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Florida Shaping Up to Be Key Battleground
Here's Why
Trump Needs
to Win
in Florida
OPINION
Oct 4, 2016 1:57 PM CDT

Here's Why Trump Needs to Win in Florida

Polling site's model shows candidate only has a 5% chance of winning without carrying the Sunshine State

(Newser) - Another year, another election, and Florida still continues to be one of the most influential states in the Electoral College. Political pundits have paid special attention to this swing state after its unique role in determining the winner of the 2000 election, and the story isn't any different this...

Guy's Trump-Clinton Parade Float Didn't Go Over Well

Oddly, some didn't find execution-themed float with blackface Obama Easter Island head funny

(Newser) - The Farmer's Fair is the biggest event in Aurora, Ind., each year, but this time around it also produced the biggest commotion. Per WCPO , a float in the festival's parade featured a person dressed as Hillary Clinton in an electric chair, with another portraying Donald Trump at the...

Trump Under Fire for PTSD Comments
Trump's Latest
Brouhaha:
PTSD Comments
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 4, 2016 5:42 AM CDT

Trump's Latest Brouhaha: PTSD Comments

Critics say he implied troubled vets are weak

(Newser) - Donald Trump either offended traumatized military veterans Monday or showed his commitment to helping them, depending on who you talk to. Critics accused the candidate of implying that vets with PTSD were weak with this comment to a group of vets in Virginia: "When you talk about the mental...

Trump Responds to NYT Tax Allegations

Candidate claims his use of tax laws to protect his wealth in a tough economic environment was a smart play

(Newser) - At a rally in Colorado Monday, Donald Trump responded to the New York Times story alleging that he took advantage of the tax code to possibly avoid paying taxes for as many as 18 years. While not confirming or denying the veracity of the leaked tax returns—he called them...

New York Orders Trump Foundation to Stop All Fundraising

It's not properly certified

(Newser) - More bad news for Donald Trump: New York state has ordered his Trump Foundation to immediately stop soliciting money from people because it's not properly certified as a charity, reports the New York Times . The office of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent the foundation a cease-and-desist order Friday...

Trump Faces Fallout From Bombshell Tax Report
Trump Faces
Fallout From
Tax Bombshell
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 3, 2016 6:06 AM CDT

Trump Faces Fallout From Tax Bombshell

He plans to switch focus to Clinton fortune

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign is starting the week trying to move on from a bombshell report on his 1995 tax return —but it may not be easy changing the subject from what the Guardian calls his campaign's "biggest crisis yet." In what Rudy Giuliani calls a...

NYT Report on Trump's Taxes Hinged on an IBM Typewriter

Reporter Susanne Craig found his returns in her mailbox, and a quirk authenticated them

(Newser) - The tale of the New York Times' report on Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns is an interesting one, and Susanne Craig takes readers behind the scenes on her story posted Saturday night in a post headlined "The Time I Found Donald Trump’s Tax Records in My Mailbox....

Giuliani, Christie: Trump's a 'Genius' for Not Paying Taxes

Candidate praised for tax savvy in wake of 'NYT' report he paid no taxes for 18 years

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump is a "genius" if he avoided federal income taxes, responding to a New York Times report that the candidate claimed a nearly $1 billion loss in 1995 that would have eliminated his federal tax burden for up to 18 years , reports the AP . Giuliani...

'Wrong!' Alec Baldwin Debuts as Trump

'Saturday Night Live' lampoons the candidates spectacularly

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin made his debut as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, and a look around the lame media shows that he was apparently terrific, just terrific, opposite Kate McKinnon's maniacally robotic Hillary Clinton. Baldwin "delivered an orange-faced, blustery impression," reports the AP , referencing US jobs departing...

Trump Lost $1B, May Have Ducked Taxes for 18 Years: NYT

Trump campaign doesn't deny report, based on 1995 returns submitted anonymously

(Newser) - Donald Trump may have very good reason for not releasing his tax returns, according to a New York Times bombshell that shows the candidate took a nearly $1 billion loss in 1995—amid the "financial wreckage he left behind in the early 1990s through mismanagement of three Atlantic City...

After &#39;Sex Tape&#39; Attack, Trump Porn Cameo Resurfaces
After 'Sex Tape' Attack, Trump
Porn Cameo Resurfaces
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 1, 2016 10:20 AM CDT

After 'Sex Tape' Attack, Trump Porn Cameo Resurfaces

He steps up attacks on Clinton marriage

(Newser) - Donald Trump's early-morning tweets Friday about Alicia Machado's alleged sex tape backfired when his own cameo in a 2000 porn film resurfaced. Trump is seen at the start of the New York City segment of a softcore Playboy film, which can be seen here —and don't...

Apparently There Actually Was a Problem With Trump's Mic

But it only affected the sound inside the presidential debate, not on TV

(Newser) - The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates says there was indeed a problem with Donald Trump's microphone during Monday night's first general election debate, the AP reports. The commission says on its website that "there were issues regarding Donald Trump's audio that affected the sound level in...

Trump Just Gave Clinton the Perfect &#39;3AM&#39; Ad
Trump Just Gave Clinton
the Perfect '3AM' Ad
OPINION
Sep 30, 2016 12:34 PM CDT

Trump Just Gave Clinton the Perfect '3AM' Ad

His late tweets are a little troubling, writes Washington Post columnist

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton made the idea of a president receiving a 3am phone call famous in her 2008 race against Barack Obama, and now columnist Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post thinks she should resurrect a slightly different version for Donald Trump. Except "the question now may be: Do you...

UN News Arm Scrubs Tweet Asking People to Stop Trump

It was a mistaken message to 8 million expats

(Newser) - First the US Army sent out an embarrassing anti-Trump tweet in error. Now the United Nations' official news agency has scrubbed a similar online offensive against the GOP nominee, also claiming it was a mistake, Politico reports. The now-vanished tweet, which posted at 9:14pm EDT Thursday and called for...

Trump Accuses 'Disgusting' Pageant Winner of Sex Tape

But Snopes.com isn't convinced

(Newser) - Donald Trump is doubling down in his criticism of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, calling her "disgusting," accusing her of making a sex tape, and saying that Hillary Clinton made a big mistake in referencing her during Monday's debate. As for the sex tape, myth-busting site Snopes...

Trump: Debate Was a &#39;Rigged Deal&#39;
Donald Trump Says
the Debate Was 'Rigged'
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 30, 2016 5:14 AM CDT

Donald Trump Says the Debate Was 'Rigged'

He's now targeting Bill Clinton's infidelity

(Newser) - Donald Trump appears to have changed his tune about Monday night's debate: He's still saying that he won , but he's now also saying that Lester Holt's moderating was biased against him, the Hill reports. "I had to put up with the anchor and fight the...

USA Today Slams Trump in First-Ever Endorsement

Paper urges people to vote for any other candidate

(Newser) - USA Today has never taken sides in a presidential election before—but Donald Trump has never run for president before. In a blistering editorial, which can be seen in full here , the paper's editorial board says it has decided to break with 34 years of tradition because Trump...

CNN Commentator Gets Mass Payout From Trump Campaign

Corey Lewandowski will no longer be getting monthly severance payments

(Newser) - Corey Lewandowski will no longer be receiving regular payments from the Trump campaign, USA Today reports. The former campaign manager and current CNN commentator received the rest of his severance agreement in a single lump payment from the Trump campaign. It was likely a payment of $80,000. "Everything...

Donald Conducted Illegal Business in Cuba: Newsweek

Report says Trump's secret business venture in Havana in late '90s broke trade embargo

(Newser) - First Kurt Eichenwald dove into Donald Trump's business ties abroad . Now, in a new éxposé for Newsweek , the writer reveals Trump's company secretly conducted business in Cuba in the late '90s, even though such dealings were illegal under the American trade embargo. Based on interviews with...

Advisers Know How to Prep Trump for Next Debate

They just don't know if he'll agree to do it: 'NYT' report

(Newser) - Donald Trump was pretty pleased with his performance against Hillary Clinton at Monday's debate, even though scientific polls —not the easily manipulated online polls that Trump is citing —show most Americans pick Clinton as the clear victor. Even some of his own campaign advisers don't feel...

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