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Donald Trump’s campaign walked back his apparent endorsement of a referendum that would have expanded abortion access in Florida on Thursday after condemnation from a top pro-life group, underscoring the difficulty the Republican presidential nominee faces navigating a key issue that threatens to alienate him from critical female and moderate voters. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump in an interview Thursday with NBC News was asked about a referendum in his home state of Florida that would expand abortion access in the state, which is currently limited to the first six weeks of a pregnancy.

Vice President Kamala Harris said helping address economic woes and bolstering the middle class would be her day one priority, in her critical first interview since capturing the Democratic presidential nomination.“I think that people are ready for a new way forward, in a way that generations of Americans have been fueled by hope and by optimism,” Harris told CNN, adding that she believed voters were ready “to turn the page” on former President Donald Trump, her Republican rival. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Whether Harris, the sitting vice president, can embody that change was a central question of the interview, which took on an outsized importance with just over two months until Election Day.