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Oct 2024
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Six Days Left: Closing Arguments, Racist...

The New York Times
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In the final week of the race for president, Donald J. Trump’s big rally in New York appeared to backfire, while Kamala Harris’s closing message cast her as a unifier. Fears about election interference also resurfaced after arsonists burned ballots in three states. The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher and Astead Herndon try to ... Show More
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