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November 2, 2020 6:32 AM

Campaign draws to a close with U.S. facing a crossroads

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states on Monday, the final full day of a campaign that has laid bare their dramatically different visions for tackling the nation's pressing problems and for the office of the presidency itself.

by The Associated Press

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November 2, 2020 6:26 AM

Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert

President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday's election, as his rift with the nation's top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since the spring.

by The Associated Press

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November 2, 2020 5:00 AM

Minnesotans rally, vote, wait, worry in closing days of the campaign

After months of presidential campaign attention, nonstop political advertising and weeks of early voting, the end is in sight: Election Day is Tuesday. We talked with Minnesota voters about how they’re feeling in the closing days of the campaign.

by Brian Bakst

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November 2, 2020 4:09 AM

Medicaid's future hinges on who wins the White House

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid coverage.

by Blake Farmer

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November 1, 2020 8:35 PM

Fact check: Trump falsely claims that votes shouldn't be counted after Election Day

"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," President Donald Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.

by Barbara Sprunt

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November 1, 2020 5:16 PM

After a bitter election, can Americans find a way to heal their divides?

NPR's All Things Considered has spent weeks asking experts how the nation can move forward after a bitter election. They say healing is possible, but people have to be willing to try.

by Christianna Silva

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November 1, 2020 5:04 PM

Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state

It's an awkward moment when a candidate greets a crowd and names the wrong state. Fortunately for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, that didn’t happen to him this week, despite a widely shared video that appears to show him saying “Hello, Minnesota” to a crowd in Florida.

by The Associated Press

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November 1, 2020 3:22 PM

Nearly 1.7 million Minnesotans have cast ballots in early voting

The Secretary of State’s Office says the surge in early voting has kept up in the final weekend before Election Day, with far more absentee ballots submitted than in any prior election.

by Brian Bakst

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November 1, 2020 12:45 PM

Election week special: Your last-minute voting questions, answered

With voting disinformation swirling and recent court rulings confusing things further, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy to answer listeners’ last-minute voting questions.

by Mike Mulcahy and Katie Moritz

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November 1, 2020 12:05 PM

Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject thousands of Houston votes

The state’s all-Republican Supreme Court rejected a GOP-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area. It’s still set to be taken up during an emergency hearing in federal court on Monday.

by The Associated Press

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