Trump returns to South Carolina as Senate race tightens
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- NPR reports: “President Trump returned to South Carolina - the second time in eight days. The amount of attention and money its U.S. Senate race is getting is raising questions about how red the state really is.”
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