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AP-NORC poll: More Americans think country off course; Trump sinks on virus

(AP): With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position, as his re-election bid...

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