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As Donald Trump wrapped up his remarks in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a reporter shouted out a question about Florida’s six-week abortion ban and whether the former president supported it.

The crowd began to boo and Mr Trump was heard to say that there will be a statement coming next week on abortion.

Another question followed about what his message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be, which was also met by booing and chants of “four more years”.

Donald Trump appeared to get the age of a murdered young Michigan woman wrong, as he used her death to criticise President Joe Biden’s border policies at a recent campaign rally.

In a speech on Tuesday afternoon in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the former president spoke about 25-year-old Ruby Garcia. Law enforcement officials say Garcia was murdered by 25-year-old Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a man from Mexico who she was romantically involved with.

While speaking about Garcia’s death, Mr Trump told supporters “On March 22nd, [Ortiz-Vite] shot 17-year-old Ruby, actually, she was a beautiful, beautiful young woman. Ruby Garcia was shot multiple times.”

Since the final quarter of 2023, Biden has seen brutal poll after brutal poll showing his numbers tanking. The reasons for his decline have been manifold: people continue to worry about his age, young Democratic voters are dissatisfied about his support for Israel and people still blame him for high inflation.

But the president’s numbers now seem to be improving to some degree.

A recent CNBC All-America Economic Survey showed Biden about even with Trump and a Quinnipiac University poll released last week also showed the race virtually unchanged from February but still too close to call.

Trump still has numerous advantages, given that his supporters seem more enthusiastic. At the same time, Biden has started to gain some structural advantages.

Here are three reasons why Biden is improving – and one reason why he still trails Trump – from Eric Garcia.

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As part of his campaign for president, Mr Trump has used incendiary rhetoric about the US-Mexico border, migrants and crime to promote his anti-immigration border policies and stoke fear about the current state of the border.

In doing so on Tuesday, Mr Trump will speak about Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old Michigan resident who law enforcement officials say was murdered by 25-year-old Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a man from Mexico who Garcia was romantically involved with.

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Hunter Biden is now facing two criminal trials this summer after a federal judge threw out his bid to dismiss a string of tax charges.

“Defendant provides no facts indicating that the Government undertook charging decisions in any respect because of public statements by politicians, let alone based on Defendant’s familial and political affiliations,” the judge wrote.

Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, hit out at the ruling and hinted that he could appeal it.

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has responded to Florida’s impending six-week abortion ban that will soon become law following yesterday’s state court ruling.

Campaign adviser Brian Hughes said: “President Trump supports preserving life but has also made clear that he supports states’ rights because he supports the voters’ right to make decisions for themselves.”

Read more on what’s happening in Florida and what’s at stake come November’s election:

Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr said he believes President Joe Biden poses a larger threat to democracy than former president Donald Trump because the Biden administration has censored misinformation on social media platforms.

Joining Erin Burnett on CNN Monday night, Mr Kennedy argued that the Biden administration had violated the First Amendment in asking social media companies to reduce misinformation, which he claims is more dangerous than Mr Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.