The Clinton aide turned Trump stand-in

Philippe Reines, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton and one of the most astute observers of her personal and political vulnerabilities, is playing Donald Trump in her mock debate sessions, according to people familiar with Reines' involvement. Reines, who was Clinton's chief defender, enforcer and gatekeeper during most of her years in the Senate and as secretary of state, is a deft practitioner of the combative, no-holds-barred politics that Trump favors.

New super PAC ad compares Clinton to Nixon

The super PAC funded by two major Republican donors, the Adelson and Ricketts families, is beginning its first advertising push since it relaunched with a searing new spot comparing Hillary Clinton to a Republican president: Richard Nixon. Word emerged this week that those two families, among the biggest backers of the Republican Party but not yet Donald Trump contributors, would finance their own super PAC to help not just Trump but also GOP Senate candidates.

Donald Trump is headed for a win, says professor who always gets it right

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Ted Cruz confirms he is endorsing Donald Trump Read Story Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump on Friday after months of withholding his support from the Republican presidential nominee who defeated him in the primaries. "After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump," Cruz said in a statement released to The Texas Tribune.

Why You Should Care About the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Hillary…

Swing state paper bucks nearly century-long tradition supporting Republicans, calling Donald Trump "a clear and present danger to our country" The paper's editorial board says it's breaking a nearly century-long tradition of backing Republicans and supporting Hillary Clinton instead. The paper's makes it clear it doesn't take the move "lightly," insisting this "is not a traditional race, and these are not traditional times."

How Both Sides Are Framing the Debate

If you only read one thing: It's silly season on the campaign trail, as operatives on both sides of aisle argue their preferred candidate is a terrible debater and set to be trounced in Monday's first presidential debate. It's the expectations game - in some ways as important as the debate itself.

GfK poll: ‘Deplorables’ comment sticks to him, not her

When Hillary Clinton said that half of Donald Trump's supporters belonged in a "basket of deplorables," Republicans thought they just might have found her campaign-crushing-blunder. The gaffe, they hoped, was a way to cement an image as an out-of-touch snob, just as Democrats did four years ago to Mitt Romney after he said "47 But a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that Clinton's stumble didn't have quite the impact that Trump and his supporters wanted.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen Defensive Against Trump Accusations

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen defended the independence of the U.S. central bank Wednesday, saying it does not play politics in response to charges from Donald Trump that she is manipulating financial markets to benefit President Obama. Trump earlier this month said that the Yellen-led Fed is keeping interest rates low in order to give a boost to the stock market in an effort to make Obama's economic record look good.

Trump’s Director of African-American Outreach Says Detractors…

Omarosa Manigault, the director of African-American outreach for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, told PBS' "Frontline" that critics of the Manhattan billionaire will have to "bow down" to him when he is president. In a clip from "The Choice 2016," an upcoming "Frontline" special, Manigault, a former contestant on Trump's NBC show "The Apprentice," discussed attending the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner with Trump and watching President Barack Obama poke fun at the real-estate magnate over his charge that the president was not born in the United States.

President Obama says Donald Trump should visit new African-American museum

President Barack Obama scolded Donald Trump for his bleak description of the African-American community as recent police shootings of black men - and the violent protests that followed them - inject sensitive questions about race into the presidential contest. America's first black president took issue with the Republican nominee's suggestion this week that “African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape than they've ever been in before, ever, ever, ever.” “I think even most 8-year-olds would tell you that whole slavery thing wasn't very good for black people.

Trump’s appeal to black America is ludicrous – but that…

Trump's choice of Don King as a black surrogate is insulting -- and we don't need him to tell us Obama is imperfect I wonder what Donald Trump is smoking? The idea that he, the onetime slumlord who refused to rent properties to black people, the ultimate justifier of police shootings and the spearhead of the most racist political movement in my lifetime, is now presenting himself as the solution to the problems that exist within the African-American community is as stupid as using Don King as a Negro surrogate - oh wait, he did that too. No black person in their right mind would ever listen to Don King.