Trump visits Nebraska to support GOP midterm campaign

<p>President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Grand Island, Nebraska, today, where he will campaign alongside Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. This visit is part of an effort to bolster the GOP's midterm campaign, which has faced challenges.</p><p>The White House has defended Beni Rae Harmony, a newly appointed assistant White House press secretary, who was photographed in 2021 wearing a shirt with a derogatory phrase about President Joe Biden while holding a rifle. Harmony recently announced her transition from covering Trump as a correspondent for Real America’s Voice, a right-wing media outlet.</p><p>On Sunday, Trump appointed Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, to also serve as the new White House AI czar. Clayton oversees the U.S.'s 18 intelligence agencies and has previously held positions as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term.</p><p>Additionally, the United States has relocated its B-1 bombers from a British air base following the arrest of five men nearby on suspicion of planning terrorist acts, a plot that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham indicated may have been supported by Iran. The bombers were stationed at RAF Fairford, which is located 90 miles west of London and has been used for U.S. military operations against Iran.</p>