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King Charles dances in Nassau as Trump campaigns in Ohio

The King is on a nine-day Caribbean tour that began in the Bahamas, where he played handbells in a Junkanoo parade; the Commonwealth endures.

Photo: Nassau, Bahamas
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKing Charles joins a Junkanoo parade on day two of his Caribbean tour. Chip Darnell reports.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump campaigns for Republican candidates in Ohio, with less than a week until the midterms.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd a federal judge blocks an estimated twenty million dollar taxpayer-funded ad campaign. Chip, to you, in Nassau.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThanks, Hank. It is a gorgeous night in Nassau, and the King has just done something nobody had on the royal schedule.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe parade began at Parliament Square, before the King met Prime Minister Philip Davis, the Royal Observer reports.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe watched from the sidelines for a while, until carnival dancers encouraged him to join in.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd he did, Hank. He played handbells, which is a very royal way to be pulled onto a dance floor.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHandbells.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJunkanoo is rooted in the history of slavery and cultural resistance, according to the report, and the King acknowledged past suffering and injustices on arrival.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorProtesters also met him Tuesday, some carrying signs reading, Pay us what you owe us, Yahoo reports.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt is a nine-day tour, with three days in the Bahamas before Guyana. Chip Darnell, BBN News, Nassau.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Chip. A monarch, a parade, and a bell. The Commonwealth endures.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNext, politics, and we take it straight. President Trump is in Ohio tonight, pushing for Republican candidates.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe midterms are less than a week away, CBS News reports, and Ohio is where he has chosen to spend this evening.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOur third story concerns the same White House and the same campaign season, but a different arena: the courts.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal judge has sided with the Democratic National Committee against a Trump administration ad campaign paid for with public money.

  17. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJudge Loren AliKhan ruled Wednesday that the administration cannot create or air ads using taxpayer funds, TheBlaze reports.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Tampa Free Press says an estimated twenty million dollars was set aside, approved in late September by the Office of Management and Budget and Homeland Security.

  19. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe judge noted the ads kept saying they were paid for by the U. S. Government, even after the president promised his political operation would pay.

  20. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd Common Dreams reports the Justice Department has acknowledged the ads ran hundreds of times after an October eleventh court order to cancel them.

  21. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHundreds of times. The King, at least, stopped when the music did.

  22. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAlso tonight, Gloria Vance has the world headlines, and we have more of the day's news ahead.

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The story so far

  1. King Charles Faces High Stakes Test With Caribbean Tour · The New York Times
  2. King Charles Heads to the Caribbean as Texas Early Voting Hits Records · The New York Times
  3. Ramaswamy loses Ohio venues over ad featuring Acton's mother · Hindustan Times
  4. King Charles to host Commonwealth leaders in the Caribbean · The New York Times
  5. Ohio State football at Indiana updates, injuries, storylines · Yahoo Sports
  6. King Charles on Caribbean tour; Tatum wins it at the buzzer · Yahoo News New Zealand
  7. King Charles dances in Nassau as Trump campaigns in Ohio (this story)

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