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John Thune's balancing act: Inside his push to save the GOP majority

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Sioux City, Iowa — Less than 24 hours after President Trump held a raucous rally inside an airplane hangar in this western Iowa town, Senate Majority Leader John Thune stood alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson in a strip-mall bar and grill a few miles away.

Hinson fielded a reporter's question that has trailed Republican candidates all fall: How is she threading the needle between the president's demands for loyalty and his increasingly unpopular policies? She offered a version of what has become her standard answer: that she would back the president when she agreed with him, and be a "thorn in his side" when she did not.

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USThe Guardian

AI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn

Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling lies Social media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI -driven disinformation ahead of November’s US midterm elections , according to experts, who warn many posts are likely “slipping through the cracks”. As tens of millions of Americans prepare to cast their vote, social media companies have scaled back their efforts to protect voters from lies meant to manipulate elections.

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