Battleground candidates clash over Trump and Cornell allegations reignite debate over campus assault: Morning Rundown

Candidates clashed over President Donald Trump and the cost of living during debates in Maine, Georgia and Michigan. Rape allegations at Cornell University reignite debate over campus sexual assault. And signs of the Paramount-Warner merger were visible shortly after the deal closed.

With less than a month until Election Day, candidates in the races in Maine, Georgia and Michigan boasted about their qualifications for office while trading attacks over President Donald Trump and the cost of living in a slew of Tuesday evening debates.

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Democrats see the Maine race between Republican Rep. Susan Collins and her opponent, Troy Jackson, as critical to winning a Senate majority. Polls show Collins, who’s seeking a sixth term in office, in a neck-and-neck race.

Jackson sought to connect Collins to Trump, name-checking the president at least 20 times in an hour and highlighted her pivotal vote in 2018 to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Collins hit back by pitching her seniority and her role as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She also connected Jackson’s policies to higher housing costs and property taxes…

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