Trump claims US won’t strike Iran before November midterms – live

What happened: In a live Guardian coverage, Pete Hegseth said Nidal Hasan would be executed by firing squad and falsely claimed Barack Obama called the 2009 Fort Hood attack "workplace violence." Donald Trump claimed the US will not strike Iran before the 3 November midterms. Key numbers: Fort Hood attack killed Why it matters: The remarks drew on a long dispute over how the attack was classified, which families of the killed criticized. In Michigan, Mike Rogers faced Islamophobic attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, and Justin Amash called Rogers a chief architect of the modern surveillance state. Coverage: 15 outlets in 24h

In a live Guardian coverage, Pete Hegseth said Nidal Hasan would be executed by firing squad and falsely claimed Barack Obama called the 2009 Fort Hood attack "workplace violence." Donald Trump claimed the US will not strike Iran before the 3 November midterms.

The remarks drew on a long dispute over how the attack was classified, which families of the killed criticized. In Michigan, Mike Rogers faced Islamophobic attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, and Justin Amash called Rogers a chief architect of the modern surveillance state.