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9:05 AM ET, October 26, 2016

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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.
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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 …
William Cummings / USA Today:
‘You are fascinated with sex,’ Newt Gingrich tells Megyn Kelly in heated exchange  —  3.8k Shares  —  Former speaker of the House and top Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich got into a heated exchange with Fox News host Megyn Kelly over the women who have accused Trump of groping them.
Discussion: NBC News and RedState
Rebecca Sinderbrand / Washington Post:
‘You are fascinated with sex’: That Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich showdown was one for the ages
Discussion: Daily Wire, BizPac Review and Mediaite
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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New York Times:
Brand Promotions Suggest Donald Trump Is Looking Past Election Day  —  As his poll numbers have declined in the closing weeks of the presidential race, Donald J. Trump has begun to engage in barely veiled promotions of his business brand off the campaign trail, dragging reporters to his marquee properties in between his campaign events.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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
Gary Langer / ABC News:
A Dead Heat for Congress, Despite Clinton's Advantage (POLL)  —  Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race is no longer in the double digits in the latest ABC News tracking poll, and there are signs of vote splitting that could help down-ballot Republicans.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:   House GOP hopes bleeding has stopped as Democrats expand map
Amanda Carpenter / Washington Post:
One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her
Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState and Shakesville
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
ObamaCare hikes leave Dems exposed  —  Democrats are increasingly acknowledging that the Affordable Care Act has an affordability problem.  —  Former President Bill Clinton  —  said recently that people who are ineligible to get subsidies to buy ObamaCare insurance are “getting killed.”
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Gerrad Hall / EW.com:
Adele Endorses Hillary Clinton at Miami Concert  —  'Don't vote for him,' the singer tells the audience  —  See also  —  Jay Z supports Hillary Clinton with Ohio concert  —  Katy Perry says she'll vote naked for Hillary  —  Elton John, Katy Perry stand for Hillary Clinton at fundraiser
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Colin Powell Says He'll Vote for Hillary Clinton
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Richard Nixon could only wish he got Hillary's FBI treatment  —  MORE FROM:  —  After taking the oath of office following Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation over Watergate, President Gerald Ford famously declared, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”
Discussion: Instapundit
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
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
‘Blacks For Trump’ Supporter A Former Member Of Charismatic Cult  —  The man who has appeared behind Donald Trump at numerous south Florida rallies bearing a “Blacks for Trump” sign is a former member of the murderous Yahweh ben Yahweh cult and a fixture at Republican campaign events.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Allies Focus Anger on Another Target: G.O.P. Leaders  —  Faced with the demoralizing prospect of a third consecutive loss in a presidential race, conservative Republicans are girding for an extended clash on two fronts in the months ahead: one with a Hillary Clinton administration …
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico
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