Live updates on US politics: Trump meets Zelensky in New York | US elections 2024

Adams arrived at federal court in New York this morning ahead of an unprecedented trial on federal charges that he accepted bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.

This comes as Adams, a Democrat, was indicted this week. The crimes charged against him include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to receive campaign contributions from foreign nationals, wire fraud and soliciting a donation from a foreign national.

Adams, who is the first sitting mayor of New York City to be charged with a federal crime, has maintained his innocence.

Kamala Harris is heading to the border today to try to flip the script on Donald Trump's signature issue.

In the Arizona border town of Douglas, Vice President Trump will claim that, despite his escalating rhetoric, he is not serious about addressing challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump and Republicans have relentlessly criticized Harris over the Biden administration's migration record, which hit record highs last year. They place much of the blame on Harris, who they falsely claim was appointed “border czar.”

On Friday, Harris will go on the offensive, accusing Trump of playing politics on an issue that matters most to American voters.

“The American people deserve a president who prioritizes border security over political games,” Harris said in an excerpt of her campaign remarks.

At Trump's urging, Republicans in Congress blocked a comprehensive bipartisan border security package earlier this year that included an asylum crackdown they were seeking. After that failed, Biden issued rules temporarily blocking migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. Since its introduction, the number of apprehensions at the border has fallen sharply.

Trump said at a rally in North Carolina earlier this week that Harris' credibility at the border was “less than zero.”

Polls have shown that immigration is a top concern for voters nationally and in Arizona, the only swing state that borders Mexico. While immigration remains Trump's top issue, Harris has made some progress, narrowing his lead less than six weeks before Election Day.

Good morning, US Politics Blog readers. Don't relax this Friday because it will be a day full of news and we will update you on any developments as they occur.

The following emerges:

• Donald Trump is expected to meet with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskythis morning at Trump Tower in New York. Zelensky is about to unveil his “victory plan” for defeating the Russian invasion of his country Joe Biden and also meet Kamala Harriswho indirectly criticized Trump's idea of ​​​​peace for this region as a plan for Ukraine to cede territories already ceded to Vladimir Putin's Russian troops.

• Zelensky extended his stay in New York to meet Trump, the former US president and current Republican candidate for president in the November elections. The Ukrainian head of state was in the city for the United Nations General Assembly.

• New York City Mayor Eric Adamsa Democrat, is due in court today as acting mayor on federal charges of bribery and foreign influence.

• Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona later today as part of a visit to this key swing state that narrowly went for Biden in 2020. She will continue her tougher statements on immigration as she closes the gap on Trump in the polls on the issue, with tough measures that worry progressives.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will address the United Nations in New York this morning as he shuns international calls for ceasefires in Gaza and with Hezbollah in Lebanon. We will publish a report and also feature it in the global edition of the Guardian Middle East live blog.