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Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election
The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress.
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All three outlets focus on Leo as the first pope to vote in a U.S. election, with CBS News and The Independent explicitly saying he submitted a mail-in ballot. NBC News is the only one to frame it more cautiously, saying he “casts absentee ballot” and noting it is not clear whether the ballot has been mailed. The Independent alone adds the earlier sparring with Donald Trump and the Iran war context.
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