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12:40 PM ET, August 18, 2016

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Matt Gutman / ABC News:
US Swimmer Fought With Security Guard on Night of Alleged Robbery: Police Source
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Daily Mail:
What robbery?  Brazilian police say Ryan Lochte's wallet was detected in X-ray scan AFTER he claims it was seized at gunpoint as officers launch probe into star's dramatic hold-up story  — Police arrived to the Olympic Village on Wednesday to seize the passports of Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Steve Bannon's Plan to Free Donald Trump and Save His Campaign  —  Along with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, Bannon will encourage Trump to cast aside political niceties and aggressively go with his gut.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  “I am who I am,” Donald Trump declared …
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Ken Stern / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Stephen Bannon, Trump's New C.E.O., Hints at His Master Plan  —  Can the man behind Breitbart—a Harvard M.B.A. who worked at Goldman Sachs and made a killing off of Seinfeld—save Trump?  And at what cost?  —  Even for a campaign creating regular media tremors …
Bloomberg:
Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month  —  Near the end of 2014, Uber co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick flew to Pittsburgh on a mission: to hire dozens of the world's experts in autonomous vehicles.  The city is home to Carnegie Mellon University's …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Clinton Rises to 348 Electoral Votes, Trump Drops to 190  —  Clinton now above 270 Safe or Likely Democratic electoral votes for the first time  —  New Hampshire may just have four electoral votes, but it's important.  If you doubt it, just ask any Granite State citizens, and they'll tell you about their first-in-the-nation primary.
NBC News:
First Read: The One Way Trump's Shake-Up Makes Sense  —  Donald Trump's new campaign manager: There's still time to turn polls around 1:00  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Van Jones on the staggering political challenges Hillary Clinton would face as president  —  Van Jones is keenly aware of the political pressure that a new president can face.  He joined up with the Obama White House in its first year to be its “green jobs” czar.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CNN
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Donald Trump aide on awkward exchange with CNN anchor: ‘I think I unraveled her’  —  An interview between a CNN anchor and a top aide to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump devolved into a palpably uncomfortable debate over polls on Wednesday evening.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Have North Carolina Republicans Found a Way to Reinstate Discriminatory Voting Rules?  —  DURHAM, N.C.—Bill Brien Jr. already sounded weary, and the meeting hadn't even started.  It was 5 p.m. Wednesday at the county office-building, and a typically sleepy meeting of the county board of elections had turned into a marquee event.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump on Clinton campaign: 'She doesn't really do that much'  —  is questioning the amount of work Hillary Clinton  —  is putting into her campaign and said that her schedule is unfair.  —  “She doesn't really do that much.  She'll give a speech on teleprompter, and then she'll disappear.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: Clinton ‘takes a lot of weekends off’ campaign trail
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Why Clinton Doesn't Have This Race Locked Up  —  Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published?  Sign up here.  —  Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency have held fairly steady in the FiveThirtyEight models over the past 10 days.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Scott Dadich / Wired:
WIRED Endorses Optimism  —  BEEN NEUTRAL.  —  For nearly a quarter of a century, this organization has championed a specific way of thinking about tomorrow.  If it's true, as the writer William Gibson once had it, that the future is already here, just unevenly distributed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Advocate:
Our Views: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama … Homes are surrounded by water in the Manchac Harbor subdivision off LA-42.  Aerials of severe weather flooding in Ascension Parish on Monday August 15, 2016.  —  President Barack Obama speaks during the third …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons  —  The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government.
Reuters:
Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking: sources  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable foundation hired the security firm FireEye to examine its data systems after seeing indications they might have been hacked, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation should be disbanded if Clinton wins
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Why Blacks Loathe Trump  —  So now Donald Trump is campaigning for the black vote.  (Long, awkward pause.)  —  Like so much of what Trump has said and done, this new outreach forces writers like me to conduct scatological studies, framing Trump's actions in their historical and intellectual absurdity.
Discussion: Business Insider
Dave Levinthal / NBC News:
How Bernie Sanders Avoided Disclosing His Personal Finances  —  Hillary Clinton Thanks Bernie Sanders 1:37  —  This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
Kevin Cole / Omaha World-Herald:
Omaha dad finds pot brownies, eats 4 of them, says mean things to cat  —  An Omaha dad who mistakenly ate some marijuana brownies didn't enjoy the experience.  —  Omaha police officers were called to a house near 90th and Maple Streets about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday to investigate an accidental overdose.
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
No record that Clinton, aides took required ethics training  —  WASHINGTON  —  There is no evidence that Hillary Clinton or her top aides completed ethics training when they started at the State Department as required by federal law.  —  State Department records show only three …
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Billionaire father and daughter linked to Trump shake-up  —  's dramatic staff shake-up on Wednesday revealed the growing influence wielded on his campaign by a Republican mega-donor duo.  —  The fingerprints of Robert Mercer, a New York hedge fund billionaire, and his middle daughter …
Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Dr. Drew: ‘Gravely Concerned’ about Hillary Clinton's Health Care  —  KABC's Dr. Drew Pinsky said he's “gravely concerned” about the health care Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is receiving during a radio interview with Doug McIntyre on Tuesday.  —  “I'm very concerned about people …
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
How Will the Media Handle the “Trump-light Zone”?  —  Robert Schlesinger writes that we have now entered the “Trump-light Zone.” … What struck me is that we have reached an interesting point in this 2016 presidential race.  Trump's hiring of Bannon and Conway isn't just a signal to Republicans …
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton sends Kaine into red territory  —  When Tim Kaine lands in Jackson for a pair of closed-door fundraisers on Thursday, it won't be because Hillary Clinton's running mate is desperate for Wyoming's three electoral votes.  —  The vice presidential contender's trip west to raise cash …
Elle Hunt / Guardian:
Boy in the ambulance: shocking image emerges of Syrian child pulled from Aleppo rubble  —  Boy shown covered head to toe with dust was injured in airstrike on rebel-held district on Wednesday  —  Warning: this article contains images that readers may find distressing
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski forcibly yanked Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields out of the way after his press conference in Florida on Tuesday night.  —  Fields was attempting to ask Trump a question as he exited the press conference.
Discussion: Washington Post
Sean Ingle / Guardian:
Exclusive: Team GB member held up at gunpoint at Rio Olympics  —  A member of the British Olympic team in Rio has been held up at gunpoint while enjoying a night on the town.  —  The news has caused deep shock among British athletes and officials - many of whom were looking forward …
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Fox News postpones Trump town hall  —  Fox News announced Tuesday night that it was postponing the airing of a town hall interview with Donald Trump  —  that was recored earlier in the evening.  —  Network anchor Sean Hannity was scheduled to moderate the event in Milwaukee …
 
 
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Leaked Faculty Letters and Race at Smith
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Ads for Presidential Race Drop 60%, Hurting Local Broadcasters
Discussion: The Week
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Courts Begin to Call Out Lawmakers
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
House panel to probe claims of Clinton perjury
Discussion: USA Today, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Is Putin playing Trump like he did Berlusconi?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
‘Confusion at every level’ of the Park Service
Discussion: The Week
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Air Force officer faces investigation over Bible on his desk
Discussion: AOL
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
Early Voting Dictates a New Clinton Campaign Structure
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Vicky Ward / Esquire:
Jared Kushner's Second Act
Daniel Akerson / Washington Post:
I've always voted Republican. Until now.
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jan Brewer Clarifies Clinton “Lying Killer” Remark: It Was A “Stumble Of The Tongue”
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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