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Trump and Biden trade barbs as they both head to Iowa

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump couldn't wait to arrive in Iowa before attacking Joe Biden. And vice versa.

With the two rivals both campaigning in the state later Tuesday, and a potential 2020 election matchup between the two 70-something white men coming into clearer focus, the bitter back-and-forth began early and kept up all day, a possible sign of the tumult to come.

Biden's campaign fired the first shot, releasing excerpts of a speech he plans to deliver Tuesday night in

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