President Trump said it was “very unfortunate” that news organizations were not talking about politics and instead were focused on pipe bombs mailed to critics of the president.
In an election steeped in issues of race, voting rights and the South’s past, present and future, Ms. Abrams is trying to become the first black woman elected governor of any state.
The proposed executive action would be a sweeping use of presidential power to fortify the border as President Trump tries to play to his anti-immigrant base days before the midterm elections.
Mike Espy, former President Clinton’s agriculture secretary, could emerge as the top vote-getter in Mississippi’s Senate race on Election Day, but the runoff will be the hard part.
The president’s comments came as law enforcement authorities said bombs were sent to prominent Democratic Party figures, including former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and to CNN.
The Black Lives Matter movement and the abuses and policy decisions it has highlighted have become an integral part of races that will decide control of Congress in November.