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The incredible moment a brave mother shields her two-year-old son while two dogs attack them as they try to get into their home Trump does a U-turn on 'unfair' protests: The President-elect now claims he LOVES 'passionate' Americans demonstrating against his election, hours after blaming the media for inciting violent scenes Trump spends 'busy day' holed up in Trump Tower hiring 'the people who will be running our government' as lobbyists flood transition effort Trump-backing congressman says GOP will use budget 'reconciliation' to repeal Obamacare in first 100 days - depriving Democrats of the chance to filibuster it 'Some of them are planning on moving out': Wealthy Trump Tower residents complain about being frisked and asked to show ID as protesters cause chaos outside the luxury homes Will Donald Trump be slumming it on Air Force One? President-elect will have to give up his own ... (more)

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The incredible moment a brave mother shields her two-year-old son while two dogs attack them as they try to get into their home Trump does a U-turn on 'unfair' protests: The President-elect now claims he LOVES 'passionate' Americans demonstrating against his election, hours after blaming the media for inciting violent scenes Trump spends 'busy day' holed up in Trump Tower hiring 'the people who will be running our government' as lobbyists flood transition effort Trump-backing congressman says GOP will use budget 'reconciliation' to repeal Obamacare in first 100 days - depriving Democrats of the chance to filibuster it 'Some of them are planning on moving out': Wealthy Trump Tower residents complain about being frisked and asked to show ID as protesters cause chaos outside the luxury homes Will Donald Trump be slumming it on Air Force One? President-elect will have to give up his own ... (more)

Early voting data suggests Clinton lags in North Carolina compared to 2012

The political consensus is virtually unanimous: If Hillary Clinton wins North Carolina, Donald Trump has to win every other competitive state to take the White House. Clinton has other paths to victory without North Carolina, but the state has been a focus for Democrats this cycle.

As Election Day looms, Clinton preaches message of unity

Forty-eight percent of people who say they made up their minds in the last two weeks plan to vote for Trump, while 35 percent say they'll vote for Clinton. Clinton will spend this last day campaigning in Pennsylvania and Michigan, closing things out with a midnight rally in North Carolina, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.

Deadspin Asks: ‘You Make The Call!’

Yesterday a Trump protester interrupted the president's appearance at a Hillary Clinton rally in North Carolina, prompting Obama to quiet down a rowdy crowd and urge it to respect the man's right to free speech. That's a radical difference from the Trump approach already, but the GOP nominee saw things differently-accusing Obama of "screaming" at the protester and that the whole scene was a "disgrace."

The Daily 202: Military families could tip North Carolina to Clinton

At a rally yesterday afternoon just outside of Fort Bragg, the world's biggest Army base by population, Barack Obama crisply summarized why Democrats hope this year will be different - and why the Clinton campaign is competing so aggressively for the votes of active duty service members, their families and veterans. "Listen, if you want to keep our military the greatest fighting force that the world has ever known a then we can't have a commander-in-chief who suggests that it's okay to torture people," the president said, referring to Donald Trump.

Nate Silver: Undecided Voters Make Clinton’s Position Worse Than Obama’s

A larger batch of undecided and third-party voters makes Hillary Clinton's position heading into the election worse than President Barack Obama's four years ago, according to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Silver gives Clinton a 65-percent chance of winning, compared to 91 percent for Obama in 2012, despite the fact Clinton is farther ahead in the polls - albeit narrowly - now than Obama's predicted edge.

Burr softens blanket rejection of Clinton Supreme Court pick

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is walking back from his promise to block any nominees Democrat Hillary Clinton would make to the U.S. Supreme Court if she's elected president. Burr told a private gathering of Republican supporters on Saturday that if re-elected to a third term he would do everything possible "to make sure that four years from now, we're still going to have an opening on the Supreme Court."

The Latest: Challenged North Carolina voter cited by Obama

President Barack Obama is citing voter challenges at the heart of an NAACP lawsuit as he urges people at a North Carolina rally to vote. While campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Chapel Hill, Obama mentioned one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Defending Clinton, Obama draws contrast with FBI’s Comey

Obama is heading back to North Carolina to help turn out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Cl... WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama staunchly defended Hillary Clinton's use of private email as an "honest mistake," suggesting Wednesday that voters should discount innuendo-filled revelations that the FBI is looking into more emails just ahead of Election Day. Obama walked a careful line in his first public comments about FBI Director James Comey's decision to publicly disclose the emails' existence, which has roiled the campaign.

Gary Johnson’s VP on MSNBC: ‘I’m Here Vouching for Mrs. Clinton,’ High Time Someone Did

And Rachel Maddow told Weld tonight, "I can't imagine that you wouldn't tell a person in North Carolina and Ohio to vote for Hillary Clinton ." She thinks a moderate Republican like Weld does not want to dare risk the possibility of a Trump presidency.

The Latest: NC senator apologizes for comment about Clinton

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is apologizing for saying he was surprised that a gun magazine with a photo of Hillary Clinton on the cover hadn't put a bull's-eye over her face. Burr is heard saying he saw a copy of American Rifleman in a gun shop.

LGBT law, hurricane jostle close N. Carolina governor’s race

Republican Gov. Pat McCrory has been unable to quash the firestorm over his signing of a law limiting protections for LGBT people, while trying to focus his re-election bid on North Carolina's economy, taxes, teacher pay and his recent response to historic flooding. That legislation has reinforced this election as a referendum on North Carolina's conservative shift under McCrory and the Republican-led legislature.

Hillary Clinton ‘absolutely ready’ to be commander-in-chief: Michelle Obama1 hour ago

Washington, Oct 28: Hillary Clinton is "absolutely ready" to be the US' commander-in-chief on day one as the Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state has more experience and exposure than any candidate "in our lifetime", First Lady Michelle Obama has said. During a rare joint appearance with Clinton at a North Carolina election rally yesterday, Michelle contrasted Clinton's vision of a "powerful, vibrant and strong" nation with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's vision of "hopelessness and despair".