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Show captionThe director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe. Democrats have criticised his office’s decision to stop in-person briefings about election security to Congress. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AFP/Getty ImagesUS elections 2020Decision to provide only updates in writing means oversight panels will not be quiz intelligence officialsReutersSat 29 Aug 2020 22.48 EDTThe United States’ top intelligence office has…

“America wants to be open and Americans want to be open,” Trump said. “A national shutdown is not a sustainable long-term solution. To preserve the health of our citizens, we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy.”The plan effectively reverses Trump’s claim earlier this week that he had “total authority” to declare…