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Midterm Elections Heat Up In Texas

7:02am October 26, 2018

by Rachel Martin

Texas's 23rd Congressional District is a key swing district that includes parts of San Antonio. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with two women who live in the same suburb but have different political views.

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New Poll Says Voters' Impression Of Trump Will Impact Their Votes In November

7:02am October 26, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

A new poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist suggests a voter's impression of President Trump will factor into that person's vote this November.

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Newsbrief: Homemade Pipe Bombs, Midterm Elections, Election From Texas

5:47am October 26, 2018

The latest on the investigation of the 10 packages sent across the nation to multiple high-profile Democrats. Also, a new poll suggests voters' impression of Trump will impact their votes in November.

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North Carolina Politics Mirror Country

5:37am October 26, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

President Trump heads to Charlotte, N.C. to rally supporters for Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, who is caught in a tight race against Democrat Dan McCready.

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One of the package bombs that was sent to a critic of President Trump is shown. Experts say excessive postage is a key sign of a suspicious package.

Package Investigation Puts Spotlight On Postal Service Screening

8:06pm October 25, 2018

by Miles Parks

A number of suspected bombs addressed to prominent Democrats have been intercepted in the mail. While much remains unclear about who sent them, questions linger, too, about how they were sent.

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Week In Politics: The Midterms And Trump's Response To Jamal Khashoggi

5:45pm October 25, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution, and Bre Payton of The Federalist to discuss issues impacting the midterm elections and the Trump administration's response to Saudi Arabia's role in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In an ad from J.B. Pritzker's campaign for governor, the candidate denies hating puppies.

Pritzker Breaks Campaign Finance Record, Annoys Illinois With $80 Million Of Ads

5:43pm October 25, 2018

by Tony Arnold

J.B. Pritzker, Democratic nominee for governor in Illinois, has broken the record for campaign self-finance. A lot of money is going to advertising, which isn't making everyone in Illinois happy.

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Sahle-Work Zewde walks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after being appointed Ethiopia's first female president at the country's parliament in Addis Ababa on Thursday.

Ethiopia Gets Its 1st Female President

4:54pm October 25, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Sahle-Work Zewde, an experienced diplomat, is the first female head of state in Ethiopia's modern history. Women also now constitute half of the country's Cabinet ministers.

President Trump announces a plan to overhaul how Medicare pays for certain drugs during a Thursday speech at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C.

Trump Aims To Lower Some U.S. Drug Spending By Factoring In What Other Countries Pay

4:45pm October 25, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

An administration proposal would link what Medicare pays for certain drugs administered in hospitals and doctor's offices to the prices paid in Europe and other advanced economies.

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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Discusses What He Thinks Are Solutions To Immigration

4:14pm October 25, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chair of the Homeland Security Committee, about the caravan of migrants from Central America en route to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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