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"The truth is our friend," Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Virginia's attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, says of his optimism that he can close the polling gap with Democrat Terry McAuliffe before Election Day. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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"The truth is our friend," Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Virginia's attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, says of his optimism that he can close the polling gap with Democrat Terry McAuliffe before Election Day. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Police detain a Russian nationalist protester this week at a Moscow subway station as tensions in the country rise amid a wave of hate-crimes against migrants, mostly from the Caucasus. (Associated Press)
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Police detain a Russian nationalist protester this week at a Moscow subway station as tensions in the country rise amid a wave of hate-crimes against migrants, mostly from the Caucasus. (Associated Press)
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Republicans Sens. Mike Lee of Utah (left) and Ted Cruz of Texas walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and open the federal government. (Associated Press)
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Tom Barbour of New Haven, Ky., carries a sign in support of Matt Bevin during the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky in August. Mr. Bevin, a businessman, praised Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, as the new face of the conservative movement and blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who wrote the final debt deal with his Democratic counterpart Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, says any Internet sales tax his committee would consider must be simple for online merchants to administer. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says there's little comparison between this month's government shutdown and the shutdown of 1995-96. (Associated Press)
