CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip CNN

Donald Trump tries to set expectations for both debate possibilities. New sound from Donald Trump shows the care that he's putting into a soft landing should Joe Biden put him on the canvas at next week’s CNN presidential debate. Trump thinks that he will do well and the Biden is in cognitive decline. But, Trump also says that Biden is a worthy debater. 
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Louisiana public schools are now required to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the requirement into law. Plus, former President Donald Trump made more than two dozen false claims at his campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin, including two significant attempts to rewrite Wisconsin history.
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Thousands of Republican voters in a district of 800,000 people in Virginia are now rendering a verdict on who to elect to their house of representatives. We look at what the early results say about Virginia, the state of the Republican Party, and the 2024 presidential race. 
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Tonight, a look at the news a lot of American’s see and the manipulation that’s distorting the election. Plus, Steve Bannon may serve his prison sentence among violent offenders in open pods. Also, some Black farmers in swing states are growing discontent with the Biden presidency. But, is Biden the one to blame? 
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President Biden and his family are huddling together in Delaware after a jury convicted his surviving son on all three federal gun charges. It is the first time in American history that an immediate family member of a sitting U.S. president was convicted of a crime. Now the moment, of course, creates the split-screen of conservatives who just 12 days ago were slamming the rule of law, slamming the judge, the jury, and the verdict in Donald Trump's Manhattan trial. But, tonight, they seem to be singing from a completely different tune. 
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In another American first, the convicted former president who is running to oversee the country again, just met with his probation officer. We get unique insights into what a second Trump term may look like. During his visit to Las Vegas, the Trump campaign also launched a new “Latino Americans for Trump” coalition, as it looks to increase its outreach to Hispanic voters ahead of November’s election. 
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