Candidates enter final week of campaigning with control of Congress at stake
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- PBS NewsHour reports: “It's crunch time for candidates across the country with Election Day just over a week away. On Monday, President Trump campaigned in ruby-red Mississippi, a state he won by almost 23 points two yea…”
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