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Alicja Hagopian takes a look at the latest numbers.

Donald Trump was mocked online after proposing a solution to crime that bore jarring similarity to horror movie franchise The Purge.

At a rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday the former president suggested that one way to decrease levels of criminal activity would be allowing police “one rough hour” to tackle the issue, during which time there would be less restraints.

Mike Bedigan has the story.

A former Republican candidate for Congress in Florida has been charged with threatening to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to make his political rival “disappear.”

A damning indictment from the Department of Justice – unsealed on Thursday – alleges that William Robert Braddock III, 41, made several threats to “injure and kill” Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna during a 2021 telephone call with a conservative activist.

Madeline Sherratt reports.

President Joe Biden has spoken about the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, promising more resources for those impacted and to visit the area later this week.

“We're not leaving until the job is done. ... I'm committed to traveling to the impacted areas as soon as possible, but I've been told it would be disruptive if I did it right now,” he told reporters at the White House.

The president also said he was considering the possibility of asking Congress to return to Washington, DC, to pass a supplemental in response to the disaster.

Asked why he and Vice President Kamala Harris had not been in Washington to command the response over the weekend, Biden pointed to the existence of the telephone as a major factor in his ability to do his job.

The man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course will appear in court on Monday after being indicted on additional charges.

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