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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

  • The president travels to Erie, Pennsylvania, for his second \"Make America Great Again\" rally of the week. Trump will campaign for Rep. Lou Barletta, who's challenging Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in November. Trump has held over a dozen rallies in Pennsylvania, most recently in Wilkes-Barre.
  • In Iowa, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell face off in Des Moines on Wednesday in the first of three debates. It's a tight race, despite Reynolds’ being a Republican incumbent in a state Trump won by about 10 percentage points. On Tuesday night, the president campaigned with Reynolds at a \"Make America Great Again\" rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  • Republican Rep. Chris Collins and his son are scheduled for a court date Wednesday for insider trading charges. Despite the charges the congressman is running for re-election in his Buffalo-area district against Democratic challenger Nathan McMurray, a town supervisor in upstate New York.

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