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Al Smith Dinner

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens at the 79th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in New York. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

In Harris’s absence at Al Smith dinner, Trump vies for the Catholic vote

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President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with his rival, Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan, at the Al Smith Astoria in New York, Oct. 16, 1980. Archbishop John J. Maguire, center, looks on. (Credit: Richard Drew/AP.)

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