Even Donald Trump’s truest believers are starting to worry now

The morning after the vice-presidential debate, Cathy Frasca woke at 5am and hand-wrote a four-page letter to Donald Trump that said: "It is obvious that you could easily lose this election." The 89-year-old grandmother urged Trump to release his taxes, ignore the controversies that Hillary Clinton tries to start, stop tweeting at 3am and remember that "Bill Clinton is not running for election, so please avoid using precious time to discuss his sex life."

Trump, Clinton offer few plans for Syrian mess lying ahead

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Unlike first, second debate won’t set viewership record

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

Bobble head figurines of Republican presidential nominee

Trump's Muslim ban 'morphs' into 'extreme vetting' The shift was highlighted during the second presidential debate. Check out this story on AlamogordoNews.com: http://usat.ly/2dZ3UEQ In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women prove his unsuitability to be president.

Fact-Checking 2nd Presidential Debate

Clinton said intelligence officials said this week that Russians were behind political hacking attacks in the U.S. Trump said, "She doesn't know if Russia is doing the hacking." Clinton is closer to the truth By Robert Farley , Eugene Kiely , Brooks Jackson , Lori Robertson , D'Angelo Gore , Vanessa Schipani , Zachary Gross , Jenna Wang and Sydney Schaedel Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Hillary and Donald Have a Dust-Up at the Second Presidential Debate

"Short-sighted, dangerous, demogogic rhetoric" were some of the words used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to slam rival Donald Trump's plans to stop Muslims from entering the US, during the second presidential debate. With no niceties and handshake to break the ice, the two rivals walked on the stage at the Washington University here for the second presidential debate that turned nasty from the start over Trump's 2005 video of lewd and sexually explicit remarks against women.

Parents’ problem: Watch debate with kids, risk awkward talk

Elliot Fladen of Denver, Colo., watches the presidential debate with his daughters Dagny, 5, and Areli, 2. Parents watching the prime time presidential debate with their children Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, faced a dilemma: Let their kids witness political history, or send them to bed early to avoid awkward conversations? When CNN's Anderson Cooper asked GOP nominee Donald Trump about his 2005 vulgar comments about women, Fladen quickly checked to make sure Dagny's earbuds were in.

No opening handshake as Clinton, Trump attack on character

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Ohio State students talk policy, Trump tape after second debate

Following a tumultuous week in politics, Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton met at Washington University in St. Louis Sunday night for a town hall-style presidential debate. Met with questions from an audience of undecided voters and from moderators Anderson Cooper of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC, the candidates arguably had more pressing matters to discuss than in their first matchup, which aired Sept.

Bitter debate left voters unhappy

Days after explosive revelations about Donald Trump's predatory comments about women and Hillary Clinton's closed-door speeches to banking executives, some people who watched the U.S. presidential debate Sunday night were so disgusted they said they wouldn't vote or were weighing a third-party candidate or write-in option. "I feel that it is wrong that these are the two choices I have," said Patrick Trombetta, a Bernie Sanders supporter trying to decide between Clinton, Green Party candidate Jill Stein or writing Sanders in on the ballot.

A young Republican wears a Donald Trump at a campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo: Bloomberg

"How many political parties do you think America has?" droned the college senior one autumn afternoon at a campus canteen in Calcutta. A week into college, a speech on class struggle is the last thing you want to hear in your downtime.

When Trump’s losing he’s whingeing … and guess what? He’s doing a lot of whingeing

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall-style forum, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Sandown, N.H. In this unpredictable election year, the simplest way to assess the state of the race is to check how often Donald Trump complains that the fix is in. Polls can be unreliable and contradictory, most radio and cable news broadcasts are nakedly partisan, but Trump's fragile ego can be trusted: if he's whingeing, he's losing.

Clinton’s Wall Street remarks are tempered by time, supporters say

The remarks by Hillary Clinton during the paid speeches show a politician at ease with the lexicon and mandate of international finance and a realpolitik approach to world events. For progressive Democrats, the release of hacked emails suggesting a tight relationship between Hillary Clinton and Wall Street and her dream of "open trade and open borders" was an uncomfortable reminder of where she stood when her presidential campaign began.

Hot dish politics: State wants to reclaim top spot in voter turnout

Simon, the state's top elections official, has been barnstorming the state in recent months, promoting his voting effort so that Minnesota can reclaim its top spot nationally for civic engagement. For nearly 10 elections in a row, Minnesota had bragging rights, ranking first among all states for its voter turnout rate.