Trump keeps touting $5,000 payments if Republicans retain control of Congress as some in his party question feasibility – as it happened

Trump keeps touting $5,000 payments if Republicans retain control of Congress as some in his party question feasibility – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Sign up for US Breaking News emails On 11 September, 25 years ago, Osama bin Laden drove with a small number of al-Qaida retainers and aides to a remote location in eastern Afghanistan. His convoy of SUVs was accompanied by a minivan converted into a makeshift communications centre. The van’s rudimentary equipment did not allow Bin Laden to watch the 19 men he had started sending to the US more than a year before fly planes into the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon near Washington DC, killing about 3,000 people. But he listened as shocked radio announcers broke the news. Continue reading...