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Playbook: “Trump has jumped the last major legal hurdle between now and Election Day in his bid to return to the White House.”

The Bulwark: “Inside Trump world, acknowledging that the campaign’s most punishing leg may, indeed, be taking a toll on the elderly ex-president is verboten.

“The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet doorknocking goals and is investigating claims that some canvassers lied about the number of voters they have contacted,“ Reuters reports.

“Donald Trump said he’d consider exempting police officers, firefighters, active duty military and veterans from paying taxes, the Republican nominee’s latest campaign trail idea to deliver tax breaks to key groups of supporters,” Bloomberg reports.

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