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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump takes over lead in Iowa as Joe Biden fades — | Des Moines Register Show Caption Hide Caption … Republican President Donald Trump has taken over the lead in Iowa as Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden has faded, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows just days before Election Day.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Republican Joni Ernst pulls ahead of Democrat Theresa Greenfield in closing days of U.S. Senate race — | Des Moines Register Show Caption Hide Caption … Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has pulled ahead of Democrat Theresa Greenfield in the closing stretch of a contentious U.S. Senate race …
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Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Republicans preferred in 3 of 4 U.S. House races; Rep. Finkenauer appears at risk — | Des Moines Register Show Caption Hide Caption … A Republican could be poised to win back one of the Iowa congressional districts that flipped to Democrats two years ago …
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Boston Herald
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden needles Joni Ernst in Iowa for not knowing breakeven soybean price
Biden needles Joni Ernst in Iowa for not knowing breakeven soybean price
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Politico
KJ Edelman / Mediaite:
Trump Tweets Support for Fans Who Swarmed Biden Bus: ‘I LOVE TEXAS!’ — President Donald Trump tweeted in support of a viral video of his fans swarming one of Joe Biden's campaign buses, forcing Democrats to cancel several rallies in Austin, Texas. — On Tuesday night, Trump tweeted out the video with the caption “I LOVE TEXAS!”
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Biden Team Cancels Texas Event After Highway ‘Ambush’ by MAGA Cavalry — Dozens of pickup trucks, many with Trump flags, surrounded a Biden campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio to Austin. — Joe Biden's presidential campaign canceled a Friday event in Austin, Texas, after harassment from a pro-Trump contingent.
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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a “Trump Train” surrounded a campaign bus — The highway skirmish came as Democrats close ground in a state that is polling competitively in the race for president. Recent polls indicate the presidential race in Texas between President Donald Trump …
David R. Montgomery / New York Times:
Vehicles flying Trump flags try to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas. — AUSTIN, Texas — Multiple vehicles bearing Trump flags and signs surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus heading from San Antonio to Austin on Friday, forcing campaign officials to scrap two campaign events …
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CNN:
Biden campaign cancels Texas event after Trump supporters surround bus on interstate
Biden campaign cancels Texas event after Trump supporters surround bus on interstate
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Washington Post:
‘A whole lot of hurt’: Fauci warns of covid-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response — President Trump's repeated assertions the United States is “rounding the turn” on the coronavirus have increasingly alarmed the government's top health experts, who say the country is heading …
CNN:
CNN Polls: Biden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin as campaign ends, with tighter races in Arizona and North Carolina — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an advantage in the upper Midwest states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to CNN Polls conducted by SSRS …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Trump goes it alone
Trump goes it alone
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
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Reuters
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democrats grow more anxious about Pennsylvania — Joe Biden on Saturday prepared to mount a last-minute, two-day blitz of Pennsylvania, amid concern among some local Democrats about a potential late shift that would threaten his narrow advantage there and mirror President Trump's 2016 comeback.
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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Joe Biden has finally disclosed who is raising him big money just days before Election Day
Joe Biden has finally disclosed who is raising him big money just days before Election Day
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Politico
Jackie Calmes / Los Angeles Times:
Barack Obama is making the argument for Joe Biden — by roasting Trump
Barack Obama is making the argument for Joe Biden — by roasting Trump
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Trump campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, Stanford researchers say — Researchers looked at 18 Trump rallies held between June 20 and Sept. 22 and analyzed Covid-19 data the weeks following each event. — The researchers found that the rallies ultimately resulted …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Can Still Win, But The Polls Would Have To Be Off By Way More Than In 2016 — To borrow from Cook Political Report's Dave Wasserman, “I've seen enough.” — No, I don't know who's going to win the election. According to our forecast, President Trump still has a chance at a second term …
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
U.S. judge to hear Republican bid to void 100,000 votes in Texas — (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drive-through voting and should toss more than 100,000 votes in the Democratic-leaning area.
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ABC News:
American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation: Officials — Walton was abducted recently in Niger, where he had been living. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during …
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
American hostage rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in daring raid
American hostage rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in daring raid
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The Daily Beast:
Cops Pepper-Spray Voters as They March to Polls in NC — “I saw a little girl, probably five, being carried off sobbing and coughing. She was dressed as a fairy or a princess,” one attendee said. — GRAHAM, North Carolina—On the final day of early voting in North Carolina …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Camp Uses Online Gimmick to Fuel Donations Into December — The Trump campaign is now automatically checking a box to create recurring weekly donations from supporters until mid-December. — President Trump's campaign is raising money for a prolonged political and legal fight long …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Lincoln Project targets 3 deep red states with million-dollar ad buy as election map ‘turning against’ Trump — WASHINGTON — With just three days left until the election, President Trump's enemies are seeing new opportunities in staunchly red states. The Lincoln Project …
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Boris Johnson announces month-long COVID-19 lockdown in England — A new national lockdown will be imposed in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country topped 1 million. — Details: Starting Thursday, people in England must stay at home …
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New York Times:
The President's Taxes: A Reader's Guide — Over the past four years, The New York Times has independently obtained and published information on several decades of Donald J. Trump's taxes. — Over the last several weeks, The New York Times has published the findings of its investigation …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Intercept Staffers Roll Their Eyes Over Glenn Greenwald's Censorship Claim — Glenn Greenwald had the freedom to publish almost anything he wanted at The Intercept. Then he cried censorship. — Glenn Greenwald officially left The Intercept on Thursday, complaining of censorship and heavy-handed editing.
Washington Post:
Trailing in the polls, Trump enlists his administration and co-opts the government to bolster his reelection — In the final days of the 2020 election season, President Trump has featured his White House press secretary as a star at his campaign rallies, where she has triumphantly joined him onstage.
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Whitmer kidnap suspect wants out of jail. He's diabetic, and fears COVID-19 — After three weeks in jail, one of the suspects charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the judge to reconsider her decision to keep him locked up: He's worried about getting the COVID-19 virus.