- More than 54 million Americans have already voted early ahead of Election Day, this Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to the University of Florida Voting Lab.
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Americans → vote → Lab
- As the campaign season comes to a close, President Trump will be holding an event Monday at the Washington, D.C. Reflecting Pool.
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Trump → come → Pool
- A rift between Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and Haley Stevens, whom he defeated in the primary, spilled into public view as on Sunday.
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he → defeat → Sunday
Leading Democrats condemned Stevens, while Mr. Trump praised her decision.
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Trump → lead → decision
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Trump to hold event at Washington D.C. Reflecting Pool on day before Election Day
President Trump will be holding an event at Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday afternoon, the day before Election Day.
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Trump → watch → Day
Mr. Trump told reporters that he wanted to hold an event there "just to show how beautiful it is."
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it → tell → event
The president has made renovations to Washington a central theme of his second term in the White House, although the Reflecting Pool renovations have not gone so smoothly.
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renovations → make → House
"But it's finished," Mr. Trump said.
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Trump → finish → ?
"It looks beautiful.
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It → look → ?
It's always leaked terribly, and it works really well now.
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it → leak → ?
We had it working well, but it was vandalized."
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it → have → ?
The Trump administration announced
the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April and paint it "American flag blue" at the president's request.
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administration → announce → request
Images showed the less than two weeks after Mr. Trump announced that the site had reopened to "rave reviews."Days later, chunks of peeling paint from the blue coating were spotted in the water.
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chunks → show → water
Mr. Trump claimed in a Truth Social post, without any evidence, that it had been vandalized.
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it → claim → evidence
Five people were
, but the Justice Department later acknowledged in a court filing that was to blame.
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that → acknowledge → filing
Charges were eventually dropped against Olympian David Hearn, who asked the Justice Department's internal watchdog to investigate — a request which was denied.
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which → drop → watchdog
Ken Paxton campaign no longer has Alamo event scheduled
Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton's campaign will no longer hold an event on the eve of Election Day at the Alamo, as originally advertised.
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campaign → have → Alamo
The campaign has not publicly commented on the change of plans.
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campaign → comment → plans
But Monday's schedule included events in Conroe and Allen, both of which are hundreds of miles from San Antonio, where the Alamo is located.
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Alamo → include → Antonio
The Allen event is set to start at 6:30 p.m. CT, which would not give him time to get to San Antonio that night.
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which → set → Antonio
The Paxton campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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campaign → respond → comment
Stevens says she "absolutely" wants Democrats to win Senate but stands by Rogers endorsement
Haley Stevens gave her first interview since she endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday, telling CNN's Anderson Cooper she felt like there was a "weight off my shoulders."
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she → say → shoulders
During their 15-minute interview, Cooper repeatedly asked Stevens why she changed her mind after she reportedly told her colleague Rep. Debbie Dingell in a phone conversation Saturday night that she was not going to endorse Rogers.
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she → ask → Rogers
Stevens confirmed the conversation took place but never gave Cooper a direct answer about what changed her mind.
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what → confirm → mind
She told him, "That's just where I landed with this.
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I → tell → this
I woke up this morning clear-eyed, fresh and, you know, focused on what was in my heart, and that's that."
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that → wake → heart
Asked again what changed her mind, Stevens replied, "I was there and just, you know, alone with my thoughts.
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you → ask → thoughts
I was writing things out, and look, this level of anger and the things that we are seeing — look, we all want Democrats to win.
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Democrats → write → that
And by the way, Abdul's got every other Democrat with him.
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Abdul → get → him
He just doesn't have me and a few other people who love this party.
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who → have → party
"
"Nothing with me changed, Anderson," said Stevens, who had previously endorsed El-Sayed.
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who → change → Sayed
She cited El-Sayed's alliance with left-wing streamer and political commentator
and a controversial ad from Rebellion PAC that tied the war in Gaza to increased costs at home.
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that → cite → home
It shows a couple in a grocery store shopping for food for their children, and the woman instructs her husband to put the eggs back.
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woman → show → eggs
The children still "like eggs," she tells him.
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she → like → him
"But we have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians."
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we → have → Palestinians
El-Sayed said his campaign had nothing to do with the ad.
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campaign → say → ad
"That ad was very painful," Stevens said.
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Stevens → say → ?
"There are so many Democrats who want to vote for our Democratic nominee, and they're just being told, 'Hey, this is a party you don't belong in, or this is a campaign you don't belong in.'
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you → be → nominee
"
Stevens told Cooper she "absolutely" wants Democrats to take control of the Senate after Election Day and that it's essential for Democrats to retain the seat in Michigan to take control of the Senate.
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Democrats → tell → Senate
Cooper pointed out that in August, Stevens had posted on social media that Rogers would be "another rubber stamp for Donald Trump's dangerous agenda.
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Rogers → point → agenda
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