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YORK, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 2: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a rally at York Exposition Center UPMC Arena on October 2, 2024 in York, Pennsylvania. Walz is holding a rally a day after debating Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Trump-allied Georgia election board wants 2020 election deniers to monitor Atlanta-area voting
Biden moves to replace all lead pipes within the next decade
US military compiled list of American weapons systems that could help Ukraine in the war with Russia

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Economic worries boost Trump’s Hispanic support in battleground Nevada

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Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump, participates in a town hall at the Crown Center Arena, October 4, 2024, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Fact check: Trump makes at least 11 false claims in foreign policy interview
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to the press in the aftermath of powerful storm Helene at Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, September 30, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

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US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks during the Vice Presidential debate with Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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KFile: Before his MAGA conversion, Vance indicated that Biden won the 2020 election legitimately
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REMINGTON, WISCONSIN - SEPTEMBER 06: A sign along a roadway shows support for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump on September 06, 2024 near Remington, Wisconsin. Recent polling has Democratic presidential, nomiee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump in the battleground state with 50 percent of likely voters supporting her over 44 percent supporting Trump. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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