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In Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, families were forced out for a huge hi-tech plant – but three years later, it still hasn’t been builtWhen Sean McFarlane recently returned to the site where his lifelong home was demolished, he found in its place a retention pond and hundreds of geese perched on a hill.The quiet scene came as a shock. The Wisconsin village of Mount Pleasant...

Milwaukee recount, which cost Trump campaign $3m, boosts Democratic president-elect days before state must certify resultA recount in Wisconsin’s largest county demanded by President Donald Trump’s election campaign ended on Friday with the president-elect, Joe Biden, gaining votes.After the recount in Milwaukee county, Biden made a net gain of 132 votes, out of nearly 460,000 cast. Overall, the Democrat gained 257 votes to Trump’s...

Both candidates to campaign in Minnesota and Wisconsin while president rails against supreme court over North Carolina rulingUS politics – live updatesThe two US presidential candidates swung through northern battleground states on Friday amid signs that the coronavirus pandemic was once more threatening to overcome hospital capacity in several US regions.Donald Trump was due to hold a succession of airport rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin...

Donald Trump has described his Democratic presidential rival, Joe Biden, as the 'worst candidate in history' at a rally in Wisconsin. 'If I lose … what do I do? I'd rather run against somebody who is extraordinarily talented, at least this way I can go and lead my life.' Trump again insisted that he was immune from Covid-19, saying he 'got better fast' and...

68,000 new cases on Friday amid Covid-19 resurgenceDr Fauci warns of danger of ‘high community infection baseline’Trump to hold Wisconsin rally despite public gathering warningMore than 68,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the US on Friday, the highest number in a single day since July, further confirmation the country is in the midst of a coronavirus resurgence. Related: American Crisis review: Andrew...

Joe Biden said he sought common ground while Trump, he said, stoked division and was actively obstructing racial progressDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Donald Trump’s behavior “legitimizes the dark side of human nature”. He made the remarks during a visit to Wisconsin, where he spoke by phone to Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shooting by a white police officer...

Trip follows Trump’s visit to call for ‘law and order’Facebook says it will flag any Trump effort to declare victoryAs election nears, Trump builds ‘deep state’ he railed againstHead of USPS board has high-level ties to Republican partyOfficials worry the US isn’t ready for vaccinesSign up for our First Thing newsletter 6.22pm BST No surprise here: the first question directed at White House press...

The US president praised police forces while touring the Wisconsin city that became the centre of protests after an police shot Jacob Blake, blaming recent racist incidents on 'bad apples' and officers 'choking' under pressure.Donald Trump said a silent majority of Kenosha residents were most concerned about 'law and order', insisting people should focus on 'anarchists, looters and rioters' and not peaceful protestersTrump blames...

US president defended law enforcement while touring Wisconsin city that became flashpoint after police shooting of Jacob BlakeDonald Trump brought his politics of division to Kenosha, Wisconsin, planting himself firmly on the side of law enforcement rather than civil rights protesters during a contentious visit to the city.The US president insisted that racial injustice in policing is due to “bad apples” rather than being...

Trump compares police shootings to golf and defends teen shooterTrump makes baseless claim that ‘dark shadows’ are controlling BidenLos Angeles: sheriff’s deputies shoot Black man stopped for riding bikeSign up for our First Thing newsletter 2.20pm BST Dr Anthony Fauci pushed back against a conspiracy theory questioning the country’s coronavirus death toll, which Trump shared in a retweet this weekend.FULL INTERVIEW: Dr. Fauci weighs...

‘They choke. Just like in a golf tournament. They miss a 3ft putt’Trump makes baseless claim ‘dark shadows’ control BidenBefore his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, Donald Trump defended a teenager who shot two anti-racism protesters dead in the city last week. The president also compared the actions of a white Kenosha police officer who shot at a Black victim seven times in...

Donald Trump appeared to defend the teenage gunman charged with killing two people and injuring another with an AR-15-style rifle during protests against the police shooting of an African American man in Kenosha, Wisconsin.At a White House press briefing, Trump said Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, 'probably would have been killed but it’s under investigation'.The president also defended his supporters in Portland who fired paintball guns and pepper...

Concern grows that president’s planned visit could agitate largely peaceful protests after the police shooting of Jacob BlakeConcern was growing on Sunday that a tense but peaceful situation prevailing in Kenosha for the last four days and nights could be inflamed by a planned visit from Donald Trump this week, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the city last...

President accepts Republican presidential nomination in event staged at White House, raising ethical concernsAgainst a backdrop of a global pandemic, heightened racial tensions, and widespread unemployment, Donald Trump framed his Democratic rival Joe Biden as the real danger to the country’s safety and economic welfare in his address to the Republican convention on Thursday.Accepting the party’s presidential nomination ahead of November’s elections, Trump argued...

Two dead in Kenosha on third night of unrest after Jacob Blake shootingKey takeaways from RNC night two: culture wars and a pitch to womenRepublicans shatter norms using government roles during conventionUS recorded 1,212 coronavirus deaths and 38,712 new casesSign up to our First Thing newsletter 4.24pm BST Vice-president Mike Pence will apparently address the shootings in his speech at the Republican national convention...

Mike Garcia leading in California’s special election while Tom Tiffany easily won a special congressional election in WisconsinRepublicans appeared on track for a pair of congressional wins on Wednesday, after notching an easy victory in a Wisconsin House seat and appearing poised to take a seat away from the Democrats in California.The wins would be seen as a boost to the party and President...

Large numbers of voters across rural Wisconsin flipped from supporting Obama to Trump – now dividing lines over the president are even deeperPastor Franz Gerber is worried that so many members of his congregation appear to idolise Donald Trump more than they worship Jesus.The preacher at the Praise Chapel Community church was among those who voted for Trump in rural Forest county, Wisconsin, which...