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Meryl Kornfield is a staff writer on the Politics desk at The Washington Post. She previously worked on the General Assignment and Investigative desks, where she was a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2020 and 2023 for her role in The Post's opioid coverage. Meryl graduated with honors from the University of Florida, where she studied journalism and Latin America. Before moving to D.C., Meryl reported for outlets across Florida, including the Associated Press, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Palm Beach Post, the Gainesville Sun and UF’s independent student new

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) speaks at a labor rally in Harrisburg, Pa., while campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris on Oct. 27.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Capitol Hill in September.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks to the media aboard his campaign plane on Tuesday.

Trump is surrounded by bulletproof glass as he departs after speaking at a campaign rally held in Lititz, Pennsylvania on Sunday.

Former president Donald Trump enters a rally in Atlanta on Oct. 28.

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance speaks at a rally for former president Donald Trump on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

President Donald Trump, seen through a window, watches a television as newscasters talk about him moments after he spoke with coronavirus task force members about the pandemic in a briefing at the White House in 2020. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on the campus of Pennsylvania State University on Oct. 25 in State College. (Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post)