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7:50 AM ET, October 26, 2016

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump halts big-money fundraising, cutting off cash to the party  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has effectively shut down his high-dollar fundraising operation for the rest of the campaign, a highly unusual move that deals another serious blow to the GOP's effort to finance …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Gingrich blasts Kelly for Trump coverage: ‘You are fascinated with sex’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich lashed out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night for her coverage of the sexual assault allegations recently made against Donald Trump.  —  Gingrich, an open supporter …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Newt Gingrich Lost It and Blew Up at Megyn Kelly: ‘You Are Fascinated with Sex!’  —  Newt Gingrich faced off with Megyn Kelly tonight and completely lost it.  Gingrich, who most frequently appears in Fox primetime with Sean Hannity, seemed to be very, very thrown by actually being challenged on Donald Trump being behind in the polls.
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Trump Has 2-Point Edge in Bloomberg Politics Poll of Florida  —  In the U.S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Marco Rubio leads by 10 percentage points.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Donald Trump has a slim advantage in Florida as critical independent voters narrowly break his way in the must …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Top Democrats steamed that party letting Rubio skate  —  Tensions are flaring at the highest rungs of the Democratic Party over its decision to pull out of the Florida Senate race, with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Florida donors pressing to go all out to unseat Marco Rubio …
Adrian Florido / NPR:
Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump campaign turns infomercial  —  MIAMI — Donald Trump has less than two weeks left in his presidential campaign, but his closing argument sounds as much about his business interests as his electoral ones.  —  As Hillary Clinton and her surrogates fan out across the battleground states …
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Trump Blasts Obamacare At His Miami Golf Course But Misstates Employees' Coverage
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt … With a federal judge's signature on a proposed order initially submitted by prosecutors Oct. 17, the deal is sealed: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is criminally charged with federal contempt of court.
Discussion: alan.com, The Week and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt  —  PHOENIX — The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix was formally charged Tuesday with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge's order in a racial-profiling case.  —  Prosecutors promised two weeks ago that they would prosecute Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Discussion: The Root and ImmigrationProf Blog
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Colin Powell Says He'll Vote for Hillary Clinton  —  Colin L. Powell, the Republican former secretary of state, said on Tuesday that he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton for president as he condemned her rival, Donald J. Trump, at an event on Long Island.  —  Speaking before the Long …
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Gary Legum / Salon:
“Nasty Women Vote”: In a sweet rebuke to the GOP and Trump's War on Women, America is poised to elect a record number of women to Congress  —  Elizabeth Warren will likely be only one of many outspoken women on the Hill thanks to the GOP's misogyny  —  Conservative commentator Amanda Carpenter …
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Amanda Carpenter / Washington Post:
One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her
Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState and Shakesville
Fusion:
Here are hilarious images from the Trump TV cartoon that never happened  —  Around 2006, Donald Trump was enjoying a run as the namesake of Trump Magazine— a publication that had begun primarily as a marketing vehicle to be distributed at his properties, but had come to be distributed on newsstands nationally.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Panicking GOP makes major last-minute Senate investment  —  Republicans, on the verge of losing the Senate, are plowing a mammoth $25 million into six races in a last-ditch attempt to stop Donald Trump from dragging the entire GOP down with him.  —  The investment from Senate Leadership Fund …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Images of New MacBook Pro With Magic Toolbar Leaked in macOS Sierra 10.12.1  —  macOS Sierra 10.12.1, released yesterday, includes hidden Apple Pay images that depict the brand new MacBook Pro with an OLED touch panel that's set to be announced by Apple on Thursday, October 27.
The Independent:
We probably just heard a message from aliens, scientists say  —  Scientists have heard hugely unusual messages from deep in space that they think are coming from aliens.  A new analysis of strange modulations in a tiny set of stars appears to indicate that it could be coming …
NBC News:
‘Not Wanted’: Black Applicants Rejected for Trump Housing Speak Out  —  Fmr Trump rental agent recalls racist policy 12:55  —  In 1973, New York City school teacher Annette Gandy Fortt was looking for a decent place to live.  A listing for an apartment in a building owned by Donald Trump's father …
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
White high schoolers in Miss. put noose around black student's neck and ‘yanked,’ NAACP says  —  A group of white high school students in Mississippi placed a noose around a black student's neck and “yanked backward,” according to an NAACP leader, who described the incident Monday and demanded …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Study: 91 percent of coverage on evening newscasts was negative to Donald Trump  —  A whopping 91 percent of news coverage about Donald Trump on the three broadcast nightly newscasts over the past 12 weeks has been ‘hostile’, a new study finds.  —  The study, conducted by the conservative …
ABC News:
Trump Taunts ‘Tough Guy’ Joe Biden Over ‘Behind the Gym’ Comments  —  Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}}  —  Coming up next:  —  {{nextVideo.title}}  —  {{nextVideo.description}}  —  Skip to this video now  —  Related Extras Related Videos Video Transcript
Discussion: Politico
WCMH-TV:
Two-year-old girl dies after southwest Columbus quadruple shooting  —  COLUMBUS (WCMH) - A two-year-old girl died Tuesday after a southwest Columbus shooting.  Three others were injured.  —  It happened just after 6pm on the 4600 block of Parkwick Drive.  —  Police say Norman Robert Burke …
Discussion: WDTN-TV, WIAT-TV, WISH-TV and WKBN-TV
Guardian:
Exclusive: leaked recording shows what Theresa May really thinks about Brexit  —  Secret audio of Goldman Sachs talk in May shows she feared businesses would leave and wanted the UK to take a lead in Europe … Theresa May privately warned that companies would leave the UK if the country voted …
Discussion: Business Insider
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump asks team to trim back transition efforts, focus on race: sources  —  Trailing in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has asked his campaign to cut back on work identifying candidates for key jobs in his would-be administration and focus instead on bolstering …
Taeku Lee, Ph.D. / The Huffington Post:
Asian American Voters In The 2016 Election  —  Leader in Latino political opinion research  —  With the debates now in the rear view mirror and less than three weeks ahead before Election Tuesday, Asian American Decisions is excited to report out some fresh new results on where Asian Americans stand on this election.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
What Drives Donald Trump?  Fear of Losing Status, Tapes Show  —  By any measure, Arsenio Hall was a Hollywood success: He had starred in popular films, packed houses as a stand-up comic and hosted a hit late-night television show bearing his name.  —  Donald J. Trump saw it differently by the mid-2000s.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Resounding Mandate  —  I hear two observations about the 2016 presidential race so incessantly that they're like hit songs at peak ubiquity.  The lyrics are seared into my brain.  —  One is that the Republican and Democratic nominees leave voters with no real choice.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Adams' Blog:
The Bully Party  —  I've been trying to figure out what common trait binds Clinton supporters together.  As far as I can tell, the most unifying characteristic is a willingness to bully in all its forms.  —  If you have a Trump sign in your lawn, they will steal it.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon chief promises to resolve cases for National Guard soldiers ordered to repay bonuses
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Paul Beatty Wins Man Booker Prize With ‘The Sellout’
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
WikiLeaks reveals fears and frustrations inside Clinton world
Discussion: Instapundit
USA Today:
Self-driving semi-truck makes first trip — a 120-mile beer run
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's campaign has spent more on hats than on polling
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump to 2020 prospects: You don't have a chance
Discussion: ABC News
Natalie Schreyer / Mother Jones:
The Trump Files: Donald's Words to a Grieving Mother
Shane Bauer / Mother Jones:
I Went Undercover With a Border Militia. Here's What I Saw.
Discussion: NPR and Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Can't Wait for It to Be Over? Don't Kid Yourself
Chris Massie / CNN:
Giuliani: When I see Clinton, ‘I see her in an orange jumpsuit’
Discussion: AOL and Washington Times
Didi Kirsten Tatlow / New York Times:
The ‘Saddest’ Polar Bear Lives in a Mall in China
Discussion: Grist and The Week
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
The Failure Of American Institutions, Not Of Conservatism, Made Donald Trump Possible
Discussion: Washington Post
Ari Berman / The Nation:
A CITY CLERK OPPOSED AN EARLY-VOTING SITE AT UW-GREEN BAY BECAUSE ‘STUDENTS LEAN MORE TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS’