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Oct 2024
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A Final Week of Campaigning, and Measure...

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Plus, hear a long-lost Chopin waltz.  

 

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On Today’s Episode:

State of the Race: National Polls Tighten With 8 Days to Go, by Nate Cohn

Trump at the Garden: A Closing Carnival of Grievances, Misogyny and Racism, by Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman and Michael Gold

Israel Calls the Shots in the Mideast as U.S. Plays a Lesser Role, by Mark Landler

California Governor Proposes $750 Million in Annual Film Tax Credits, by Shawn Hubler and Derrick Bryson Taylor

Hear a Chopin Waltz Unearthed After Nearly 200 Years, by Javier C. Hernández

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