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12:40 PM ET, October 8, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to ‘never withdraw’  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances, following calls from several in his party to do so.  —  “I'd never withdraw.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005  —  Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone — saying that “when you're a star, they let you do it” — according to a video obtained by The Washington Post.
New York Times:
The Sleaziness of Donald Trump  —  By THE EDITORIAL BOARDOctober 8, 2016 And so we have now heard the Republican nominee for president of the United States bragging about repeated sexual assault.  —  Donald Trump — a man who aspires to represent the highest ideals of the nation …
Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Congressman Jason Chaffetz withdraws his endorsement of Donald Trump  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz said he is withdrawing his support for Donald Trump Friday after a video surfaced showing the Republican candidate for president making vulgar remarks in 2005 about touching and kissing women without their consent.
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Says Campaign Not in Crisis, and There Is 'Zero Chance I'll Quit'  —  GOP presidential candidate tells The Wall Street Journal 'support I'm getting is unbelievable'  —  Donald Trump, under pressure to step aside as the Republican presidential candidate after the disclosure …
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
In 1999, Trump Said He Couldn't Be President Because of the Women He'd Sleep With  —  Here we go again!  —  We love (love!) digging through old articles to find you primo Donald Trump content, and boy, this time we sure did it big.  —  Today, audio from 2005 leaked that showed Donald Trump casually talking …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Prominent Evangelicals Still Backing Trump After Lewd Video  —  CLEVELAND — A tape of Donald Trump making extremely crude remarks about women is putting evangelical leaders who endorsed him in a tougher spot than almost anyone else in the Republican Party — and on Friday …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
SundayReview  —  JILL HARTH'S first concern with Donald Trump's hands wasn't that they were small.  It's that they were everywhere.  —  Harth and her longtime boyfriend were in meetings with Trump to forge a business partnership.  “He was relentless,” Harth recalled in an interview …
Donald J. Trump / Facebook:
See more of Donald J. Trump by logging into Facebook  —  Message this Page, learn about upcoming events and more.  If you don't have a Facebook account, you can create one to see more of this Page.  —  Sign Up Log In  —  Here is my statement.  —  I've never said I'm a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I'm not.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Character Is Destiny  —  If you're shocked that Donald Trump was capable of being this much of a pig, you let yourself be deluded.  If you're surprised that the Clinton campaign — or some allied party — found something like this, you willfully chose to live in a fantasyland.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Tried to Fire Nancy O'Dell After She Rejected His Sexual Advances  —  Less than two years after a female journalist supposedly rebuffed Donald Trump's sexual advances—as heard on newly discovered video—he allegedly tried to have her fired from one of his beauty pageants.
Erica Hellerstein / ThinkProgress:
Trump's comments on women are what it took for these Republicans to withdraw their support
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to quit, as Utah Republicans abandon their party's nominee
Discussion: fox13now.com and Joe.My.God.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How the shocking hot mic tape of Donald Trump was exposed
Emily Brown / USA Today:
Donald Trump's apology for his 2005 video comments (full transcript)
Discussion: Power Line
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan ‘sickened’ by Trump, joint appearance scrapped
Discussion: The Week
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. Then the race to break the story was on.
CBS Denver:
Coffman: ‘Trump Should Step Aside’
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia urges Trump to drop out of race
The Daily Beast:
Leaked Podesta Emails Show Bernie Was Right  —  As Donald Trump dealt with the fallout from his disgusting comments about women in a 2005 tape, Hillary Clinton had her own unwelcomed October surprise.  —  On Friday, WikiLeaks announced that it had obtained nearly 50,000 emails from the personal inbox …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
WikiLeaks Appears To Release Hillary Clinton's Paid Speech Transcripts
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
In closed-door remarks delivered to a foreign bank, Hillary Clinton declared that her …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Leaked Emails Show Clinton Campaign Coordinating With Soros Organization
Discussion: Hot Air
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: It's not a knockout punch  —  Leaked audio of Donald Trump making crude, sexually aggressive comments about women has dealt a serious blow to the GOP nominee's presidential campaign, but swing-state Republican insiders aren't convinced it will effectively end Trump's chances in November.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Apology That Wasn't
Agence France-Presse:
Creepy clown gets beat up with a baseball bat when he tries to scare a group of friends hanging out in their car  — One US man got a massive beating after dressing up as a creepy clown and trying to scare a group of friends in a car  — Footage of the incident shows the clown …
Discussion: bet.com, Heat Street and The Root
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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Second Amendment For The Win: Woman Draws Gun, Scares Away Creepy Clown
 
 
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Robert De Niro on Trump: 'I'd Like to Punch Him in the Face'
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Paul Thacker / The Huffington Post:
How A Former Reporter Is Helping Big Oil And Gas Frack The News
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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic / Guardian:
Russia moving nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, says Estonia
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Drug cops raid an 81-year-old woman's garden to take out a single marijuana plant
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Alex Matthews / Daily Mail:
Hate crime probe after leaflets saying those who insult Islam must be killed ‘were handed out at London mosque’
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Mylan:
Mylan updates full year 2016 earnings guidance
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
University president rejects ‘zero tolerance’ policy for speech
 

 
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