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White House steps back from Trump suggestion about delaying the election

The White House has no plans to try to delay the Nov. 3 election, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday, even as he defended a tweet from President Donald Trump that raised the possibility.

Ashley Power of Burlington County, New Jersey votes at the ballot dropbox set up outside the Medford Twp Public Safety building at 91 Union St. Medford, NJ on election day, July 7, 2020.
Ashley Power of Burlington County, New Jersey votes at the ballot dropbox set up outside the Medford Twp Public Safety building at 91 Union St. Medford, NJ on election day, July 7, 2020.Read more / File Photograph
    by Joseph Marks, Washington Post
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