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Trump and Obama Hold Dueling Michigan Rallies as Trump Campaigns for Paxton in Texas

President Trump and former President Barack Obama held rallies in Michigan in the final days before the midterm election, while Trump was also scheduled to campaign for Republican Ken Paxton in Texas.

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CBS News reported that President Trump and former President Barack Obama held dueling rallies in Michigan in the final days before the midterm election. The network's CBS News video report on the dueling rallies says that Nancy Cordes has more on the events.

The CBS summary identifies Michigan as the location but does not give the cities, dates, or times of the events, and it does not describe what either man said at them.

PBS NewsHour reported separately that President Trump was scheduled to campaign for Republican Ken Paxton at rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, Texas. According to PBS NewsHour's live coverage of Trump's Texas rallies, the appearances are meant to boost Paxton's "competitive U.S. Senate campaign" against Democrat James Talarico. The item was credited to Steven Sloan of the Associated Press.

The two summaries differ in how they describe timing. The PBS NewsHour summary uses future tense, saying the president "will appear" in the Texas cities, so it does not say whether those appearances took place. The CBS summary describes the Michigan events as having already occurred in the closing days of the campaign.

Taken together, the two reports cover campaign appearances in the final stretch before the midterm election, with the president involved in both. Neither summary gives vote totals, polling figures, or statements from the candidates, and the reports available for this story do not include them.

Sources: CBS News: Trump and Obama hold dueling rallies in closing days of midterms; PBS NewsHour: WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton at rallies in Texas.