Clinton warns supporters against overconfidence as Trump focuses on tight race in Ohio; Md. Democrats clash over who should battle Republican Gov. Larry Hogan; The next national monuments? Obama administration officials visit iconic civil rights sites in Alabama.; Alaska lawyer says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report; Congressman to Cub Scout: I’m for Trump ‘no matter what crazy things he says’; Still want to know more about Bernie? Three books are on their way.; Trump’s plan for a comeback includes building a ‘psychographic’ profile of every voter; Americans would take these 4 steps to fix Social Security; The Daily 202: Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s struggle to survive explains why Trump may lose Arizona; How incumbency, not gerrymandering, may protect the Republican House majority; Republicans place heavy bet on super PAC cash to hold Senate majority;
 
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Cable giant Comcast names new regulatory point person in Washington
Beth Choroser takes over at a time when regulators are looking more closely at Internet providers' privacy protections for customers.
Clinton warns supporters against overconfidence as Trump focuses on tight race in Ohio
Hillary Clinton on Thursday campaigned for the first time alongside Michelle Obama, probably the Democrats’ most powerful and effective voice in opposition to Trump.
 
Md. Democrats clash over who should battle Republican Gov. Larry Hogan
Democratic leaders say their job is to legislate. Younger progressives, itching to dent Hogan’s popularity, say they fear losing seats.
 
The next national monuments? Obama administration officials visit iconic civil rights sites in Alabama.
Obama has already used his powers under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to honor abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Latino and farmworker activist Cesar Chavez and gay rights activists who launched the Stonewall riots.
 
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Alaska lawyer says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report
Woman posted on Facebook, saying Thomas fondled her when she was a 23-year-old Truman Foundation scholar.
 
Congressman to Cub Scout: I’m for Trump ‘no matter what crazy things he says’
Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) was pressed on his presidential vote less than a week after a recording emerged capturing Trump discussing kissing and grabbing women without their consent.
 
Still want to know more about Bernie? Three books are on their way.
The senator from Vermont, his campaign manager and his wife are each working on manuscripts, offering views of the senator's Democratic primary challenge, inside his campaign and out on the trail.
 
Trump’s plan for a comeback includes building a ‘psychographic’ profile of every voter
The Republican presidential nominee is paying millions of dollars to a firm promising a new way to target supporters.
 
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Americans would take these 4 steps to fix Social Security
If it's this easy for ordinary citizens, why is it so hard for U.S. leaders?
 
The Daily 202: Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s struggle to survive explains why Trump may lose Arizona
Trump’s biggest booster could go down with him
 
How incumbency, not gerrymandering, may protect the Republican House majority
The House GOP may survive a Clinton landslide after all.
 
Republicans place heavy bet on super PAC cash to hold Senate majority
Republicans privately defend their strategy, saying they had no choice but to spend early from the NRSC's campaign coffers because they needed to bolster their candidates from Trump's headwinds.
 
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