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Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. president Donald Trump, arrives to speak about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 17, 2024.
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Elon Musk’s super PAC awards $1 million prizes to 2 registered voters, despite DOJ warning
Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says Trump groped her to show off for Jeffrey Epstein
Democratic lawmaker faces GOP challenge over voter registration
Harris and Obama use first joint campaign event to rally voters in battleground Georgia
Trump says US is ‘like a garbage can for the world’ as he rails against illegal immigration
Federal agency closes investigation into RFK Jr. over dead whale carcass, saying allegation unfounded
Justice Department reaches $100 million settlement with two companies in Baltimore bridge collapse

Analysis

Former President Barack Obama hold hands with Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at the James R Hallford Stadium in Clarkston, Georgia on October 24, 2024.
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<p>CNN economic analyst Catherine Rampell says that when voters are shown policy positions but not the candidates who subscribe to them, more voters prefer Vice President Kamala Harris’ policies to former President Donald Trump’s. Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton says although that is interesting, this election isn’t a blind test. “What people think and perceive is often their personal reality,” he says.</p>
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Michigan autoworkers see more enthusiasm for Harris — but also more sexism and racism
BLOC organizer, Devonta Johnson, shares a laugh with fellow canvassers as they set out to knock on doors in Milwaukee's Sixth Ward.
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Milwaukee’s Black voters expose cracks in Democratic foundation for Harris

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 09, 2024.
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Fact check: Trump, on a lying spree, made at least 40 separate false claims in two Pennsylvania speeches
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

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Supporters of Donald Trump clash with police and security forces as people storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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Donald Trump campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a visit at the Community College of Philadelphia, on National Voter Registration Day, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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What Matters

A Supervisor and Elections office staff member runs sample voting ballots through voting machines during a test run at the Supervisor of Elections Office in Tampa, Florida, on October 3, 2024.
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Fault Lines

From left, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
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