Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live

Trump heads to Ohio while Vance travels to North Carolina; Republican US senator Lisa Murkowski endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, breaking with her party Sign up for the Breaking News US email For months, Mary Peltola’s campaign for Alaska’s Senate seat has denied any connection to a separate campaign launched by a man who, coincidentally, shares the exact same name as Peltola’s Republican opponent, Dan Sullivan.

New reporting from the New York Times undercuts that claim. The outlet reported, based on interviews, obtained text messages and legal filings, that the…