Trump Visits Nebraska to Bolster Midterm Prospects Amid Farm State Backlash

President Donald Trump traveled to Nebraska on Sunday to campaign alongside Republican Senator Pete Ricketts, an effort aimed at reviving the GOP’s struggling midterm election prospects. The visit comes as the president faces growing unpopularity in the agriculturally vital state due to his plan to permit increased foreign beef imports.

In other developments, the White House has defended a recent hire, assistant press secretary Beni Rae Harmony, after she revealed she posed for a 2021 holiday photograph wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Fuck Joe Biden” and holding a rifle. Harmony disclosed her transition from covering Trump as a correspondent for the right-wing outlet Real America’s Voice to joining his administration just days before the photo was taken.

Additionally, President Trump announced on Sunday that Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, would also take on the role of White House AI czar. Clayton, who oversees the U.S. intelligence community’s 18 agencies, previously served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and headed the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term.

On the defense front, the United States has withdrawn its B-1 bombers from a British air base following the arrest of five men nearby. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that the suspects were suspected of preparing terrorist acts with likely backing from Iran. The bombers had been stationed at RAF Fairford, located 90 miles west of London, which has recently served as a base for U.S. strikes on Iran.