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Aug 2024
28m 50s

The Campaign Moment: Harris’s big interv...

THE WASHINGTON POST
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Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down for their first big interview since Harris began her campaign five weeks ago. Plus, former president Donald Trump flip-flops on reproductive rights again. 
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