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I'm Danielle Kurtzleben. I cover the presidential campaign for NPR. So I go to rallies, a lot of them. I want to hear what the candidates say, talk to voters, and find out what ideas are resonating. And I put it all in my reporting to help you make sense of this election. It's why being there is important. To help support this work, sign up for NPR Plus. Go to plus.nPR dot org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The final NPR PBS News Marist poll is out and it finds a close race with women more likely to say they are voting for Vice President Harris and men siding with former President Donald Trump. NPR's Domenico Montanar

reports on how men and women also perceive Harris differently. Harris leads 51 to 47 with likely voters, up two points from last month. When people were asked if they think Harris intends to follow through on her campaign proposals, or if she's just putting them forward to help her win votes, they're evenly split 49 to 49. There's a sharp divide by gender and education

on the question. 67% of white women with college degrees say she intends to do what she's proposing, but 67% of men without college degrees say she's not. The result reflects Harris' struggle in this campaign in getting past her words and promises that she made the last time she ran for president five years ago when she was trying to win over progressives. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington. Former President Donald Trump is campaigning in Pennsylvania today, in Redding, Pennsylvania,

where the crowd responded with a resounding no when Trump asked attendees whether they were better off now than four years ago, Trump noting that's how long he's been waiting to return to the White House. Think of this though, we're just one day away. Oh, we've been waiting for this. I've been waiting four years for this. And so have you. And so have you. We've all been waiting four years, one day. Trump calling the 2024 election the most important political event

in the history of our country. Republican candidate is in Pittsburgh tonight. His Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris is also in Pennsylvania today. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are on the ballot, but only about 15% of those contests are considered competitive. MPR's Deidre Wall says it may take days to know which party will have the majority. House races in a couple of largely blue states, California and New York, could determine which party has control of the chamber. And it may take a while to count ballots in some of the tight California contests.

Republicans hold a narrow majority and Democrats need to pick up a total of four seats to tip the balance. House Speaker Mike Johnson is predicting full GOP control of Washington, with Trump in the White House and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been more cautious, but if Democrats prevail in the chamber, he's positioned to become the nation's first black speaker of the House. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, Washington. China's launched a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over tariffs put in place by the EU against the country's electric Washington. China's launched a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over tariffs put

in place by the EU against the country's electric vehicles. China's government subsidizes its EV industry, allowing Chinese makers to put cheaper EVs on the market. The EU announced last week it was imposing import duties of up to 35% on electric vehicles from China. On Wall Street, the Dow fell 257 points. This is NPR. In Lebanon, the country's health ministry

says more than 3,000 people have been killed in the 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. That's more than double the number of people killed since their last major war two decades ago. The war shows no signs of ending, as Israel has said it's carrying out new operations targeting Hezbollah across Lebanon and in parts of Syria, even as the militant group continues to launch dozens of rockets into northern Israel.

The Kroger grocery chain, which operates pharmacies across the U.S., is agreeing to pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle a wave of lawsuits linked to prescription opioid sales. Despite the payment, Kroger executives say the company did nothing wrong. Here's MPR's Brian Mann. Kroger is the latest big U.S. corporation to reach a settlement with state attorneys general, Native American tribes, and other governments that sued the company for dispensing highly addictive pain medications. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from opioid overdoses. In all, companies accused of helping fuel the national opioid crisis by aggressively marketing and distributing painkillers have agreed to pay out more than

$60 billion. In a statement, Kroger said this settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability. The roughly $1.4 billion payout will help fund drug addiction and treatment programs nationwide. Brian Mann, NPR News. The royals in Spain, along with some politicians, got a less than warm welcome as they visited areas of the country devastated by flash floods, even as King Felipe repeatedly tried to get close to talk with people as the Royals, along with others, were greeted by angry residents hurling mud and debris at them. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News, in Washington.