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US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an all-out assault by conservative states targeting racial minorities. Facing a Republican blockade, the ruling Democrats were unable to push through two major bills already passed by the House of Representatives, or trigger the "nuclear option" of doing away with the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation in the 100-member chamber. SOUNDBITE
(CNN)Former first lady Michelle Obama is making her closing message to Americans in a campaign video released less than one month until Election Day, imploring people to vote as she shares why she believes the stakes are so high this year. Obama urged Americans to make a plan to vote as she makes a pitch for Joe Biden on personal terms, arguing that if the nation wants to regain "any kind of stability" every eligible voter must be engaged. The former first lady does not hold back in her criticism of the President Donald Trump, slamming him for his "incompetence" in his pandemic response and for stoking fear and racism to divide the country.
Brazil's Congress votes in favour of President Jair Bolsonaro's ambitious pension reform bill, 379 deputies voted in favour and 131 against. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama cast an early ballot for the upcoming November election while on a weekend trip in Chicago. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Keynote speaker of the third night of the Democratic National Convention, U.S. President Barack Obama says, "Our greatness does not depend on Donald Trump." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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