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Oct 2024
40m 43s

The Final Lap

CNN
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First: With just eight days left to win votes, the candidates are spread out across the battleground states trying to reach that dwindling slice of undecided voters, knowing more than 40 million Americans have already cast their ballots.  Plus: Vile, racist sexist insults dominated Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden yesterday. The former president ... Show More
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