BIG speeches and another BIG garbage row
Harris gives her closing argument while Biden puts his foot in it
Kamala Harris attracted a huge crowd in DC for one of her final speeches of campaign.
But the event鈥檚 been overshadowed - at least in part - by a gaffe from Joe Biden that鈥檚 caused another row about garbage.
Sarah鈥檚 there for the speech.
And, Marianna鈥檚 been speaking to users on X who share content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories, who say they are being paid "thousands of dollars" by the social media site.
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