Obama mocks Trump's response to Cheesecake Factory jibe. 'They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke!' , as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email For months, Mary Peltola's campaign for Alaska's Senate seat has denied any connection to a separate campaign launched by a man who, coincidentally, shares the exact same name as Peltola's Republican opponent, Dan Sullivan. New reporting from the New York Times undercuts that claim.