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Same-day registration options exist up to Election Day.
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Youngkin calls the move an 'attack' on upcoming elections
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The Alaska Republican sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to discuss her memoir, her thoughts on Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill and the future of democracy.
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President Trump demanded that Israel back off further attacks on Iran after accusing both countries of violating the ceasefire.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, about the Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase in Qatar.
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Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.
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