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Election 2020 live updates: Biden to speak on economic fallout of pandemic; Trump hosting diplomatic talks

With less than two months remaining until Election Days, both campaigns are also reacting to a bombshell report in the Atlantic that Trump called U.S. soldiers injured or killed in war “losers."
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On CNN, Barr made two consecutive false claims about the risks of expanding mail-in ballots.
The Democratic presidential candidate plans to hold a community meeting and speak with the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot seven times by police in Kenosha. Trump is heading to another key battleground state.
The president’s suggestion that supporters cast a ballot by mail and at polling sites marked his latest attempts to impugn the integrity of mail-in voting.
The Democratic presidential nominee listened to community leaders and spoke to Jacob Blake during a visit to a town embroiled in recent protests.
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In this edition: Trump's Blue Lives campaign, the aftermath of the Massachusetts primary, and the moderators for this year's presidential debates.
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FiveThirtyEight polling averages instead see the race in most states largely unchanged after the conventions.
How presidential candidates are shifting their focus to the Midwest. How the pandemic is making us pay more for less at the grocery store. And how grocery store workers morale is at an all-time low.
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State politics reporters will be working extra hard over the next two months — or however long it will take to know the results of the election — so it’s to everyone’s benefit to identify and amplify them.
The president says his intention is to urge those who vote by mail to follow up at polling sites to ensure that their votes are counted.
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The first night of the Democratic National Convention, in 4 minutes
Democrats gathered virtually on Aug. 17 to launch the national convention for presumptive nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala D.Harris (D-Calif.)
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Joe Biden formally nominated for president
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Jill Biden’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National convention
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