Author: Emilio Casalicchio

WESTMINSTER, Massachusetts — “It’s kinda 50/50 in this town,” says Tom O’Toole, looking out over Main Street from his covered porch in Westminster. A giant U.S. flag hangs from one porch pillar. From the other, a blue and black version of the Stars and Stripes in tribute to fallen police officers. “Pray for America” placards line the lawn outside his white picket fence. “As far as I’m concerned, he’s really the only choice,” says O’Toole, 61, of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Democratic contender Kamala Harris would be a puppet for vested interests, he adds. The former selectman (local councilor)…

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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday night at Trump Tower in New York. It will be the first time the pair have met and indicates the new British government’s eagerness to win over the possible next occupant of the Oval Office. Downing Street aides confirmed the meeting will happen at around 7.15 p.m. Thursday local time — 12.15 a.m. Friday morning in London — while Starmer is in the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders. The summit could be awkward because some Starmer allies, including the new…

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