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Trump continues campaign blitz in Chillicothe, Ohio - VP Vance in Kinston, North Carolina; Trump supporter stabbed outside Ohio rally while President was speaking; Dem candidate in Alaska secretly recruited 'spoiler candidate' with same name as opponent to confuse voters, DOJ files preemptive lawsuit; Black voters sour on Abdul El Sayed; Obama's Cheesecake Factory remark boomerangs back on him BIGLY; Prominent journalist questions Ilhan Omar's citizenship status, doubts her father met the US legal definition of a 'refugee'; Detroit archbishop in charge of slashing number of parishes in archdiocese concerned about 'voter suppression', says “Just as the Catholic Church stands with immigrants, so too are we called to stand against racism ...; Archbishop of Algiers asserts 'Church is not there to convert', draws rebukes; Catholics celebrate early Church bishop who turned water into holy oil for Church lamps and forgave those who unfairly denounced him; and MUCH more —

Trump tackles two Texas rallies in one day: Corpus Christi and Lubbock; VP Vance takes charge in Howell, Michigan; Is Abdul El-Sayed failing to convince black Democrats in Detroit he cares about them? - more observers asking; Mike Rogers workin' hard in deep blue Wayne County: 'We've got a state to save'; DOJ deploys 1,000 monitors to 50 states to watch the voting process; US bishops oppose proposed Census Bureau rule changes for 2030 census arguing noncitizens should be counted as citizens, young Catholic group pushes back on bishops; Nigerian pastor laments new deadly attacks on his nation's Christians: 'My ribs are paining me because of crying, weeping. No help'; Catholics celebrate two apostles who preached the Good News together in Persia, were martyred together, are buried together and are now commemorated on the same day; and more –

Trump powers through rally in Mississippi for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, VP tackles Kansas for GOP candidates with just over one week until midterms; Ex-FBI director James 'dirty cop' Comey charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act, not happy; White House defends Trump after archbishop calls prayer moment 'manipulated' ahead of midterms; Ilhan Omar appears with Hasan Piker at Minneapolis event, strangely urges Dems to call ex-spouses: 'It’s an important election. Reach out to every single person'; Cardinal Cupich is under fire again for yet another decision to honor a radical abortion activist; Catholics celebrate 4th-century saint who rose from slave to foreign official to Ethiopia's first bishop, laying the foundation for one of the world’s oldest Christian nations; and more —

Nicki Minaj joins Trump on stage at Michigan rally as the president campaigns for GOP candidates - 'I love him so much' says the rapper; Obama stumps for Muslim Socialist Abdul El-Sayed and other Dems in Detroit, lays on a thick black accent; CatholicVote calls out Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning inside mosques in violation of the Johnson Amendment; 'Milquetoast bishops are the bane of the Church' says one observer after US Catholic bishops express regret praying with Trump in the Oval Office; Marxist Lula wins Brazil presidential election after unprecedented voting extension, Bolsonaro calls for an annulment; Jordan Church attack death toll rises to 9 as Christian leaders call for unity; Catholics venerate a 9th century Anglo-Saxon king who battled Vikings, tied laws to moral authority and devoted himself to educating his people, saying 'Remember what punishments befell us in this world when we ourselves didn't cherish learning nor transmit it to other men'; and more –