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Support for this podcast and the following message come from the NPR Wine Club, which has generated over $1.75 million to support NPR programming. Whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, you can learn more at nprwineclub.org slash podcast. Must be 21 or older to purchase. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Former President Donald Trump held a campaign rally yesterday at New York's Madison Square Garden. But inflammatory remarks from some of his guest speakers are now threatening to overshadow

Trump's own campaign speech. And Pierce Danielle Kurtz-Levin reports. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe started the rally with remarks that included a joke referring to Puerto Rico as a, quote, floating island of garbage. Another speaker seemed to imply that Vice President Harris

is a prostitute. All told, more than four hours of speakers preceded Trump. During his speech, Trump doubled down on recent comments calling some Democrats the enemy from within and suggesting he'd use the military against them. And when I say the enemy from within, the other side goes crazy, becomes this albaho. How can he say, no, they've done goes crazy, becomes this albaho. How can he say?

No, they've done very bad things to this country. They are indeed the enemy from within. Trump is rallying supporters across swing states this week. Danielle Kurtzleben in PR News, New York. The Trump campaign has released a statement saying that the comedian's joke about Puerto Rico does not reflect the views of former President Trump or the Trump campaign. Separately, Vice President Harris was campaigning yesterday at a Puerto Rican restaurant in Philadelphia. She's promising to rebuild the island's damaged electrical grid.

Harris criticized Trump for his response to two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico in 2017, Irma and Maria. He abandoned the island, tried to block aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes, and offered nothing more than paper towels and insults. Harris will campaign today in Michigan. Trump will campaign today in Georgia. NPR has learned that Israel will wait until after the U.S. election next week to respond to an Egyptian ceasefire proposal.

The ceasefire plan calls for a two-day halt to fighting between Israel and Hamas. Hours after the Israeli military allowed some fuel and medical supplies to reach one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, its troops raided the facility. Israel says it continues to move against Hamas militants. As NPR's Eya Batraoui reports, the hospital's director says more than 30 medical staff were detained and taken away by Israeli forces. The World Health Organization says Israel's siege and raid of the Kamel Adwan hospital over the weekend came at a quote heavy cost. Hospital facilities and medical supplies were damaged, and staff arrested.

Dr. Hussam Abou Safiyah says he's now just one of two doctors caring for more than 140 patients, and that Israeli military operations in the north killed his son. He buried his teenage son Ibrahim on the hospital's grounds over the weekend. Medglobal, a non-profit with staff at the hospital, says the boy was killed by Israeli aircraft in northern Jebelia, under siege since October 5.

Ayah Batraoui, NPR News. This is NPR. Voting officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania continue to investigate hundreds of potentially fraudulent voter registrations. Local election officials say the suspected registrations were dropped off in two batches at Pennsylvania Board of Elections officials. The Pennsylvania election officials stress that Lancaster County elections are secure. Virginia has lost its appeal to keep 1,600 people off voter rolls.

The Commonwealth lost a court case last week after officials pulled a group of people off the voting rolls and claimed they were not American citizens. From VPM News, John Kahlil reports. Last week, a federal judge ordered Virginia return about 1,600 people to voting rolls. Virginia had immediately appealed. The case stems from a new effort by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin to remove alleged non-citizens from voter rolls. But

the Department of Justice argued that it violated laws limiting when people could be removed. Civic groups argued that most of the 1,600 were citizens caught up in the effort. The court also said that despite the state's repeated claims that most of those removed were non-citizens, they didn't rebut evidence to the contrary presented at the trial last week. After the ruling last week, former President Donald Trump said he would come to Virginia. He'll be here Saturday. For NPR News, I'm Jad Kalil in Richmond. Game three of the World Series is tonight in New York.

The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the New York Yankees two games to none in the series. LA Dodgers star Shohei Otani will be in the lineup tonight. In game two on Saturday, Otani slightly dislocated his shoulder while trying to steal second base. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News from Washington. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else.

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