Trump and Obama trade barbs on campaign trail in final days before midterm election – US politics live

Former president says ‘these are not serious people’ as Trump holds rallies for Republican candidatesHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.President Trump and the former president Barack Obama have continued to trade barbs on the campaign trail, with less than a week to go before congressional races that could shift the balance of power in Washington.A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens, rebuffing a legally thin request from the justice department that appeared designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms.Jason Turkish, who