Trump heads to Nebraska in attempt to shore up GOP’s midterm vote – US politics live

President to visit Grand Island as his plan to allow more foreign beef imports proves unpopular in agriculture-rich state Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump will be in Nebraska later today, campaigning alongside Republican senator Pete Ricketts, in an attempt to salvage the GOP’s dwindling midterms campaign. The White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a “Fuck Joe Biden” T-shirt and holding a rifle.