memeorandum: Onlooker repeatedly yells ‘Bill Clinton is a rapist’ live on Fox News (Joe Concha/The Hill)

10:40 AM ET, October 2, 2016

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Trump Tax Records Obtained by The Times Reveal He Could Have Avoided Paying Taxes for Nearly Two Decades — Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes …

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

As news of Trump's taxes broke, he goes off script at a rally in Pennsylvania — MANHEIM, Pa. — Donald Trump's campaign announced Saturday evening that the candidate would soon deliver a nine-sentence critique of comments Hillary Clinton made months ago about many of the millennials supporting her primary rival, Bernie Sanders.

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NBC News:

Analysis: Trump May Have Had the Worst Week in Presidential Campaign History — SEPT. 26: Clinton Lists Reason Why Trump Is Not Releasing Taxes 1:10 — October didn't wait 24 hours before delivering a surprise. It came in an envelope delivered to the New York Times containing portions …

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New York Times:

Pages From Donald Trump's 1995 Income Tax Records — The tax records obtained by The Times show that Donald J. Trump claimed a $916 million loss that could have allowed him to legally avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years.

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Dean Schabner / ABC News:

Donald Trump Tax Returns Reportedly Show $916 Million Loss in 1995 — Donald Trump's income tax returns from 1995 reportedly show he declared a $916 million loss, according to the New York Times, which said it received three pages from Trump's filings that year.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

What we know about Donald Trump's income tax history, by year — Late Saturday evening, the New York Times revealed a remarkable story. Last month, one of their reporters received a letter with a return address of Trump Tower. Inside, tax documents from the mid-1990s …

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

Trump wonders if Clinton is ‘crazy,’ loyal to her husband or healthy — MANHEIM, Pa. — In a rambling speech on Saturday night, Donald Trump imitated Hillary Clinton stumbling at a memorial service last month, suggested that she might be “crazy” and wondered if she is “loyal” to her husband.

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Joe Concha / The Hill:

Onlooker repeatedly yells ‘Bill Clinton is a rapist’ live on Fox News — An onlooker interrupted a Fox News live outdoors shot Saturday, repeatedly yelling “Bill Clinton — is a rapist” before being removed by security. — The incident appeared to be linked to conservative radio host Alex Jones …

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Daily Mail:

BBC sacked me for being a white man... even though I work in radio: The Now Show comic was told he was being axed to make way for more women and diversity — The BBC was at the centre of a damaging diversity row last night after one of its top radio stars was sacked for being ‘white and male’.

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Trump imitates Clinton stumbling at 9/11 memorial — for stumbling during a 9/11 memorial event last month, imitating her fall that doctors chalked up to dehydration. — It's a personal attack Republicans have warned Trump to avoid. But while he has refused to engage on the issue …

Wendi Lane / KMPH:

Fresno veteran says terrorist crashed into him at 100 mph — A Fresno man believes he was the victim of a terrorist attack, right here on the roadways in California. — Now, he wants the guy who he says attacked him off the streets so he doesn't hurt anyone else.

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump has a challenge with white women: ‘You just want to smack him’ — NASHUA, N.H. — With just five weeks of campaigning left, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are scrambling to win over female voters in America's suburbs as well-educated white women have emerged as perhaps …

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

If Trump thinks debate prep is for chumps, his advisers can't save him from himself — Donald Trump has one week to prepare for his next debate with Hillary Clinton. It is a critical event for him. Yet everything he's done before and after the first debate sends a loud, clear message: He seems to think debate prep is for chumps.

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