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The latest: Trump rally, Omar, Phobos, Ohtani, Huggins

The president told thousands in Pendleton to vote in the November third midterms, and called for Democrat Annie Andrews to lose her medical license; Holyfield dropped by.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera asks whether the president can deport Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAgents seized her passport and phone from her home, and the Justice Department has issued over a dozen subpoenas to her relatives, Truthout reports.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJapan's H3 rocket has launched a thirty-foot spacecraft to bring home at least ten grams of rock from Mars's moon Phobos.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTen grams. That's the weight of a few paperclips, and they're flying it across space.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTwo sports items.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBob Huggins, the Hall of Fame coach, has a progressive cognitive condition, his family says, ahead of his induction into the University of Cincinnati Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the Dodgers have announced a decision on Shohei Ohtani after a season of injuries.

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The story so far

  1. Japan plans first mission to collect rocks from Mars moon · Breitbart
  2. Omar feud, stolen card haul, midterm clips and Hurts · The Verge
  3. PSG beat Barcelona 4-2; Omar probe; CNN threatens suit · ESPN
  4. Omar resurfaces, AI finds web flaw, Trump approval hits low · TheBlaze
  5. Ohtani won't need surgery; Dodgers expect him to pitch next year · ESPN
  6. Democrats sue over voter roll cleanup, plus Omar, Brewers, Colombia… · Washington Examiner
  7. The latest: Trump rally, Omar, Phobos, Ohtani, Huggins (this story)

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