Latest news from the United States: How a Hamilton ticket makes waves

The mid-term US elections in just over two weeks will help define the rest of Donald Trump's presidency.

Americans will vote for members of both houses of Congress, as well as governors in 36 of the 50 states.

From here, we will bring you the updates and the best analysis every day of the week.

Today 's round includes a ticket to Hamilton, a ghost tax cut and a spectacular family fighting over each other.

A big shot

A row has exploded in one of the key governors' races on … uh, tickets to a hit Broadway musical.

Documents published Tuesday and published in the Miami Herald suggest that the Democratic candidate for governor, Andrew Gillum, received a ticket for Hamilton from an undercover agent of the FBI who posed as a developer.

The officer was investigating a corruption case in the city where Gillum is mayor of Tallahassee.

Gillum went to the show in 2016 with his brother, the agent and another friend.

Republican candidate for governorship, Ron DeSantis, complained of texting that emerged on Tuesday, saying it shows that Gillum is receiving gifts from lobbyists.

But Gillum, whose lead in polls has drawn national attention and is the subject of racist automated calls, said he was aware that his brother had provided the tickets.

"When I arrived after work, I got my ticket, we went there and saw it, assuming my brother had paid for it, and as far as I know, that was Was the right plan. "

Alternatively, he could have named one of the most famous songs in the series …

Hey yo, I'm like my country

I am young, disjointed and hungry

And I'm not throwing my shot!

A lot – 10%

That's the seemingly generous figure that President Trump has proposed for a tax cut aimed at middle-class voters.

"We will proceed with a 10% tax reduction for middle-income families and it will be implemented next week with a 10% tax cut," he said. said at a protest in Texas on Monday.

Next week? The week before the elections?

The first obstacle is that the Congress is not in session. The second comes from almost no one in Washington does not know anything about this last-minute plan.

"It will not be set up next week, or even this year, despite what the president says," the New York Times wrote on Tuesday.

A quote

"If he reacts to this article, it will probably be to say that he hardly knows the authors of this article."

With a family like this, who needs enemies?

Twelve parents of a Republican candidate for governorship wrote a column accusing him of being a "fake".

• The candidate's family slams his & # 39; phoniness & # 39;

Choose the result

If you are one of those who do not like to be told what – Alexander Hamilton and his revolutionary colleagues fought for these freedoms – then you may want to choose your own path in the mid-term elections.