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Trump heads to rallies in Arizona and Montana after campaign stop-off in Alaska – US politics live

The Guardian14 October 2026, 10:04 UTCUnited States of America

Trump has taken to campaigning in conservative-leaning parts of competitive states, rather than in more politically diverse areasHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump will attend campaign rallies in Arizona and Montana later today, having spent the past 24 hours in Alaska – a sign of his party’s recent polling woes.In Alaska, Donald Trump repeated his false claim that he had to start his war on Iran because, “they were two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon”. In fact, US intelligence agencies reported to Congress in 2025 that Iran had suspended its pursuit of nuclea

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