In today’s edition, reporter Curtis Bunn brings us a dispatch from Kamala Harris' interview with members of the National Association of Black Journalists. Plus, national political reporter Ben Kamisar breaks down where third-party candidates are appearing on the ballot in key battlegrounds. Read more from Curtis →Focus returns to Springfield: Harris also ripped Trump’s repeated bashing of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, in the NABJ interview, saying he was “spewing lies grounded in tropes.”“It’s a crying shame. After having spent millions to get on state ballots, Kennedy has tried to pull back since he endorsed Trump. And there are still other third-party candidates, including some familiar faces and some new ones, whose presence on key state ballots could affect the November results.

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