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NPR | By A Martínez,

Steve Inskeep

Published October 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM CDT

Trump presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine while courting Russia, campaigning reaches fever pitch with Election Day two weeks away, DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimes.

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