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9.25am BST
Stephen Collinson and Caitlin Hu for CNN’s Meanwhile in America newsletter this morning have outlined where the network sees the current state of play with the nine states that will decide November’s election. They have it as:
Related: US election polls tracker: who is leading in the swing states?
9.14am BST
On 6 October Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, released his department’s annual assessment of violent threats to the nation. Analysts didn’t have to dig deep into the assessment to discover its alarming content.
In a foreword, Wolf wrote that he was “particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years. [They] seek to force ideological change in the United States through violence, death, and destruction.”
Related: ‘It is serious and intense’: white supremacist domestic terror threat looms large in US
9.07am BST
One of the president’s engagements yesterday was at the International Church of Las Vegas in Nevada. Carlos Barría from Reuters took this photo as president Donald Trump received a blessing from the congregation. It went viral on social media last night.
9.01am BST
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Here’s a quick catch up on what has been happening overnight, and what we might expect to see today…