Donald Trump refuses to say whether a six-week abortion ban goes too far – live

Former US president evasive on new Florida abortion law and critical on rival Ron DeSantis in latest interview

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Days after participating in a contentious and criticized town hall with CNN, Donald Trump continued what appears to be a mainstream media blitz by granting an interview to online startup The Messenger. Journalist Marc Caputo is not successful in getting the former president to clarify his stance on abortion, including the six-week ban now in place in Florida, but Trump does hold forth on potential primary foe Ron DeSantis, and shines some light on why he remains so adamant with his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

Here’s a rundown of what we expect to happen today:

Debt limit talks continue and comments from Joe Biden and his top officials over the weekend indicate progress may actually be being made ahead of the 1 June deadline for a potential US government default.

There’s no White House press briefing today, and Biden is spending it flying from Delaware to Philadelphia and finally back to Washington DC.

Kamala Harris is having a similarly quiet one, at least when it comes to interactions with the masses. She has no public events scheduled.