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5:50 PM ET, October 12, 2016

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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Poll: Trump falls into tie with Clinton among Utah voters  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Donald Trump appears to have, in his earlier words, “a tremendous problem in Utah” as a new poll shows him slipping into a dead heat with Democrat Hillary Clinton since crude comments he made about women surfaced last weekend.
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Plain Dealer:
New Ohio poll puts Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by 9 points after news of Trump's vulgar talk  —  Hillary Clinton has opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in Ohio, according to the most thorough statewide poll to date, conducted by the Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute.
Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Poll: Clinton widens Mich. lead as Trump support slides  —  Donald Trump's support in Michigan is showing signs of collapse as Democrat Hillary Clinton widens her lead to nearly 12 percentage points in a new statewide poll released to The Detroit News and WDIV.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Wisconsin poll: Clinton surged after Trump tape
Discussion: Need To Know Network
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI (re)issues statement on Podesta hack  —  The FBI is reacting to the hacking of Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's emails by re-issuing a broadly-worded statement about cyber threats to those active in American politics.  —  “The FBI is aware of media reporting …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Catholic group demands top Clinton aide resign over leaked emails  —  A top aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  is under fire from Catholic groups for remarks she made in hacked emails published by WikiLeaks, with one group calling on Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri to resign.
Cody Derespina / Fox News:
Clinton bashes Trump over Russia praise, but emails show she praised Putin
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
What We Learned From the Purported John Podesta Emails From WikiLeaks
Discussion: Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: ‘What the hell do I have to do with Putin?’
Discussion: ABC News
Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed:
Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing  —  “Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.”  —  Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How Hillary Clinton should go in for the kill  —  Hillary Clinton's extraordinary run of good electoral luck is continuing, with Donald Trump in a full-blown meltdown over the party's reaction to his 2005 comments about sexual assault.  He's attacking Speaker of the House Paul Ryan …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Rudy Giuliani says he never saw Hillary Clinton in NYC on 9/11 — but pictures prove he's lying  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rudy Giuliani told a bald-faced lie to accuse Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Michele Bachmann: Electing Hillary Clinton ‘Will Lead To Even More Sexual Assaults Against Women’  —  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on the American Pastors Network's “Stand In The Gap” radio program yesterday, where she warned conservative Christians not to buy into the “lies” …
Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
Paul Ryan's Speakership Will End  —  I admire the reporting that Robert Costa and Phillip Rucker are doing for the Washington Post but their latest piece strikes me as completely delusional.  The subject is worthy.  They enlist Washington insiders to paint a picture of how Speaker Paul Ryan …
Discussion: Mediaite and Presidential races
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:   Column Hillary Clinton will (almost certainly) win — but her margin matters
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages  —  There is a 19-year-old black man in Illinois who has no idea of the role he is playing in this election.  —  He is sure he is going to vote for Donald J. Trump.  —  And he has been held up as proof by conservatives …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump hints that Ryan is part of ‘sinister deal’ … One day after warning the GOP that his “shackles” are off, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  floated the prospect of a “sinister deal” preventing Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.) from coming to his defense.
Discussion: ABC News and Politicus USA
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Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Dear Speaker Ryan: Resign
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump denounces Paul Ryan and GOP for secret ‘sinister deal’
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigating if Fatal Plane Crash in East Hartford Was Intentional
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back  —  Donald Trump's big-dollar donors asking for their money back, NBC News learns 2:52  —  Two big-money donors who have given or raised tens of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump are livid at the Republican presidential nominee …
Tom Griffith / Rapid City Journal:
Despite disappointment, Thune to vote for Trump  —  South Dakota's senior U.S. senator said Tuesday that the current presidential campaign represented “a race to the bottom,” but that he would still likely cast his ballot for GOP hopeful Donald Trump.  —  In the wake of Friday's release …
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Los Angeles Times:
LAPD detective investigating Derrick Rose case found dead of gunshot wound in Whittier  —  An LAPD employee was fatally shot in Whittier on Tuesday.  (KTLA)  —  A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose died after being found …
The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
In the end, Hillary Clinton is the only qualified candidate, and the best choice  —  It is time to get serious.  —  It has been amusing, to a degree, to watch the circus that was the Republican primary process struggle and fuss and finally produce such a disappointment to be its presidential nominee.
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad  —  The Drug Enforcement Administration is reversing a widely criticized decision that would have banned the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say could help mitigate the effects of the opioid epidemic.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
New email shows Brazile may have had exact wording of proposed town hall question before CNN  —  A new email obtained by POLITICO is shedding more light on the mystery of whether and how interim DNC chair Donna Brazile might have obtained the text of a proposed question from a town hall between Hillary Clinton …
TMZ.com:
NBC — Planned to Use Trump Audio to Influence Debate, Election  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  NBC execs had a plan to time the release of the Donald Trump audio to have maximum impact on both the 2nd presidential debate and the general election ... sources connected with the network tell TMZ.
Macy Jenkins / CBS Sacramento:
Singer Takes Knee During National Anthem At Sacramento Kings Game  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The day after the first Kings' preseason game, the buzz is all about what happened before the first play.  Singer Leah Tysse took the microphone to sing the national anthem, then she took a knee - and took the audience by surprise.
 
 
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House labels Trump comments ‘sexual assault’
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