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Week In Politics: Midterms, Suspicious Packages And The Migrant Caravan

4:30pm October 26, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about midterms, the migrant caravan and the suspicious packages.

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Trump Praises Investigators Following Arrest Of Suspect In Suspicious Packages Case

4:30pm October 26, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump praised law enforcement for a quick arrest in the suspicious package case, and called for unity. Earlier, he complained the case was distracting attention from the midterm elections, and cutting into GOP momentum.

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Arrest Made In Case Of Suspicious Packages Sent To Prominent Democrats

4:30pm October 26, 2018

by Caitie Switalski

Law enforcement sources say they have made an arrest in the suspicious packages that were being sent to prominent Democrats and their supporters.

President Trump Departs White House En Route To Wisconsin

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Friday News Roundup - Domestic

4:24pm October 26, 2018

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by officials including FBI Director Christopher Wray and New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill, arrives at a press conference Friday about the arrest of a suspect in the recent spate of suspicious packag

Feds Charge Florida Man With Mailing Improvised Bombs To Trump Political Critics

3:16pm October 26, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Cesar Altieri Sayoc was arrested after more devices were found on Friday. Packages have been sent to at least 10 targets this week, all of whom are critics or opponents of President Trump.

Suspect Arrested In Florida In Connection With Suspicious Packages

11:33am October 26, 2018

One person is now in federal custody after a nationwide bomb scare. The news follows the discovery of two more potentially threatening packages on Friday.

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With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, 67 percent of voters say President Trump is a factor in their vote.

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Poll: Trump Seen As Important Factor In Americans' Vote, As Democrats Open Up Lead

11:29am October 26, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, 67 percent of voters say the president is a factor in their vote, far higher than for former President Obama in 2014 when Democrats lost the Senate.

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Sen. Ben Sasse On Suspected Explosives And Political Climate

9:23am October 26, 2018

NPR's Noel King speaks with Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska about our current political climate amid a string suspected explosive devices sent to prominent Democrats.

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Pecos, Politics And Oil

8:08am October 26, 2018

by Rachel Martin

Texas's 23rd Congressional District is a swing district that includes Pecos. Pecos is in the middle of an oil boom that seems to be changing the politics of this once slow, sleepy city.

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Texas Border City Politically Divided

8:08am October 26, 2018

by Rachel Martin

Texas's 23rd Congressional District is a key swing district that includes the border city of Del Rio. NPR looks at how residents living on the border are impacted by current immigration policies.

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