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From the New York Times, it's the headlines.
I'm Tracie Mumford.
Today's Wednesday, October 16.
Here's what we're covering.
Early voting has now officially begun in most states, and the votes are pouring in.
At least 5 million people have already cast their ballots, whether in person or by mail.
That's roughly 3% of registered voters in an election that could come down to the thinnest of margins in Georgia, the polls opened yesterday, and the battleground state saw a record number of voters before the day was even half over.
With just three weeks to go until election day, both candidates are now narrowing in on specific groups they hope will move the needle.
Donald Trump was in Chicago yesterday, making his pitch to business leaders in an interview with the editor in chief of Bloomberg News.
If you add up all the promises you've made, then your plans would add $7.5 trillion to the debt.
That's more than twice the total for Vice President Harris.
Trump was pressed about the cost of his economic plans, which budget watchers think could explode.
The country's already ballooning debt.
Why should they trust you with that?
Because we're about growth.
She's got no growth whatsoever.