After the governor of Puerto Rico raised the island's official Hurricane Maria

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked Wednesday to move his upcoming trial out of the nation's capital and to Roanoke, Virginia, with his lawyers citing "intensely negative news coverage" and potential juror bias against him.

Republican Florida governor race nominee Ron DeSantis faces a backlash after telling voters to not “monkey this up” by backing his Democrat opponent Andrew Gillum, who is black. In an interview with Fox News, the Donald Trump-endorsed candidate said that Mr Gillum is “much too liberal for Florida” prior to demanding voters not to “monkey this up”. “We’ve got to work hard to make sure that we continue Florida going in a good direction, let’s build off the success we’ve had on Governor Scott – the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state…” he said.