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Elections 2023 live updates: Latest on today's races, ballot issues to watch
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Polls are closed in Virginia and Kentucky, two of the country's closely-watched races on Tuesday night. There are also important measures on the ballot in several states, the governor's race in Mississippi and a special congressional race in Rhode Island.
A CBS News poll released one year ahead of Election Day 2024 showed that President Biden is trailing Republican frontrunner former President Donald Trump in potential rematch. More voters think they'd be better off financially if Trump wins in 2024, and more voters think it's Trump who can keep the U.S. out of a war, if he wins.
Here are updates from the major races to watch:
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Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a high-stakes meeting at this year's Munich Security conference to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Vance said the U.S. seeks a "durable" peace, while Zelenskyy expressed the desire for extensive discussions to prepare for any end to the conflict.
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Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who hadn't yet gained civil service protection - potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
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It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.