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Jile Snyder with the presidential campaign now in its final weekend before election day, former President Trump continued to attack former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney while campaigning in Michigan. NPR's Franco Ordonius reports that Trump defended his earlier remarks, suggesting Cheney should have, in his words, guns trained on her face. Trump charged that his words were being twisted against him.

He called the former Congresswoman a quote war hawk who sought any excuse to send U.S. troops to battle. But then he doubled down on the violent imagery. You gave Liz Cheney a gun and put her into battle facing the other side with guns pointing at her. She wouldn't have the courage or the strength or the stamina to even look the enemy in the eye. Trump has increasingly suggested the use of violence against political opponents, calling them the enemy within. Cheney responded to the remarks stating,

this is how dictators destroy free nations. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, Warren, Michigan. Campaigning in Wisconsin, Kamala Harris said Trump's remarks about Cheney are disqualified. His enemies list has grown longer, his rhetoric has grown more extreme, and he is even less focused than before on the needs and the concerns and the challenges facing the American people. Harris spoke to reporters on the tarmac after arriving in Madison. She wrapped up her day in Wisconsin with a rally in suburban Milwaukee last night. Trump was in the city as well, rallying supporters at an event downtown. Cheney broke with Trump after the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

In the swing state of North Carolina, the Republican National Committee is asking the state Supreme Court to weigh in on its legal challenge against the ballots of some U.S. citizens living abroad, including military members. And Pierce Hunsey-Lo-Wong reports that Republican groups have also been challenging the ballots of overseas voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The Republican National Committee has been asking North Carolina's courts to order election officials to set aside the ballots of some overseas voters. Two lower courts said no, including a state judge, who pointed out there's no evidence that anyone has ever fraudulently claimed to be an overseas voter and voted in a North Carolina election. In Pennsylvania, a federal judge tossed a similar lawsuit brought by a group of House Republicans.

The judge noted they challenged rules for registering overseas voters more than two years after they were released and after the state started mailing out ballots to eligible military members and other U.S. citizens living abroad. A Michigan state judge recently threw out a similar lawsuit by the RNC, calling it a quote, 11th hour attempt to disenfranchise voters. Hansi Luong, NPR News. U.S. intelligence officials say a video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of what they call Russian influence actors.

The video shows a man claiming to be a Haitian immigrant talking about voting multiple times. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said this week that the video is obviously fake. This is NPR. Iran's supreme leader is threatening Israel and the U.S. with what he said would be a crushing response over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke today in a video released by Iranian state media. He did not elaborate on the timing or scope of such an attack. A week ago today, Israel targeted military bases and other locations in Iran.

A federal jury has delivered a guilty verdict for a Louisville, Kentucky police officer involved in the botched drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The jury convicted Brett Hankison of violating Taylor's civil rights by using excessive force. The jury returned the verdict late last night after clearing Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors. Taylor's death in 2020 helped spark racial injustice protests nationwide. Downtown Los Angeles packed Friday as the city celebrated the Dodgers World Series win against the New York Yankees. MPR's Kelly McEvers reports.

Dodger fans haven't had a World Series parade since 1988. They won the World Series in 2020, but because of COVID, there was no parade. Daniel Rodriguez says that's what made this parade special. I know we won in 2020. It felt good. I loved it. But we didn't get to do all this, you know? L.A. officials estimated 200,000 people attended this parade.

The team ended the celebration at Dodger Stadium. LA Mayor Karen Bass said she'll be mailing a Dodger's jersey to New York City Mayor Eric Adams as part of a bet she won. Kelly McEvvers, NPR News, Los Angeles. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News. Listen to this podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.