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Democratic presidential candidates (from left): Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg during a Democratic presidential debate. John Minchillo/AP hide caption

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Democrats Can Calm Their 2020 Election Anxiety By Accepting That There's No One Else

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President Trump continued his attacks on members of Congress during a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday night. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says he is set to release his tax returns Monday. For the first time in his career, it's been revealed that Sanders is now, in fact, a millionaire. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Vice President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks at the University of Utah in December. Allegations of inappropriate contact with women are putting Biden's potential campaign hopes in jeopardy. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives for a rally to kick off his 2020 presidential campaign in the Brooklyn, New York Saturday. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in June 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. He launched a second presidential campaign on Tuesday, with a big burst of donations from supporters, but new challenges ahead. Sandy Huffaker/AP hide caption

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President Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz, once political combatants, embrace at a rally in Houston on Monday. "You know, we had our little difficulties," Trump said for the crowd. "It got ugly. ... But nobody has helped me more." Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Supporters gather outside the Las Vegas Convention Center as they watch President Trump's rally on screens in the parking lot on Sept. 20. Allison Shelley for NPR hide caption

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Latino Votes Crucial In Nevada, As Culinary Union Focuses On Turnout

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told NPR that he continues to support the Mueller investigation and that nothing he heard in a secret briefing Thursday changes his mind. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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McConnell Says He Supports Mueller Investigation

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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels speaks to reporters as she exits a federal courthouse in New York City after a hearing related to Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal attorney and confidante on April 16. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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White evangelicals fueled Donald Trump's campaign, but some worry about recent sex scandals and the effect they could have on the midterms. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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'Concerned' Evangelicals Plan To Meet With Trump As Sex Scandals Swirl

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Voters cast their ballots in Salem, Ohio, on Nov. 8, 2016. On Wednesday the Supreme Court hears a case about Ohio's voter registration policy. Ty Wright/Getty Images hide caption

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In Key Voting-Rights Case, Court Appears Divided Over Ohio's 'Use It Or Lose It' Rule

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Steve Bannon was quoted in a new book calling the meeting that Donald Trump Jr. and other top Trump campaign advisers took with Russian intermediaries in June 2016 "treasonous" and "unpatriotic." Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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When his back is against the wall, President Trump goes back to where he derives energy — his base. That includes a large percentage of whites without a college degree. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump Was Elected A Year Ago — And Americans Are Feeling Aggrieved

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is interviewing potential candidates for interim FBI director Wednesday, despite his pledge to recuse himself from Trump campaign-related FBI investigations. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption

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