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Platform Check: Candidates Signal Support Of New Gun Restrictions

4:44pm September 30, 2016

In their first debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both signaled they would support some new restrictions on gun ownership. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to UCLA School of Law professor Adam Winkler about where the candidates stand on gun policy.

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Candidates Shift Focus To Early Voting In Swing States

4:44pm September 30, 2016

by Scott Detrow

Early voting is now well underway and as many as 40 percent of American voters are expected to cast a ballot before Election Day. That's meant big changes for campaigns and candidates.

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Donald Trump Hints At Attacking Hillary Clinton Over Husband's Affairs

4:44pm September 30, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Donald Trump has been hinting at attacking Hillary Clinton over her husband's past indiscretions, which carries serious risk for the GOP nominee.

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Alicia Machado campaigns for Hillary Clinton on Aug. 20 in Miami.

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Trump Again Attacks Former Miss Universe

3:11pm September 30, 2016

by Scott Horsley

In predawn tweets, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again lashed out at former Miss Universe Alicia Machado and Hillary Clinton.

Ala. Chief Justice Roy Moore Suspended For Rest Of Term Over Gay Marriage Stance

2:36pm September 30, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The head of the state's Supreme Court loses his judicial ethics case and is ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings against him.

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2016's Presidential Campaign Has Turned Into A Gender War

11:35am September 30, 2016

by Mara Liasson

The first contest between major party male and female candidates has made gender a campaign issue. Hillary Clinton is doing her best to use Donald Trump's controversies to win over female voters.

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Has Hillary Clinton Done Enough To Reach Out To Black Voters?

11:35am September 30, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Leslie Wimes, of the Democratic African-American Women Caucus in Florida, who says Clinton's campaign needs to be in full panic mode about recruiting African-Americans voters.

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White Working-Class Voters May Be Key To A Presidential Victory

11:35am September 30, 2016

by Asma Khalid

Barack Obama won Iowa twice — in part because he did well with white working-class voters. Now, as education and race have erupted as fault lines, can a Democrat still win that demographic in Iowa?

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Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump

10:07am September 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

In the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Donald Trump, his father and Trump Management, alleging the Trumps engaged in racial discrimination at their properties.

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'Detroit News' Endorses Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson

10:24pm September 29, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ingrid Jacques of the Detroit News editorial board about the paper's endorsement of libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

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