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  • At LatAm's biggest rodeo, Brazilians don't believe the polls

    MAURICIO SAVARESE|Aug 28, 2022

    BARRETOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro traveled to Latin America's biggest rodeo — a bubble of staunch support — to connect with voters from the countryside ahead of October's vote. On Friday evening, the far-right leader rode a horse while holding a cowboy hat in his outstretched arm and greeting supporters draped in Brazil flags, while his campaign jingle "The People's Captain" played. He joked with them and they prayed together for the future of the country. All major polls show Bolsonaro trailing well behind former Presi...

  • EXPLAINER: Lower prescription prices to take time in new law

    AMANDA SEITZ|Aug 28, 2022

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to rein in the soaring costs of drugs for some in the United States. It will take years for people to realize some of the most significant savings promised in the climate and health care bill that President Joe Biden signed this month. The bill mostly helps the roughly 49 million people who sign up for Medicare's drug coverage. But many will be left out from direct savings after lawmakers stripped cost-savings measures for a majority of those covered b...