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In excerpt from new memoir, Melania Trump says women have the ‘right to choose’ abortion

In excerpt from new memoir, Melania Trump says women have the ‘right to choose’ abortion

The former first lady says she is a longtime supporter of abortion rights. Her memoir is coming out a year after former President Donald Trump said he was "able to kill Roe v. Wade."
by Bill Chappell

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Kamala Harris is making an unusual pilgrimage today — to the birthplace of the GOP

Kamala Harris is making an unusual pilgrimage today — to the birthplace of the GOP

Harris will travel Thursday to Ripon, Wisconsin — home to the Little White Schoolhouse, where an 1854 meeting led to the birth of the Republican Party. She'll be joined by former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney.
by Franco Ordoñez

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Harris-Walz campaign kicks off a nationwide effort to reach Native voters

Harris-Walz campaign kicks off a nationwide effort to reach Native voters

Tribal leaders from across the country showed their support for the democratic ticket at Mystic Lake Event Center in Prior Lake on Wednesday. Native American civic leaders say the Harris-Walz campaign is prepared to support issues that impact Indigenous communities.
by Melissa Olson

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Minnesota abortion law signed by Walz scrutinized during VP debate

Minnesota abortion law signed by Walz scrutinized during VP debate

Internet searches about Minnesota’s abortion law — the first state to codify access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — were high during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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State of Democra-Z: Takeaways from the vice presidential debate

State of Democra-Z: Takeaways from the vice presidential debate

The vice presidential debate is not expected to push many voters to one side or another, but it offered a closer look at the men who could be second in command. We check in with two Gen-Z voters about what stood out to them.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Soomaalida St. Cloud waxay rabaan in ay ka dhex muuqdaan siyaasadda, laakiin iyaga oo dhan isku aragti ma aha

Soomaalida St. Cloud waxay rabaan in ay ka dhex muuqdaan siyaasadda, laakiin iyaga oo dhan isku aragti ma aha

In ka badan labaatameeyo sano ka hor ayey qaxootigan oo ka soo jeeda Bariga Afrika soo dageen St. Cloud, oo qaarkood ayaa raadinaya in ay door ku yeeshaan maamulka iyo siyaasadda.
by Kirsti Marohn

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From Walz’s hometown to an American Legion, Minnesotans react to governor in VP debate

From Walz’s hometown to an American Legion, Minnesotans react to governor in VP debate

Supporters of the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets gathered Tuesday evening for debate watch parties around Minnesota for the likely only debate between Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
by Mark Zdechlik, Matt Sepic and Nicole Ki

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In VP debate, Walz acknowledges he wasn’t in China during Tiananmen uprising

In VP debate, Walz acknowledges he wasn’t in China during Tiananmen uprising

APM Reports, the investigations and documentaries unit of MPR News, first reported that Walz’s claim during a 2014 congressional hearing on the 25th anniversary of the massacre didn’t square up with media accounts in 1989.
by Tom Scheck, Curtis Gilbert, Caspar von Au and Forest Hunt

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