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| Clinton and Trump to release medical information – live | Clinton and Trump to release medical information – live |
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| Hillary Clinton tweets about her pneumonia | |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has tweeted about her pneumonia, describing herself as “home sick from work” and eager to rejoin Tim Kaine on the campaign trail: | |
| Thanks to everyone who’s reached out with well wishes! I’m feeling fine and getting better. -H | |
| Like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, I’m just anxious to get back out there. See you on the trail soon. -H | |
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| Conservative #NeverTrump opinion-fomenter Erick Erickson has narrowed his choice down to two: | Conservative #NeverTrump opinion-fomenter Erick Erickson has narrowed his choice down to two: |
| In the presidential race, who should I vote for? | In the presidential race, who should I vote for? |
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| The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs have more on the Clinton campaign regretting not telling the truth after initially claiming Hillary Clinton’s incident at the 9/11 memorial was due to “overheating”: | The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs have more on the Clinton campaign regretting not telling the truth after initially claiming Hillary Clinton’s incident at the 9/11 memorial was due to “overheating”: |
| Hillary Clinton’s campaign has acknowledged mishandling news of her pneumonia, as Donald Trump sought to capitalize on growing questions over his opponent’s trustworthiness at a critical moment in their race for the White House. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign has acknowledged mishandling news of her pneumonia, as Donald Trump sought to capitalize on growing questions over his opponent’s trustworthiness at a critical moment in their race for the White House. |
| “We could have done better yesterday,” wrote Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on Monday, after some Democrats began questioning whether the campaign had been fully transparent in its weekend accounts of her health. | “We could have done better yesterday,” wrote Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on Monday, after some Democrats began questioning whether the campaign had been fully transparent in its weekend accounts of her health. |
| “In retrospect, we could have handled it better in providing more information. That’s on us. We regret that,” added press secretary Brian Fallon. | “In retrospect, we could have handled it better in providing more information. That’s on us. We regret that,” added press secretary Brian Fallon. |
| Clinton was filmed losing her footing and being assisted into a waiting van after leaving early from a memorial for 9/11 victims in New York on Sunday. | Clinton was filmed losing her footing and being assisted into a waiting van after leaving early from a memorial for 9/11 victims in New York on Sunday. |
| Initially, campaign aides said she had “overheated”, though Clinton later insisted “I’m feeling great, it’s a beautiful day in New York,” after she left her daughter’s apartment, where she was taken to rest. | Initially, campaign aides said she had “overheated”, though Clinton later insisted “I’m feeling great, it’s a beautiful day in New York,” after she left her daughter’s apartment, where she was taken to rest. |
| But once the video footage emerged – which appeared to support eyewitness accounts of a more serious incident – the campaign issued a short statement from a doctor revealing she was being treated for pneumonia. | But once the video footage emerged – which appeared to support eyewitness accounts of a more serious incident – the campaign issued a short statement from a doctor revealing she was being treated for pneumonia. |
| Clinton had been diagnosed on Friday but the condition went undisclosed despite the campaign chastising reporters who had questioned bouts of coughing at recent public events. | Clinton had been diagnosed on Friday but the condition went undisclosed despite the campaign chastising reporters who had questioned bouts of coughing at recent public events. |
| The campaign now says Clinton will release “additional medical information” from her doctor in the next few days “to further put to rest any lingering concerns”, but insists there are “no other underlying conditions, the pneumonia is the extent of it”. | The campaign now says Clinton will release “additional medical information” from her doctor in the next few days “to further put to rest any lingering concerns”, but insists there are “no other underlying conditions, the pneumonia is the extent of it”. |
| “I expect by the middle or back end of the week she will be back out there on the campaign trail,” Fallon told MSNBC. “If it was up to her she would be travelling to California today but it was her doctor’s advice [to rest at home].” | “I expect by the middle or back end of the week she will be back out there on the campaign trail,” Fallon told MSNBC. “If it was up to her she would be travelling to California today but it was her doctor’s advice [to rest at home].” |
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| Alabama congressman has 'serious doubts' whether Hillary Clinton has pneumonia | Alabama congressman has 'serious doubts' whether Hillary Clinton has pneumonia |
| Alabama Republican congressman Gary Palmer apparently didn’t get the memo that Donald Trump’s campaign would rather keep quiet about rival Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, telling a local radio station this morning that while he does not “wish her ill,” he has “serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia”. | Alabama Republican congressman Gary Palmer apparently didn’t get the memo that Donald Trump’s campaign would rather keep quiet about rival Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, telling a local radio station this morning that while he does not “wish her ill,” he has “serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia”. |
| “I’ve got serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia,” Palmer told WAPI, an AM radio station in Alabama. “But I can’t say ... if it were pneumonia, I would’ve thought they would’ve come out and said that very early on. You know, she’s disappeared for a few days and if I’d been her adviser, I would’ve said, ‘You need to get out there and let people know what’s wrong with you, get treatment, get a few days’ rest, get back on your feet.’” | “I’ve got serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia,” Palmer told WAPI, an AM radio station in Alabama. “But I can’t say ... if it were pneumonia, I would’ve thought they would’ve come out and said that very early on. You know, she’s disappeared for a few days and if I’d been her adviser, I would’ve said, ‘You need to get out there and let people know what’s wrong with you, get treatment, get a few days’ rest, get back on your feet.’” |
| Referring to a coughing fit that became fodder for internet conspiracy theories that she was secretly suffering from an unnamed illness, Palmer told WAPI that he believes she has suffered from some respiratory ailment since the Benghazi hearings. | Referring to a coughing fit that became fodder for internet conspiracy theories that she was secretly suffering from an unnamed illness, Palmer told WAPI that he believes she has suffered from some respiratory ailment since the Benghazi hearings. |
| “I sat in the Benghazi hearing for three hours, and she sat there and coughed her way through that,” Palmer continued. “Uou know, again, you just look at the pattern and it just begs the question, are we being lied to again?” | “I sat in the Benghazi hearing for three hours, and she sat there and coughed her way through that,” Palmer continued. “Uou know, again, you just look at the pattern and it just begs the question, are we being lied to again?” |
| Although the Clinton campaign has pledged to release more health records to prove that the former secretary of state is in perfect health - minus the pneumonia - Palmer believes that she suffers from another syndrome: | Although the Clinton campaign has pledged to release more health records to prove that the former secretary of state is in perfect health - minus the pneumonia - Palmer believes that she suffers from another syndrome: |
| “If lying were a disease, she’d be terminal.” | “If lying were a disease, she’d be terminal.” |
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| Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made a pit-stop at Washington, DC’s most popular gay nightclub on Saturday for a quick half-hour fundraiser, according to US News & World Report: | Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made a pit-stop at Washington, DC’s most popular gay nightclub on Saturday for a quick half-hour fundraiser, according to US News & World Report: |
| . @timkaine did a fundraiser at Town in DC Saturday. No word if there was a foam party. pic.twitter.com/3GKIGfcfPg | . @timkaine did a fundraiser at Town in DC Saturday. No word if there was a foam party. pic.twitter.com/3GKIGfcfPg |
| The fundraiser, held in the early evening hours at Town Danceboutique, cost $45 to $1,000 to attend, $2,500 to host, and if memory serves us, two dollars for gelatin shots. | The fundraiser, held in the early evening hours at Town Danceboutique, cost $45 to $1,000 to attend, $2,500 to host, and if memory serves us, two dollars for gelatin shots. |
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| Vice president Joe Biden has some advice for Clinton: follow the advice of your doctor. | Vice president Joe Biden has some advice for Clinton: follow the advice of your doctor. |
| "They shud have listened to the doctors for God's sake." @vp on @HillaryClinton health issues pic.twitter.com/5zFDwf2Qs8 | "They shud have listened to the doctors for God's sake." @vp on @HillaryClinton health issues pic.twitter.com/5zFDwf2Qs8 |
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| I’ll trade you this pacifier for those glasses. | I’ll trade you this pacifier for those glasses. |
| Met a new pal on the trail this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/q6Yzp2d5oq | Met a new pal on the trail this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/q6Yzp2d5oq |
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| Red state or blue, conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican, rich or rich, long history of racist discrimination or... not, everyone can agree, tennis unites us. | Red state or blue, conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican, rich or rich, long history of racist discrimination or... not, everyone can agree, tennis unites us. |
| A photo of Clinton megadonor David Geffen hanging at US Open with Ivanka and Jared Kushner https://t.co/2fNiO5K9iL pic.twitter.com/iZaeVxu3zz | A photo of Clinton megadonor David Geffen hanging at US Open with Ivanka and Jared Kushner https://t.co/2fNiO5K9iL pic.twitter.com/iZaeVxu3zz |
| such outsider, very change https://t.co/otFbpZqZdH | such outsider, very change https://t.co/otFbpZqZdH |
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| Trump proposes 'debate with no moderators' | Trump proposes 'debate with no moderators' |
| Here’s a Donald Trump suggestion from a phone interviewer this morning that we don’t want to let go uncontemplated: Trump has suggested that – because he sees it as inevitable that the debates will be unfair for him– he and Clinton conduct an unmoderated debate: | Here’s a Donald Trump suggestion from a phone interviewer this morning that we don’t want to let go uncontemplated: Trump has suggested that – because he sees it as inevitable that the debates will be unfair for him– he and Clinton conduct an unmoderated debate: |
| The fact is that they’re gaming the system, and I think, maybe, we should have no moderator. Let Hillary and I sit there and just debate because I think the system is being rigged so it’s gonna be a very unfair debate, and I can see it happening right now because everyone’s saying that he was soft on Trump. Well now the new person’s gonna try to be really hard on Trump just to show, you know, the establishment what he can do. So I think it’s very unfair what they’re doing. So I think we should have a debate with no moderators — just Hillary and I sitting there talking.” | The fact is that they’re gaming the system, and I think, maybe, we should have no moderator. Let Hillary and I sit there and just debate because I think the system is being rigged so it’s gonna be a very unfair debate, and I can see it happening right now because everyone’s saying that he was soft on Trump. Well now the new person’s gonna try to be really hard on Trump just to show, you know, the establishment what he can do. So I think it’s very unfair what they’re doing. So I think we should have a debate with no moderators — just Hillary and I sitting there talking.” |
| We kind of like the idea. What do you think? | We kind of like the idea. What do you think? |
| The first debate, on 26 September, will be moderated by NBC News’ Lester Holt. The commission on presidential debates announced the moderators at the start of the month. You can read about them here: | The first debate, on 26 September, will be moderated by NBC News’ Lester Holt. The commission on presidential debates announced the moderators at the start of the month. You can read about them here: |
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| We’ve noticed that some readers are revisiting our news coverage from 2010 when America’s top commander, General David Petraeus, fainted during a congressional hearing as he was being grilled by senators sceptical about US strategy in Afghanistan. | We’ve noticed that some readers are revisiting our news coverage from 2010 when America’s top commander, General David Petraeus, fainted during a congressional hearing as he was being grilled by senators sceptical about US strategy in Afghanistan. |
| Here’s the top of Ewen MacAskill’s report at the time: | Here’s the top of Ewen MacAskill’s report at the time: |
| His collapse came about an hour into the hearing as a Republican senator, John McCain, questioned him about recent setbacks. McCain stopped mid-sentence, his face frozen, as Petraeus slumped forward from his seat on to the witness table. | His collapse came about an hour into the hearing as a Republican senator, John McCain, questioned him about recent setbacks. McCain stopped mid-sentence, his face frozen, as Petraeus slumped forward from his seat on to the witness table. |
| The hearing was suspended as Petraeus, looking dazed, was led out by army colleagues. He returned 20 minutes later, blaming not McCain’s questions but dehydration. | The hearing was suspended as Petraeus, looking dazed, was led out by army colleagues. He returned 20 minutes later, blaming not McCain’s questions but dehydration. |
| He told the senators he wanted to continue but the chairman of the Senate armed services committee, Carl Levin, overruled him, and postponed the hearing until tomorrow morning. | He told the senators he wanted to continue but the chairman of the Senate armed services committee, Carl Levin, overruled him, and postponed the hearing until tomorrow morning. |
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| Jonathan Freedland | Jonathan Freedland |
| Twenty years ago, almost to the week, Bob Dole, then the Republican nominee for president, slipped and fell off a stage, recalls the Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland in a new opinion piece: | Twenty years ago, almost to the week, Bob Dole, then the Republican nominee for president, slipped and fell off a stage, recalls the Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland in a new opinion piece: |
| He was 73, and his aides moved fast to put a positive spin on the tumble: if he can fall down and get right back up again, that proves he’s fit enough for the White House! | He was 73, and his aides moved fast to put a positive spin on the tumble: if he can fall down and get right back up again, that proves he’s fit enough for the White House! |
| But that’s not how most people saw it. Earlier that same day Dole had offered congratulations to the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team that had not existed for four decades. (They became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958.) By nightfall TV comedians were renaming the candidate Bob Old. His campaign never recovered. | But that’s not how most people saw it. Earlier that same day Dole had offered congratulations to the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team that had not existed for four decades. (They became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958.) By nightfall TV comedians were renaming the candidate Bob Old. His campaign never recovered. |
| This is the precedent that will currently be terrifying the Hillary Clinton team, as they watch the endlessly replayed clip of her coming close to collapse, knees buckling as she’s helped into a car following Sunday’s 9/11 memorial events in New York. Veteran Clintonites remember that Dole moment well, for it was Bill Clinton who benefited, comfortably winning re-election less than two months later. Now they fear history is repeating itself – with Hillary on the wrong side. | This is the precedent that will currently be terrifying the Hillary Clinton team, as they watch the endlessly replayed clip of her coming close to collapse, knees buckling as she’s helped into a car following Sunday’s 9/11 memorial events in New York. Veteran Clintonites remember that Dole moment well, for it was Bill Clinton who benefited, comfortably winning re-election less than two months later. Now they fear history is repeating itself – with Hillary on the wrong side. |
| Are they right to be anxious? Could the image of a frail Hillary Clinton, coupled with the belated admission that she is suffering from pneumonia, prove devastating for her candidacy? Suddenly that is the central question of the 2016 contest – and it touches on far more than the nasty turn the candidate endured on Sunday. | Are they right to be anxious? Could the image of a frail Hillary Clinton, coupled with the belated admission that she is suffering from pneumonia, prove devastating for her candidacy? Suddenly that is the central question of the 2016 contest – and it touches on far more than the nasty turn the candidate endured on Sunday. |
| The reasons for Democrats to worry are obvious. For months, with next to no evidence, Donald Trump has been ventilating the claim, long nurtured among rightwing conspiracists, that Clinton has a severe and secret illness. | The reasons for Democrats to worry are obvious. For months, with next to no evidence, Donald Trump has been ventilating the claim, long nurtured among rightwing conspiracists, that Clinton has a severe and secret illness. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
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| White House: health questions 'legitimate' | White House: health questions 'legitimate' |
| .@PressSec: Questions on candidates' health "legitimate," but they must "decide for themselves" how to release info https://t.co/Q3hgvV6UYa | .@PressSec: Questions on candidates' health "legitimate," but they must "decide for themselves" how to release info https://t.co/Q3hgvV6UYa |
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| Post-speech, Trump hits a diner in suburban Dundalk: | Post-speech, Trump hits a diner in suburban Dundalk: |
| Per pool, Trump is now at a diner in Dundalk as opposed to part of inner city Baltimore that he often expresses concern about | Per pool, Trump is now at a diner in Dundalk as opposed to part of inner city Baltimore that he often expresses concern about |
| Trump has just concluded a month of so-called minority outreach in which the main set piece was him saying negative things about nonwhite urban communities in front of mostly white audiences, with the refrain “what have you got to lose?” | Trump has just concluded a month of so-called minority outreach in which the main set piece was him saying negative things about nonwhite urban communities in front of mostly white audiences, with the refrain “what have you got to lose?” |
| The Washington Post points out that whomever Trump’s “minority outreach” of the last month was directed at, it did not move his numbers with nonwhite voters: | The Washington Post points out that whomever Trump’s “minority outreach” of the last month was directed at, it did not move his numbers with nonwhite voters: |
| Trump spent a month trying to undercut the impression that he has a problem with bias against women and minorities. He ostensibly reached out to the black community and flirted briefly with softening his position on immigration. But it didn’t work; his numbers with nonwhite voters got worse from August to September, while his numbers with white voters got a little better. | Trump spent a month trying to undercut the impression that he has a problem with bias against women and minorities. He ostensibly reached out to the black community and flirted briefly with softening his position on immigration. But it didn’t work; his numbers with nonwhite voters got worse from August to September, while his numbers with white voters got a little better. |
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| Clinton: 'not contagious' | Clinton: 'not contagious' |
| Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon is still on TV talking about the candidate’s pneumonia. Fallon has skipped from MSNBC to CNN. | Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon is still on TV talking about the candidate’s pneumonia. Fallon has skipped from MSNBC to CNN. |
| He tells CNN that the candidate is not contagious, AP reports: | He tells CNN that the candidate is not contagious, AP reports: |
| Fallon on CNN: "She is not contagious she's been told by her doctor." | Fallon on CNN: "She is not contagious she's been told by her doctor." |
| You know who is contagious? | You know who is contagious? |
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| Schumer diagnosed with pneumonia 'weeks ago' | Schumer diagnosed with pneumonia 'weeks ago' |
| If the Democrats take control of the senate, New York senator Chuck Schumer is in line to become majority leader. | If the Democrats take control of the senate, New York senator Chuck Schumer is in line to become majority leader. |
| But wait – Schumer was diagnosed with pneumonia “several weeks ago,” his office has announced. Unfit to serve? | But wait – Schumer was diagnosed with pneumonia “several weeks ago,” his office has announced. Unfit to serve? |
| (AP) — The No. 3 Senate Democrat is disclosing that he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Senator Chuck Schumer was diagnosed several weeks ago | (AP) — The No. 3 Senate Democrat is disclosing that he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Senator Chuck Schumer was diagnosed several weeks ago |
| In response to questions from The Associated Press, Schumer spokesman Matt House says in a statement that Schumer was diagnosed with pneumonia and took antibiotics per doctor’s order, and also kept a lighter schedule. House says, “His doctor has pronounced him all cleared up and he’s feeling much better.” | In response to questions from The Associated Press, Schumer spokesman Matt House says in a statement that Schumer was diagnosed with pneumonia and took antibiotics per doctor’s order, and also kept a lighter schedule. House says, “His doctor has pronounced him all cleared up and he’s feeling much better.” |
| Your pneumonia jokes are hilarious | Your pneumonia jokes are hilarious |
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| The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs reports they weren’t all clapping: | The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs reports they weren’t all clapping: |
| Sitting in the audience right now, it's noteworthy that none of the people of color anywhere near me are giving Trump any applause | Sitting in the audience right now, it's noteworthy that none of the people of color anywhere near me are giving Trump any applause |
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| Which line from this Trump speech is most hypocritical so far? | Which line from this Trump speech is most hypocritical so far? |
| 1 Hillary Clinton despises American voters | 1 Hillary Clinton despises American voters |
| 2 Hillary Clinton has not apologized | 2 Hillary Clinton has not apologized |
| 3 Hillary Clinton lives a “sequestered life behind gates and guards” | 3 Hillary Clinton lives a “sequestered life behind gates and guards” |
| Tell us what you think in the comments! | Tell us what you think in the comments! |
| Donald Trump - who has not apologized for a single attack he's lobbed this campaign - calls on HRC to apologize for "basket of deplorables" | Donald Trump - who has not apologized for a single attack he's lobbed this campaign - calls on HRC to apologize for "basket of deplorables" |
| "Hillary Clinton lives a sequestered life behind gates and walls and guards," says Trump, who lives in a gold-rimmed Trump Tower penthouse. | "Hillary Clinton lives a sequestered life behind gates and walls and guards," says Trump, who lives in a gold-rimmed Trump Tower penthouse. |
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