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She, like 2,000 other state residents, is awaiting approval for aid through a community advocacy program. Resumed funding for LIHEAP is dependent on an appropriations bill used to fund the government. “We had calls during our latest heat wave, and our agencies just don’t have the LIHEAP funding,” Sarensen said. Unlike those so-called entitlements, LIHEAP funding can be depleted without helping everyone who qualifies. Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has mentioned direct utility or weatherization aid in their campaigns for the White House.

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The Justice Department plans to file criminal charges in the hacking of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, two law enforcement officials told NBC News. The Trump campaign announced in August that it had been hacked. Later that month, federal officials said that Iran was behind the effort, which was part of an apparent hack-and-leak operation to spread files stolen from Trump’s campaign. Federal officials reiterated in a press call last week that the U.S. intelligence community believes Iran wants to hurt former President Trump’s campaign, whereas Russia wants to boost Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. Google was more specific, and said that the hackers had gone after both the Trump campaign and President Joe Biden’s before he dropped out of the race.

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☆ Far-right origins of false pet-eating claims and Boeing workers to strike: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

How a fringe claim about immigrants eating pets made it to the mainstream. Boeing workers are set to strike. How a fringe claim about immigrants ‘eating the pets’ made its way to the debate stageIt started as a fringe obsession. “In Springfield they’re eating dogs,” Trump said, referring to an Ohio city dealing with an influx of Haitian immigrants. More 2024 election coverage:Boeing workers set to strike after rejecting contractMore than 30,000 Boeing workers are set to strike today, halting production on most of the company’s aircraft, after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract.

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No one can keep former President Donald Trump away from Laura Loomer. A senior official from Trump’s 2020 campaign team said that helps explain why Loomer is no longer being kept at arm’s length. “Senator Graham is working tirelessly day and night to help re-elect President Trump,” Graham communications director Taylor Reidy responded in a statement to NBC News. Loomer is “not a member of our staff,” said a Trump campaign aide, who asked to remain anonymous. I don’t work for President Trump.”Last year, she said she would "gladly" serve as press secretary in a Trump White House.

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☆ Justice Jackson says she might have left legal career had she known the challenges of caring for daughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The full interview of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will air Friday at 10 p.m. “It’s hard to look back and feel regret,” said Jackson, whom President Joe Biden nominated to the Supreme Court in 2022. Jackson said she was “flattered” that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, the other Black justice on the court, laid out a detailed disagreement with her dissent in the case. “I think it is a concern for the court as an institution because public confidence is basically all we have,” Jackson said. “I ruled in that case consistent with what I believe the law required,” Jackson told CNN.

Persons: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Abby Phillip, ”, Jackson, “, Talia, ” Jackson, Joe Biden, I’ve, Jackson demurred, hadn’t, Clarence Thomas, Roe, Wade, “ I’m Organizations: ” CNN, CNN, ”, Harvard, University of North, today’s, Capitol Locations: Boston, Miami, University of North Carolina

☆ Fate of US Steel merger expected to be pushed beyond election day as politics cloud outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kayla Tausche | Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As presidential politics cloud the outlook of US Steel’s merger with its Japanese rival, a national security review of the deal is now not expected to be decided until after the election, according to people familiar with the matter. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a White House visit in April, told reporters that the legal reviews would determine the deal’s outcome. US Steel put itself up for sale in 2023 after receiving an unsolicited, $7 billion takeover offer from Ohio-based Cleveland Cliffs. The $14.9 billion deal with Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, resulted from that sales process. The White House has said it would await the recommendation of the committee, which has yet to make a decision on the matter, CNN has learned.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Fumio Kishida, Janet Yellen, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Sen, Sherrod Brown of, John Fetterman of, Saloni Sharma, ” Saloni, Josh Shapiro, Harris, “, ” Manuel Bonder Organizations: CNN, Foreign Investment, US, Washington Post, US Steel, Steel, Nippon, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Nippon Steel, White, ”, Democrat Locations: United States, Pittsburgh, Delaware, American, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Cleveland, ” Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania

☆ Why Trump ditched a debate rematch – for now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

After Tuesday’s onstage meeting, Harris had said that she and her opponent owed it to voters to debate again. Harris’ senior campaign adviser, David Plouffe, blasted Trump on X as “chicken man.”The Republican nominee often changes his mind. He asked, “Wasn’t ‘The Apprentice’ a great show, though?” and wistfully reminisced about the final night of his election campaign in 2016. Will Trump stick to his refusal to debate Harris again? But Bryan Lanza, a senior Trump campaign advisor, insisted that this was a tactical decision.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris, outdid, we’ve, It’s, ” Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Harris, Trump’s, Harris ’, David Plouffe, ”, Arizona —, Biden, she’s, embroils Trump, Laura Loomer, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Loomer, denigrated Harris, there’ll, Democrats haven’t, Harris can’t, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, “ Harris, –, – Trump, keener, “, Melania Trump, JD Vance, Will Trump, president’s, Bryan Lanza, “ It’s, ” Lanza, President Trump, JB Pritzker, “ Donald Trump, ” Pritzker, Wolf Blitzer, “ Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Alyssa Farah Griffin, ” Griffin, Donald Trump, ‘, ’ ” Griffin Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, Republican, ABC News, “, Democrats, North Carolina, GOP, Wyoming, “ Democrats, Republicans, Biden, ”, Illinois, House Locations: Arizona, Georgia, Trump, North Carolina, Chicago, Charlotte, Pennsylvania, America, Springfield , Ohio

In the first college admissions process since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last year, Asian American enrollment at the most prestigious U.S. schools paints a mixed, uneven picture. Columbia University — which, unlike the other Ivies, groups Pacific Islanders with Asian Americans — saw an increase of nine percentage points in its enrollment of Asian American applicants, while Brown saw an increase of four percentage points. It doesn’t mean that race is entirely ruled out of the admissions process, however. Poon, who is the author of “Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations about Race, Affirmative Action, and Family,” said that with race masked in the admissions process, concerns around biases are actually more prevalent. And it’s going to be difficult to determine, for example, why there were drops in Asian American enrollment at some schools as well.

Persons: ”, OiYan Poon, ” Poon, —, Brown, St . Louis, Edward Blum, Hopi Hoekstra, ” Hoekstra, Jonathan Palumbo, Whitney Soule, Dartmouth —, John Roberts, ” Julie J, Poon Organizations: Ivy League, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, University of Illinois, Columbia University —, Pacific Islanders, MIT, Amherst College, Washington University, Conservative, Fair, NBC News, ” Harvard, of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Crimson, ”, University of Pennsylvania, — Cornell, Dartmouth, University of North, University of Maryland, Universities, Federal Student Aid, NBC Asian Locations: U.S, Columbia, Brown, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign, St ., University of North Carolina, NBC Asian America

SAN ANTONIO — In the three weeks since Texas’ attorney general executed raids at the homes of several Latino election activists, the state’s oldest civil rights organization has been marshaling members to step up voter registration for what they say is a stand against voter suppression. A voter at news conference to respond to allegations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Aug. 26 in San Antonio. A contingent of LULAC members and other Hispanic activists attended the hearing in support of Medina. Texas LULAC President Gabriel Rosales said in a phone interview that along with the fear, the raids “kind of lit a fire from Hispanics around Texas. “Councils have been doubling their efforts to engage Latino voters across Texas and across the country,” Proaño said.

Persons: ANTONIO —, “, ”, Juan Proaño, Paxton, Ken Paxton, Eric Gay, Juan Manuel Medina, Geoffrey Goldstein, ” Medina’s, Medina, Lidia Martinez, Martinez, ” Martinez, Gabriel Rosales, ” Rosales, Houston, LULAC, Proaño, ” Proaño, Lidia Organizations: ANTONIO, League of United Latin American, Texas, NBC, Tejano Democrats, LULAC, American GI, Latinos Locations: Texas, South Texas, Frio County, county's, San Antonio, Medina, America, “, Mexican

Ali Wong, 42, is back for another Netflix standup special and, this time, she’ll be introducing fans to her “divorced mom era,” according to a memo by the streaming service. Known for her iconic patterned mini dress and baby bump, Wong’s “Single Lady” will drop on Oct. 8, making it her fourth special. In it, she will address everything from her split with her ex-husband Justin Hakuta to dating and finding love as a single parent. The comedian, who previously starred in “Always Be My Maybe” and “Beef,” was pregnant with her first child during her debut standup special “Baby Cobra” in 2016. “I’m not single now, but I was single for a long time after I got divorced,” she told Variety last year.

Persons: Ali Wong, she’ll, Justin Hakuta, “, ”, “ I’m, Wong, Bill Hader, “ I’ve Organizations: Variety, Netflix Locations: Los Angeles, Hakuta

☆ New York City museum fires three employees for wearing keffiyehs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

New York City’s Noguchi Museum said on Wednesday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh head scarves, which have become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Across the world in protests demanding an end to Israel’s war in Gaza, demonstrators have worn the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf, saying it identifies with Palestinian self-determination. Israel’s supporters say it is provocative and a sign of backing extremism. Natalie Cappellini, one of the three gallery attendants who was fired, took to Instagram to say the museum leadership was weaponizing the term “political” against the Palestinian cause. A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American nurse in May after she called Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide” during an acceptance speech for an award.

Persons: City’s Noguchi, Israel’s, —, Isamu Noguchi —, Natalie Cappellini, Instagram, Yasser Arafat, Israel Organizations: Palestinian, Reuters Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Japanese American, Vermont, United States, Israel, York City, Palestinian American, South Africa

☆ Nearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Nearly half of all renter households in the US were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they paid more than 30% of their income towards housing costs, according to new government data. “Housing costs rose between 2022 and 2023 for both homeowners and renters,” Molly Ross, a survey statistician at the Census Bureau, said in a statement. Households that spend more than 30% of their income on rent, mortgage payments or other housing costs are considered “cost-burdened” by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 2023, 56.2% of Black or African American households spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs, compared to 49.7% of the total population. About 2.5 million, or 30.6%, of Black households were considered “severely cost-burdened,” meaning they spent more than 50% of their income on housing costs in 2023.

Persons: Molly Ross, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: CNN, Survey, Census, US Department of Housing, Urban Development, Federal Reserve Locations: Florida, Texas , California , New York, Louisiana, Illinois , Kansas , Minnesota, New Mexico , New York, West Virginia

☆ The current market is 'directionless,' one CIO says, naming 6 stocks he likes right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Defensive and dividend plays Alexander's strategy in playing the market right now is through defensive sectors and dividend players. As for dividend plays, Alexander is bullish on the utilities and telco sectors amid falling Treasury yields . Big pharma plays Alexander is also likes health-care and biotech players, especially big pharmaceutical companies producing products serving medical needs. Names he likes include AbbVie , AstraZeneca , Novartis and Johnson & Johnson . Johnson & Johnson, meanwhile, has been building out a "pipeline of drugs," Alexander added.

Persons: Ted Alexander, we've, we're, Alexander, it's, bullish, Durex, They've, Mead Johnson, Johnson Organizations: U.S, U.S . Federal, Sydney, Telecommunications, AT, Verizon, Frontier Communications, London Stock Exchange, Big pharma, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Johnson Locations: U.S ., South Dallas, U.S

☆ Your old Facebook and Instagram posts were probably used to train Meta's AI. You can't opt-out as an American, but you can do this instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While users in the European Union can opt out of having their data used to train Meta's AI models, such an option doesn't exist in the US or Australia. The section on generative AI from Meta's privacy center says, "We use public posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram to train generative AI models for these features and for the open-source community. Meta says setting your audience to something besides "public" will keep your data from being used to train its AI models. Likewise, Meta says it may use your interactions with AI features, such as "messages to AI chats, questions you ask and images you ask Meta AI to imagine for you." AI competitors like Google and OpenAI have already made deals with many news publishers for training data.

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☆ I visited an American Express Centurion Lounge for the first time and realized I've been missing out
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

American Express pioneered credit-card-branded airport lounges and has dozens of global locations. I visited an AmEx Centurion Lounge for the first time, and it was easy to see why people love them. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAmerican Express pioneered credit-card-branded airport lounges over a decade ago with its first-ever Centurion Lounge in Las Vegas.

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Netflix has just announced the next leading lady for “Bridgerton”: Korean Australian actor Yerin Ha. Ha, 29, who is known for her work in “Halo” and “Dune: Prophecy,” will star as Sophie Baek, the love interest of Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) in season 4 of the hit period series. “What drew me to Sophie was that she immediately has obstacles — something that she constantly has to overcome,” Ha told Tudum. “It wasn’t until I started seeing the monitors and the shots of me and Charithra [Chandran, who played Edwina] on screen and it was two dark-skinned Indian women, two Tamil women on screen,” Ashley told NBC News in 2022. Ha will be the second Asian love interest on the show, and after Ashley’s season broke Netflix weekly streaming records, fans in the comments say they’re more than excited.

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“Let’s have a good debate,” Harris said. The debate amounted to a missed opportunity for many Trump allies, who hoped that a solid performance would turn the page on Harris' "honeymoon" period. “She failed to meet the moment, with President Trump effectively reflecting the economic anxieties off Americans.”“Kamala’s joy doesn’t pay the grocery bills,” he added. “It is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition,” Harris wrote. In an early morning call-in to "Fox and Friends," Trump once again defended his debate performance and predicted Swift would regret her endorsement.

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Here's what Harris and Trump got right and wrong on the debate stage in Philadelphia. Fact check: Trump calls Harris’ dad a Marxist“Her father’s a Marxist professor in economics, and he taught her well," Trump said. Fact check: Trump claims Harris ‘wants to confiscate your guns’“She wants to confiscate your guns,” Trump claimed. We’re not taking anybody’s guns away.”Fact check: Harris says Trump oversaw manufacturing job losses“Donald Trump said he was going to create manufacturing jobs. Fact check: Trump says he has ‘nothing to do with Project 2025’“I have nothing to do with Project 2025.

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☆ The debate didn’t sway some voters CNN talked to, but others know exactly who they’re backing now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Joan London knew when Tuesday’s debate began she would not vote for Donald Trump. Until this week’s debate in Philadelphia, though, she planned to honor her conservative principles and write in some other Republican. Her decision to back Vice President Kamala Harris was the most significant shift in the reaction we received from this group of voters during the debate and in its immediate aftermath. “Trump came off as irrational and desperate.”Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on September 10. Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOther Harris voters delighted in her success distracting and rattling Trump.

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☆ A day in the life of an American startup founder in Singapore who juggles timezones, 8 employees, and WhatsApp chats with hundreds of customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

As a startup founder, no day is exactly the same. This is a relatively new part of her daily routine, and something she used to think was "impossible" to make time for as a startup founder. A typical day: Communicating with customers, paring down meetings, and saving admin for the eveningA chunk of Jiang's day consists of interacting with Peek customers via WhatsApp chat. In general, she says she has "way fewer meetings" as a startup founder than she did in the corporate world. Jiang and her partner, who is also a startup founder, also block out one night a week — Thursday — to set work aside and "just hang out," she said.

Persons: —, Sherry Jiang, Jiang, Peek, I'm, she's, they're, I've, Sherry Jiang Jiang Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Vally, Peek, Singapore, UC Berkeley, Amazon, LinkedIn Locations: Singapore, West Coast, Asia

☆ I'm an American studying in Belgium. My city is super walkable, my degree is way cheaper, and my healthcare is affordable.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was studying for my undergraduate degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and paying $1,300 a month to share a two-bedroom apartment with three other students. The cost of my education aside, studying in Belgium and getting my degree there has been better than I could've imagined. Fortunately, I live just a 10-minute walk from the city center in my student housing, a four-bedroom apartment I share with three roommates. I save a lot of money on my healthcare, tooLeuven is meant to be a walkable city. AdvertisementI'm grateful for my time in the US, but continuing my education in Europe has been excellentAs a student without a full-time salary to afford the American standard of living, studying internationally has been a no-brainer.

Persons: —, weren't, I'm, it's, I've Organizations: Service, University of California, Business, KU Leuven, UC Santa Cruz Locations: Santa Cruz, California, Belgium, Leuven, Aliaksandr, Europe, United States

☆ 88% of Asian Americans in California plan to vote but half aren’t being contacted, they say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The group released the survey last week with two nonprofit organizations, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund and Asian American Futures. The survey authors interviewed 1,253 Asian Americans across six of the largest Asian ethnic groups in California. Ramakrishnan said the results are relatively consistent with Asian American voters in the past. Still, there continues to be a misconception that appealing to Asian Americans, which often requires multilingual outreach, is too expensive, Ramakrishnan said. But hiring more Asian Americans on campaigns could help solve that issue.

Persons: ”, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Nina Raneses, ” Raneses, Harris, Walz, ” Ramakrishnan, Ramakrishnan, Dave Min, Republican Scott Baugh Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Asian American, Pacific Islanders, Civic Empowerment Education Fund, American Futures, American, Democratic Party, Republican Party, NBC News, Democratic National, Pacific, DNC, California Asian, Asian, Congressional Locations: California, U.S, Americans, Southern California, Central Valley

A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane Tuesday morning at an Atlanta airport. Video taken at the airport appears to show the Endeavor plane with its tail hanging off the side of the aircraft. There are no reports of injuries and maintenance crews are evaluating for damage, Delta Air Lines said. The Delta flight was headed to Tokyo and the Endeavor Air flight to Lafayette, Louisiana. A damaged Endeavor Air plane on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a collision Tuesday.

Persons: Delta, Ronald Reagan, Nathan Pike Organizations: Delta, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International, Endeavor Air, Federal Aviation Administration, Endeavor, Delta Air Lines, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, NBC News, American Airlines, FAA Locations: Atlanta, Tokyo, Lafayette , Louisiana, Ronald Reagan Washington

James Earl Jones, with Rosalind Cash and Ellen Holly, in "King Lear" in Central Park in New York in 1973. Jack Mitchell / Getty Images“Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything,” the Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo wrote Monday in a post on X. Jones and Marlene Warfield, in the 1970 movie "The Great White Hope." “James Earl Jones is one of my greatest inspirations,” Pierre told a reporter. He commanded the stage in productions like “Othello,” “Fences” and “The Great White Hope,” and the screen in movies like the 1974 dramedy “Claudine,” “Conan the Barbarian” in 1982, and many others.

Persons: Cort, James Earl Jones, Samuel L, Jackson, ” Jones, Jones, Denzel, Rosalind Cash, Ellen Holly, Lear, Jack Mitchell, Oscar, Colman Domingo, Darth Vader, “ Dr, Strangelove ”, King Joffer, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Marlene Warfield, Aaron Pierre, “ James Earl Jones, ” Pierre, Pierre, ”, “ Claudine, Conan, L.A, Wendell Pierce, ” Pierce, Frank Converse, Robert Hooks, Bernice King, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr, ” King, Jones ’, Malcolm X, Jack Johnson, Edmund Eckstein, ” Dominic Taylor, ” Taylor Organizations: Cort Theatre, ABC, Disney General Entertainment, Getty, Civil Rights Movement, The New York Times, UCLA, NBC News, NBC Locations: Denzel Washington, Central Park, New York, America, “, Montgomery, Memphis, United States

The area, nearly all white 20 years ago, has since begun to teem with South Asian life. That energy is mirrored throughout the South Asian American electorate. Michigan is one of only five states with a South Asian member of Congress, Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar, and Sawni says she’s ready to see a South Asian person in the White House, too. “South Asian voters and Indian Americans in particular are among the fastest-growing segments of the electorate,” he said. On a local scale, experts say more South Asian Americans are running for office than ever before.

Persons: Kannan Udayarajan, ”, Shekar Narasimhan, “, Kamala Harris ’, Chintan Patel, Harris, Karthick Ramakrishnan, It’s, ” Udayarajan, Udayarajan, “ Kamala Harris’s, it's, Walz, Andrew Peng, Harris ’, Shri Thanedar, Sawni, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Trump, Tanjina, ” Islam, ’, President Trump, Steven Cheung, Ramakrishnan, “ They’re, ” Narasimhan, J.J, Abbott, “ Kamala, Yagnesh Choksi, Kamala, don’t, they’ve Organizations: American, South, Indian, South Asian, Community, AAPI, “, Democrats, Harris, Democratic Party, Pew Research Center, NBC News, Mexicans, Michigan, Democratic, Trump Locations: Forsyth County , Georgia, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, U.S, Indian, South, Forsyth County, Forsyth, Asian, Gaza, Tanjina Islam, “

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