One Republican tried to put distance between herself and President Donald Trump on trade and the Iran war. Another focused her criticism on Trump’s diesel deal with Russia. And a third tried to turn one of the GOP’s biggest political liabilities against their Democratic rival.

By Gram Slattery WASILLA, Alaska, Oct 13 (Reuters) - With three weeks until the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Tuesday campaigned in Alaska, a once reliably Republican state with a competitive Senate race that could help decide the balance of power in Washington.

The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sat down for an interview with NPR at a time of renewed tensions with the White House.

By Gram Slattery and Bo Erickson WASILLA, Alaska, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan has agreed to buy 30% of the natural gas from a pipeline project in Alaska, US President Donald Trump told a rally in the state on Tuesday.

The ⁠White House ​said on ‌Tuesday that ‌it ⁠had asked ⁠US ambassador to Greece ​Kimberly Guilfoyle to ​resign. "We have asked ⁠Ambassador Guilfoyle ⁠to ⁠resign," said ​White House press ​secretary ⁠Katie Zacharia,

Trump said he had brokered a cease-fire to protect energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say bombs kept falling overnight on gas facilities, wounding 33 people.

President Donald Trump‘s one-time White House communications director is casting doubt on whether his new press secretary is up to the job. Alyssa Farah Griffin, now a conservative co-host of The View,