his five-year-old child also inside.The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Republican</a> US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt – after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kansas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Kansas</a> business that had supplied a large order of treats for a 2020 election watch party. “We have absolutely no idea how this happened”, the Kansas senator <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DrRogerMarshall/posts/as-some-folks-may-have-seen-there-was-a-post-on-social-media-regarding-an-unpaid/1700251368127951/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">wrote</a> in a social media post containing a screenshot of the payment on a $678.75 invoice from Holly’s Sweet Treats as well as his $1,300 payment. “And we have repaid the bill … double.”A businessman wanted for years in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US</a> for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Venezuela</a> has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted Venezuelan president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nicolas-maduro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Nicolás Maduro</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/13/donald-trump-ilhan-omar-katie-zacharia-alaska-midterms-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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