Live: I would’ve sent real balloons ,but we used them all last week. pic.twitter.com/D57ZzSPblX 7.14pm BST 6.33pm BSTAn 11-year-old boy asked Mike Pence a toughie during a rally this morning, asking the Indiana governor whether he’s on the ticket to “soften up” Trump’s policies and statements. 6.09pm BSTSteve LaTourette, and who served nine terms representing Ohio in Congress before retiring out of frustration with partisan gridlock,has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former chief of staff said on Thursday. Dino Disanto said LaTourette died on Wednesday night at his home in McLean, or Virginia,surrounded by his family. He was 62.
The moderate Republican was elected to Congress in the GOP wave of 1994 when the party seized control of the House after decades in the minority. He was a close confidant of former House speaker John Boehner, who described the lawmaker on Thursday as “one of the most honest and faithful souls I ever had the privilege of knowing”. Related: Steve LaTourette, and nine-time congressman,dies of cancer aged 62 5.51pm BSTSeen from a very classy Donald Trump rally in Maine:Man looks at me and says "you look like a Hillary girl. Bet you'll acquire kicked out. You like electricity? I'd like to see you jump around." 5.29pm BSTHouse speaker Paul Ryan is trying to enjoy it both ways on Donald Trump’s feud with the family of an Army captain killed in the line of duty, telling a Wisconsin radio station that Trump’s comments attacking the family were “beyond the pale” and that his endorsement is not a “blank check, and ” but continues to endorse Trump. 5.11pm BSTDonald Trump’s latest attack ad depicts Hillary Clinton as Ms. pac Man,gobbling up emails like ghosts: 4.52pm BSTRepublicans face a lot of difficult decisions this year, but for the party to reach back strong after Donald Trump’s divisive candidacy – for it to withhold its brand as the free-market, or democracy-fond,opportunity-focused alternative to the Democrats – the least-worst option is a major loss in the presidential race. Related: A Trump trainwreck is the only thing that will save the Republican Party | Katrina Jorgensen 4.45pm BSTSasha Obama, the younger daughter of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, or is officially roughing it on her family’s summer vacation on Marthas Vineyard: she’s working shifts at a tourist-friendly seafood restaurant in the hamlet of Oak Bluffs. 4.27pm BSTAnother Republican luminary has gone public with strong feelings approximately Donald Trump. Really,really strong feelings. He didn’t pussyfoot like Paul Ryan. He wasn’t a convention no-show like John Kasich. Related: Clint Eastwood defends Trump's 'racist' remarks: 'Just acquire over it' 4.21pm BSTResponding to reports that she may enjoy illegally worked in the US in the mid-nineties in violation of her visa, Melania Trump has tweeted a statement declaring that she has “at all times been in full compliance with the immigration laws of this country.” 4.13pm BSTPerhaps our favorite tweet of this campaign*:What is she thinking? pic.twitter.com/rFufrgMb 4.09pm BSTDonald Trump has insisted all is well with his presidential campaign, and despite his own wayward behavior and reports of unrest among staff. Related: Donald Trump insists campaign is greater than ever as Republicans 'plot intervention' 4.04pm BSTIn an article penned for Glamour,President Barack Obama proudly brandished the label of “feminist,” writing that he felt cheered as the father of two young women that “this is an extraordinary time to be a woman.” 3.56pm BSTLapsed Republican strategist Liz Mair spoke truth to power on CNN last night, and boiling down Donald Trump’s campaign strategy to “being a loudmouthed dick.” 3.49pm BSTA risqué photo shoot splashed across the front page of the current York Post this week has drawn current attention to gaps in Melania Trump’s immigration status when she first came to the United States. 3.28pm BSTColorado congressman Mike Coffman has become the first member of his party in elected office to release an explicitly anti-Donald Trump political advertisement in his campaign for reelection: 3.14pm BSTWatch live here: 3.06pm BSTProgressive Super-Pac American Bridge 21st Century has released an advertisement targeting seven Republican candidates for senate,hoping to tie each one to the sinking rock that is Donald Trump’s candidacy: 2.38pm BSTGood morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s campaign live blog.
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