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Hey there, it's Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. I know this is hard to believe, but one day the election will be over. Then the winner gets a lot more powerful. It's my job to report on what they do with that power. That's public accountability, but it's not possible without public support. So please support our work. Sign up for NPR+. Go to plus.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jan.org. JANENE HERPST. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herpst. On the campaign trail, both presidential candidates are stumping for undecided voters in swing

states today. Vice President Harris rallied in Michigan with former First Lady Michelle Obama. Harris touched on familiar themes, including the rising cost of health care. I believe health care should be a right and not just a privilege of those who have the money to afford it. On the other hand, we've got Donald Trump, who intends to end the Affordable Care Act. Trump campaigned in two states today, starting in a Detroit suburb where he slammed early tends to end the Affordable Care Act. LESLIE KENDRICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT, TRNNF, NEWS ANCHORS, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TRNF, TR for me, I will ensure that you begin your careers, young people, in a roaring

economy and a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Trump's using the college setting to make a direct appeal to first-time voters. And early in-person voting did kick off across Michigan today, as MPR's Hansi Luang reports. More than 40 million voters around the country have cast their ballots so far. Eligible Michiganders throughout the swing state can now catch up with early voters in the Detroit area and East Lansing where in-person voting at the polls started days ago ahead of the rest of the state. If you're eligible to cast a ballot in Michigan but haven't registered yet you still have time to sign up at your local clerk's office

through Election Day, the last day of voting. Outside of the swing state, though, voter registration for this fall's election is closing today in Massachusetts and New York. Eligible voters there have hours left to register in person or online. Around the country, election officials have raised concerns about potential mail delays. If you plan a vote by mail, the Postal Service is urging you to check your state's deadline and return your ballot at least one week before that date. Anzila Wang, NPR News. Israeli forces raided a hospital compound in northern Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health.

And Piers Katlansdorf has more. In a video statement, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk called what is happening in the north, quote, one of the darkest moments in the Gaza conflict. The Israeli military is subjecting an entire population to bombing, siege, and starvation. Israeli forces breached the Kamal Adwin Hospital, detaining all male staffers and putting women in a room without food or water, according to the Ministry of Health. The hospital had already been struggling to treat its nearly 200 patients. On Friday, the Israeli military said it was operating in the area of the hospital based on intelligence of quote, terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. It

did not respond to NPR's request for further comment. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Game two of the World Series is on in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and the Yankees. The score at last check, four to one Dodgers in the bottom of the sixth. You're listening to NPR News. A maximum security prison north of New York City is hosting a film festival this week. As Samantha Max of Member Station WNYC reports, all the movies are about the criminal justice system. All the judges are incarcerated. A group of men serving time at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility evaluated five documentaries

about policing, prisons, and the courts. A formerly incarcerated filmmaker visited the men at Sing Sing and trained them on how to critique movies. Kiki Dunstan works for The Marshall Project, which organized the film festival. She says she hopes other prisons will hold their own festivals in the future. And we just pray that we can continue to do programs like this to show that it can't happen, to be honest. The event is the first known film festival inside a prison in New York and just the second

nationwide. The San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California held its own festival earlier this month. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Max in New York. It was a massive cheddar hall in London. Neil's Yard Dairy says a con artist who's posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer made off with more than 48,000 pounds of award-winning cheddar cheese. That haul? It's worth nearly $400,000.

The dairy, a distributor, a wholesaler and retailer of British artisanal cheese? Says the high values of the cheeses made them a target for the thieves. An international manhunt is on for those responsible. I'm Janene Herst, NPR News in Washington.