Chris Murphy said waiving a human rights condition on aid paved the way for arrests of journalists.

The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress.

Dan S Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator running for re-election, and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting Dan J Sullivan to also stand in the race.

It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.