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What to Expect in Tonight&#39;s Debate
What to Expect in 
Tonight's Debate
the rundown
Oct 9, 2016 3:42 PM CDT

What to Expect in Tonight's Debate

Can Donald Trump overcome his new scandal?

(Newser) - Sunday night's presidential debate could hardly come at a more interesting time, with Donald Trump's hot mic trouble and Hillary Clinton's speech-transcript trouble. The town-hall-style debate at 9pm Eastern won't feature podiums but will have instead have the candidates on a stage answering questions from undecided...

What You Need to Know About the Trump Brouhaha
What You Need
to Know About
the Trump
Brouhaha
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 9, 2016 10:32 AM CDT

What You Need to Know About the Trump Brouhaha

Controversy swirls ahead of Sunday night's debate with Hillary Clinton

(Newser) - Donald Trump is sorry but staying put , the GOP is in crisis mode , Saturday Night Live is pouncing , down-ballot Republicans are bailing , and the Internet and Sunday shows are alive with the sound of Trump's leaked tape. A look around the landscape, ahead of Sunday night's second presidential...

SNL Gleefully Unloads on Trump
SNL Gleefully
Unloads on
Trump 
Oct 9, 2016 8:37 AM CDT

SNL Gleefully Unloads on Trump

That vice presidential debate sketch goes up in hot-mic flames

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live wasted no time in lobbing grenades on Donald Trump's current dumpster fire , with Alec Baldwin making his second appearance as the Donald to "apple-gize," reports the Washington Post . Quartz notes that statement was aimed at "all the people who were offended by my...

Woman Who Trump Hit on Responds

Nancy O'Dell says 'no female should be the subject of such crass comments'

(Newser) - Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O'Dell is the woman Donald Trump admits he "moved on ... like a b----" but "couldn't get there" in audiotape heard 'round the world , and she has this to say about that, via ET Online : "Politics aside, I’m saddened that...

Trump: &#39;Zero Chance&#39; I&#39;ll Quit
Trump: 'Zero Chance' I'll Quit
Oct 8, 2016 7:05 PM CDT

Trump: 'Zero Chance' I'll Quit

'I'm not quitting this race'

(Newser) - Donald Trump has a message for those calling on him to drop out of the race after his videotape scandal : There is "zero chance I'll quit," he tells the Wall Street Journal . He expresses a similar sentiment to the Washington Post : “I’d never withdraw. I’...

More Than Three Dozen GOP Lawmakers Un-Endorse Trump

Plus Arnold Schwarzenegger

(Newser) - More than three dozen Republican lawmakers either rescinded their endorsements of Donald Trump or urged their supporters not to vote for him Saturday, reports Deadspin , which is keeping a running tally. Notable names include Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Sen. Mike Lee, Gov. John Kasich, and Sen. John McCain. "Donald Trump'...

GOP in Crisis Over Trump Remarks
Trump  Remarks
Leave GOP Reeling
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 8, 2016 10:27 AM CDT

Trump Remarks Leave GOP Reeling

He might not be able to come back from this one

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign is on damage control after one of the most damaging leaks in election history—but some commentators aren't sure if he'll be able to recover at all from the release of a 2005 "hot mic" tape in which he makes some very crude...

Utah Republicans Abandon Trump
Utah Republicans
Abandon Trump
Oct 8, 2016 8:11 AM CDT

Utah Republicans Abandon Trump

The governor's not voting for him

(Newser) - The Republican backlash to the crude Donald Trump comments that surfaced Friday has been strongest in Utah, where leading politicians were slow to endorse him and have been quick to abandon him. "I'm out. I'm pulling my endorsement," Rep. Jason Chaffetz tells the Salt Lake Tribune...

WikiLeaks: We've Released Clinton's Wall St. Speeches

Excerpts were in campaign chief's hacked emails

(Newser) - What appeared to be excerpts of Hillary Clinton's speeches to financial firms and corporate gatherings were finally released Friday—though the WikiLeaks release was largely overshadowed by the furore over Donald Trump's crude remarks . The Hill reports that there doesn't appear to be anything too explosive in...

Trump Issues Rare Apology for Lewd 2005 Remarks

'I've never said I am a perfect person'

(Newser) - Donald Trump issued a rare apology after midnight Friday as the release of a 2005 tape of him making crude comments about women left his campaign in crisis. "Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it. I am wrong. I apologize,...

Trump &#39;Sorry&#39; for Basically Endorsing Sexual Assault
Trump Caught Making Lewd
Comments in 2005 Tape
UPDATED
Oct 7, 2016 7:44 PM CDT

Trump Caught Making Lewd Comments in 2005 Tape

He calls it 'locker room banter,' apologizes if anyone was offended

(Newser) - Donald Trump is issuing a rare apology after a video caught him making lewd, sexually charged comments about women in 2005, the AP reports. But he also downplayed the comments as "locker room banter." He issued the statement after the Washington Post revealed video of Trump caught on...

Someone Just Made a Record-Setting Bet on Clinton

Woman places $615K bet on Clinton to win the election

(Newser) - Well, someone out there is very confident of a Hillary Clinton victory this November. Time reports a 46-year-old woman just placed a $615,862 bet on Clinton to win the election. British bookmaker William Hill says it's the biggest bet ever placed on a US presidential election. William Hill...

Donald Trump Refuses to Admit the Central Park 5 Are Innocent

Trump "was the fire starter, he lit the match," says one of the falsely accused group

(Newser) - Donald Trump has revived the controversy over his opinion on the 1989 "Central Park Jogger" case. New York City was rocked by the sensational crime, in which a young woman jogging alone in Central Park at night was bludgeoned, raped, tied up and left for dead. Five teenage boys—...

Letterman Explains How He'd Handle Trump

"If I had a show, I would have gone right after him"

(Newser) - David Letterman hosted Donald Trump frequently during his 33 years in late-night TV, and it was a relationship Letterman enjoyed, telling the New York Times that Trump "could just take a punch like nothing" and thus was "the perfect guest." But in the interview, Letterman says he...

Trump: I&#39;ll Dump 70% of Federal Regulations
Trump: I'll Dump 70%
of Federal Regulations
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 7, 2016 6:03 AM CDT

Trump: I'll Dump 70% of Federal Regulations

He says Clinton is 'resting,' not prepping for debate

(Newser) - Donald Trump wants to more than merely decimate federal regulations: He told a town hall event in New Hampshire on Thursday night that he wants to wipe out a full 70% of them. "We are cutting the regulation at a tremendous clip. I would say 70% of regulations can...

Giuliani's Daughter: 'I Love Hillary'

She's not joining dad on the Trump train

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani is one of Donald Trump's leading surrogates, but his daughter has made it very clear that she won't be joining him on the Trump train. "I can confirm that I do support Hillary Clinton for president. Enthusiastically," Caroline Giuliani tells the New York Daily ...

How Johnson Answered a Simple Q About Kim Jong Un

'Really?'

(Newser) - Gary Johnson's had his "Aleppo moment." He's had his "forgetting world leaders" moment. And now the Libertarian candidate for president has completed the foot-in-mouth trifecta with his "Are you seriously asking me for the name of North Korea's leader?" moment. USA Today reports...

Trump: Remarks About Women Part of Reality TV Biz

'You say things differently for a reason.'

(Newser) - Donald Trump has faced lots of criticism during the campaign over his history of off-color remarks about women . Now, in an interview with KSNV of Las Vegas, the candidate offers an explanation for some of them: entertainment value. When asked, as the father of two grown women, if he understands...

Clinton Buys $63K in Weather Channel Ads Pre-Hurricane

This could be a smart buy in battleground state of Florida—or it could backfire

(Newser) - One wouldn't think buying commercial spots on the Weather Channel would be the obvious media choice for presidential candidates vying for votes, but with Hurricane Matthew barreling toward the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina just a month before Election Day, that's exactly what Hillary Clinton's...

Trump's Slide in Polls Worries Down-Ballot GOPers

NYT: Some might ditch him if he flounders in second debate

(Newser) - With not much more than a month to go until Election Day, Donald Trump is sliding in the polls, causing some down-ballot GOP candidates to wonder whether it is too late to back away from him. Republican sources tell the New York Times that some candidates, fearing that a Trump...

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