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2:25 PM ET, October 26, 2016

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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Watch Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Get Destroyed  —  EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Donald Trump's star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed early Wednesday morning by a man dressed as a city construction worker wielding a sledgehammer and pick-ax.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Vandalized By Sledgehammer  —  EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump took a lot of hits today and not just in the Presidential race.  With less than two-weeks to go before America decides if the ex-Apprentice host will pull off a surprise victory over Hillary Clinton …
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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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Dominates Trump Among Millennial Voters in Harvard Poll
Discussion: The Week and Daily Wire
Florida Atlantic University:
Polls  — In Florida, Hillary Clinton has a three point lead …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Mediaite
David Weigel / Washington Post:
House Republicans are already preparing for ‘years’ of investigations of Clinton  —  SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Jason Chaffetz, the Utah congressman wrapping up his first term atop the powerful House Oversight Committee, un-endorsed Donald Trump weeks ago.  That freed up him to prepare for something else …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Ryan Likely to Survive Trump With Marred Presidential Hopes  —  U.S. House speaker could face challenge from Trump backers  —  Republicans likely to have a slimmer House majority next year  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan will probably be able to survive Donald Trump's presidential bid with his job intact.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Allies Focus Anger on Another Target: G.O.P. Leaders
Discussion: CNN and Daily Wire
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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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump christens new hotel, lauds Newt Gingrich for sparring with Megyn Kelly
Gary Johnson for President:
STATEMENT BY GOV. BILL WELD REGARDING THE FINAL WEEKS OF THIS ELECTION  —  Gov. Bill Weld delivered the following statement this afternoon at a press conference in Boston:  —  “It is a privilege and an honor to participate in this year's national election campaign.
Discussion: Mediaite and Hit & Run
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump  —  Accepting that his presidential bid will fail, Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld on Tuesday obliquely urged voters to vote for Hillary Clinton.  —  In a Tuesday statement addressed …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and alan.com
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Says She Doubts Trump ‘Has Ever Read The Constitution’  —  During a campaign rally in Lake Worth, Florida, on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton hammered Donald Trump's refusal to say he will accept the results of the November election, arguing that he is undermining democratic values in the United States.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Campaign Manager Defends Hotel ‘Pit Stop’
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway defends Trump's D.C. visit
Discussion: The Week
Ilya Shapiro / The Federalist:
The Senate Should Refuse To Confirm All Of Hillary Clinton's Judicial Nominees  —  When Sen. John McCain said last week that he would work to block any Supreme Court nominee a president Hillary Clinton would name, it raised some eyebrows.  Republican senators pledged not to take up any nominee …
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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New York Times:
Donald Trump the Candidate Promotes Trump the Brand on Campaign Trail
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Fox News:
ObamaCare premium hikes fuel Trump, GOP case in key swing states  —  Newly announced double-digit premium hikes for those on the ObamaCare exchanges are handing Donald Trump a political weapon in key swing states where residents could be facing rate increases even higher than the national average.
Discussion: WND
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump booster Alex Jones: I'm not anti-Semitic, but Jews run an evil conspiracy  —  Radio host Alex Jones is a big Trump fan — and Trump, for his part, has returned the favor.  In December, he went on Jones's show, telling the host, “your reputation is amazing” and promising him that “I will not let you down.”
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.
Caleb Downs / Dallas Morning News:
Voters in Texas say machines changed Trump votes to Clinton, but officials call it user error  —  Early voters in Texas have claimed that voting machines in Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and other counties changed their presidential votes from Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton.
CBS New York:
Protesters Disrupt Traffic On George Washington Bridge, Cause Major Delays  —  NEW YORK — Protesters chained themselves together across the George Washington Bridge, disrupting traffic during the height of the morning rush hour Wednesday.  —  The inbound upper level was closed for only 15 minutes, but the damage was done.
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: Daily Wire and Political Wire
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Evan McMullin Isn't Just Running For President — He's Literally Building A New Party  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Evan McMullin sat at a conference table in his modest campaign headquarters here one morning last week, struggling to pick which high-profile Republican had most disappointed him this year.
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
UW-Madison sex assault case snowballs as dozens come forward, ‘stalking’ list seized  —  On Oct. 12, in Madison, Wis., a female student went to police and filed a complaint against a 20-year-old student by the name of Alec Cook.  —  She said she and Cook had originally contacted each …
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It  —  The “Vote Protectors” are affiliated with Trump adviser Roger Stone.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Vote Protectors, the anti-voter-fraud group hosted …
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Evan Bayh Missed 75% Of His Armed Services Committee Hearings  —  WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Evan Bayh appears to have spent little time in Senate Armed Services Committee hearings while he was a member between 2003 and his departure from the Senate in 2011, missing more than three-quarters …
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting  —  Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.  —  Roughly 45,000 newly registered voters in Indiana—almost all of whom are black …
Discussion: Atlanta Black Star
Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump versus Vince McMahon  —  In 2007, Trump put his reputation — and his hair — on the line to start a fued with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.  In a dramatized dust-up reported on by major media outlets, their storied hair versus hair match during Wrestlemania 23 had both men pick …
Discussion: KLFY-TV
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
National Intelligence Director Says Data Suggests ‘Nonstate Actor’ Was Behind Cyberattack  —  Network experts also rule out usual suspects like online blackmailers  —  U.S. officials and security researchers said it doesn't appear that national governments were behind Friday's massive internet attack …
 
 
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Sean Sullivan / News from the Lab:
Hacking An Election Is Hard. Why Not Pwn The Messenger Instead?
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Diplomats: U.S. expected to abstain on UN vote on Cuba embargo
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Secret Service Agents Protecting Candidates Aren't Getting Paid For All Their Work
Discussion: The Week
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Hillary's 33,000 emails might not be ‘missing’ after all
Discussion: RedState and AOL
Michelle Malkin:
Hillary's climate of hate
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Chief Justice Roberts “Had It in for the Voting Rights Act”
 Earlier Items: 
Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
Widower tells jury how he helped pimp out his own wife to pay their bills at the trial …
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump says he would love to beat up Joe ‘Mr Tough Guy’ Biden
Discussion: CNN and Paddy Power Blog
Patrick Hogan / Fusion:
Hillary Clinton says she won't be the next ‘deporter-in-chief’
Discussion: WPRI-TV
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Huma email reveal: Hillary ‘still not perfect in the head’
Adam Kirsch / New York Times:
The Meaning of Bob Dylan's Silence
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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