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Oct 2024
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Plus: Special counsel Jack Smith’s road map for a federal prosecution of former President Donald Trump on election-interference charges is unsealed. And, oil prices edge up amid continued fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East. Azhar Sukri hosts.


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