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“In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to win: one tried-and-true, the other untested in modern presidential campaigns,” the New York Times reports. “Ms. Harris’s team is running an expansive version of the type of field operation that has dominated politics for decades, deploying flotillas of paid staff members to organize and turn out every vote they can find.

“Kamala Harris challenged Donald Trump on Sunday for refusing to do what she has done in recent days: release a report on his health, sit for a ‘60 Minutes’ interview and commit to another presidential debate,” the New York Times reports. Said Harris: “It makes you wonder: Why does his staff want him to hide away?

“Donald Trump announced a new plan on Sunday to increase the number of United States Border Patrol agents and retain existing talent as he makes immigration and the border a key part of his closing message against Vice President Kamala Harris,” CNN reports. “At a campaign rally in battleground Arizona – where he devoted much of his speech to stoking fears about undocumented immigrants – the former president committed to a goal of hiring 10,000 new US agents, providing a 10% salary raise, and offering a $10,000 retention and signing bonus.” Axios: Trump pledges raises and 10,000 more agents in border plan.

“A man arrested at a security checkpoint near former President Trump’s Coachella rally was found with guns and fake press and VIP credentials,” Axios reports.

Proposition 131 would fundamentally change how many of Colorado’s elections are run, presenting one of the most sweeping changes to the democratic process in the Centennial State’s 148-year history. As it stands, Colorado’s elections are generally handled in much the same way as in other states: In partisan contests, Republicans compete against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats in June primary races.

By JOSH BOAK, AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE GREENVILLE, N. C. (AP) — Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this month to survey storm damage. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, did not speak Trump’s name, but he is most prominent among those promoting false claims about the Biden administration’s response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene.