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Biden releases 2019 tax returns before 1st debate with Trump

by STEPHEN BRAUN Associated Press September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

The move came following a report from The New York Times that Trump paid just $750 in income taxes in 2016, the year he ran for president.

Election 2020, Nation & World, Politics

Postal workers quietly resist postmaster’s changes, with eye on election

by Jacob Bogage The Washington Post September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

Some of the agency’s 630,000 workers say they feel a responsibility to counteract cost-cutting changes from their new boss that they blame for the mail slowdowns.

Election 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics

5 questions heading into Trump and Biden’s first debate

by STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

President Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night in Cleveland.

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Election clerks will process absentee ballots early, but won’t count votes until polls close

by Scott Thistle September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

With a record number of voters requesting absentee ballots, some want to know when those votes actually get counted.

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Report on Trump’s taxes shakes up race heading into first debate

by Toluse Olorunnipa and Sean Sullivan The Washington Post September 28, 2020September 29, 2020

The damning report about the president’s tax avoidance gives Joe Biden a fresh line of attack – on top of a burgeoning pandemic and a controversial Supreme Court nomination.

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U.S. Senate candidates face off at debate in Presque Isle

by Dennis Hoey September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Incumbent Susan Collins and challengers Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn field questions on the drought, climate change, saving the USPS and pandemic relief.