EARNING YOUR TRUST, EVERY DAY. 10.10.20 VOLUME 35 NUMBER 19 VICE SQUAD: MIKE PENCE VS. KAMALA HARRIS P. 3 8 “INDIA NOW REALIZES ITS LARGEST CHALLENGE IS NOT PAKISTAN, BUT CHINA.” —P. 46 —P. CHINA.” BUT PAKISTAN, NOT IS CHALLENGE LARGEST ITS REALIZES NOW “INDIA FEATURES 10.10.20 VOLUME 35 NUMBER 19 46 BRAWLS IN THE HIMALAYAS A deadly border clash between Chinese and Indian troops has put relations between the two most populous countries in the world on a precipice by June Cheng 38 52 58 PROSECUTOR AND PERSECUTOR CALLING ON A FIGHTER TO FIGHT FALLING BACK WITH LOOKS Kamala Harris has a complicated record, Most pro-lifers are enthusiastic AT THE PAST but her zeal to support abortion and about President Donald Trump’s record FALL BOOKS: Twenty-five history books attack its opponents has been consistent on abortion, but some say he could be— and biographies in a trying year by Jamie Dean and should be—doing more by Marvin Olasky by Leah Hickman CHANNI ANAND/AP 10.10.20 WORLD DEPARTMENTS 10.10.20 VOLUME 35 NUMBER 19 5 MAILBAG 6 NOTES FROM THE CEO 11 People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 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