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Trump Wrongly Attributes 'Newsweek' Benghazi Quote To Clinton Aide

7:43am October 12, 2016

A Russian propaganda site misquoted Newsweek author Kurt Eichenwald and then attributed the misquote to Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal. Eichenwald tells Steve Inskeep that Trump used the misquote.

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National

Comcast Fined $2.3 Million For Improperly Charging Customers

7:33pm October 11, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Federal regulators say Comcast charged customers for gear and services they didn't order. Officials say the fine is the largest civil penalty assessed against a cable operator.

Politics & Government

NBC Suspends Billy Bush For His Role On Trump Video

7:59am October 10, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The release of an 11-year-old Donald Trump video has sent reverberations throughout the media, and raised many questions about how news organizations should cover the GOP presidential candidate.

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'The Atlantic' Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

5:40pm October 05, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to The Atlantic Editor Scott Stossel about the magazine's endorsement of Clinton. This is the magazine's third endorsement of a presidential candidate since its founding.

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Politics & Government

How Trump's Candidacy Has Divided Conservative Media

1:41pm October 03, 2016

"There has never been a Republican nominee who has split the party and its media personalities" in the way that Donald Trump has, says New York Times reporter Robert Draper.

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Pedestrians walk by the outside of The New York Times Building in June.

Politics & Government

Donald Trump, Those Taxes And 'The New York Times'

1:36pm October 03, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The Times' story revealing Trump's huge losses two decades ago relies on documents sent anonymously to the newspaper. No criminality by Trump was alleged, but critics of the Times say it broke laws.

AP: 'Apprentice' Staff, Contestants Say Trump Demeaned Them

6:26am October 03, 2016

Associated Press investigative reporter Garance Burke talks with Renee Montagne about what more than 20 insiders from the reality TV show described as inappropriate behavior by Donald Trump.

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The Voice Of Vin Scully: LA Dodgers Announcer Calls His Final Game

8:57am October 02, 2016

by Ben Bergman

The broadcaster will call his last baseball game today, capping a 67-year career as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game is in San Francisco, against the Giants, the team's oldest rival.

After a drug bust earlier this month, police in Hartford, Conn., became ill because of the heroin and fentanyl that was seized.

#NPRreads: Two Looks At America — And One Look At America's Pastime

11:43am October 01, 2016

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading.

'Detroit News' Endorses Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson

10:24pm September 29, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ingrid Jacques of the Detroit News editorial board about the paper's endorsement of libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

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