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Clinton, Trump, Cuba: Your Friday Evening Briefing Clinton, Trump, Cuba: Your Friday Evening Briefing
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Good evening. Here’s the latest.Good evening. Here’s the latest.
1. Major G.O.P. donors are warning the Republican National Committee to cut off Donald Trump or risk lasting damage to the party’s image. In the House, some Republicans are gauging how Mr. Trump’s problems could affect them.1. Major G.O.P. donors are warning the Republican National Committee to cut off Donald Trump or risk lasting damage to the party’s image. In the House, some Republicans are gauging how Mr. Trump’s problems could affect them.
Our election podcast The Run-Up goes behind the story of the two women who told us that Mr. Trump touched them inappropriately. Mr. Trump calls his accusers liars.Our election podcast The Run-Up goes behind the story of the two women who told us that Mr. Trump touched them inappropriately. Mr. Trump calls his accusers liars.
President Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton in Ohio. On Thursday night, Mr. Obama called the Republican situation a “swamp of crazy.”President Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton in Ohio. On Thursday night, Mr. Obama called the Republican situation a “swamp of crazy.”
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2. Cholera is stalking Haiti’s southern peninsula in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.2. Cholera is stalking Haiti’s southern peninsula in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
The disease has killed 10,000 people since 2010, when scientists say it was introduced by U.N. peacekeepers after the earthquake. Now it is ravaging remote areas where clean water was already hard to find before the storm.The disease has killed 10,000 people since 2010, when scientists say it was introduced by U.N. peacekeepers after the earthquake. Now it is ravaging remote areas where clean water was already hard to find before the storm.
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3. The Justice Department announced it would track the use of force by the police across the U.S.3. The Justice Department announced it would track the use of force by the police across the U.S.
It’s an effort to fill what officials say is a huge void in official data. (The most comprehensive records on police shootings have come from databases built by news organizations.)It’s an effort to fill what officials say is a huge void in official data. (The most comprehensive records on police shootings have come from databases built by news organizations.)
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4. President Obama issued a sweeping directive on Cuba and loosened many trade restrictions. The move formalizes the changes announced two years ago — and sidesteps Congress, where Mr. Obama’s call to lift the embargo faced opposition.4. President Obama issued a sweeping directive on Cuba and loosened many trade restrictions. The move formalizes the changes announced two years ago — and sidesteps Congress, where Mr. Obama’s call to lift the embargo faced opposition.
Among the changes? You can now bring unlimited Cuban rum and cigars back to the U.S. for personal consumption.Among the changes? You can now bring unlimited Cuban rum and cigars back to the U.S. for personal consumption.
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5. Rates for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are going up. That’s because not enough young, healthy people have signed up for the insurance markets it created.5. Rates for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are going up. That’s because not enough young, healthy people have signed up for the insurance markets it created.
The Obama administration is planning greater outreach to younger Americans during the next enrollment period, which starts on Nov. 1.The Obama administration is planning greater outreach to younger Americans during the next enrollment period, which starts on Nov. 1.
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6. In Aleppo, Syria, a drone video reveals destruction so complete that our architecture critic says it obliterates even a sense of time.6. In Aleppo, Syria, a drone video reveals destruction so complete that our architecture critic says it obliterates even a sense of time.
“At a glance,” he writes, “the video could show Berlin in 1945 or Grozny, 2000. Mass death erases all distinctions.”“At a glance,” he writes, “the video could show Berlin in 1945 or Grozny, 2000. Mass death erases all distinctions.”
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7. Bob Dylan, the latest Nobel Prize winner, spent his formative years as a performer in New York, a city he had a complicated, fertile romance with.7. Bob Dylan, the latest Nobel Prize winner, spent his formative years as a performer in New York, a city he had a complicated, fertile romance with.
We conjure what his life in Greenwich Village was like after he arrived in 1961 as a cherubic but determined 19-year-old.We conjure what his life in Greenwich Village was like after he arrived in 1961 as a cherubic but determined 19-year-old.
And if you want to learn more, a Harvard professor is teaching a whole class on Mr. Dylan.And if you want to learn more, a Harvard professor is teaching a whole class on Mr. Dylan.
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8. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a flop when it was first released in 1975, but went on to become a cult hit at midnight showings.8. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a flop when it was first released in 1975, but went on to become a cult hit at midnight showings.
And 41 years later, Laverne Cox is starring in a coming remake as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the cross-dressing pansexual alien scientist.And 41 years later, Laverne Cox is starring in a coming remake as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the cross-dressing pansexual alien scientist.
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9. For your weekend planning: “Kevin Hart: What Now?” is in theaters, and our critic said most of it was pretty-to-very funny, while also acknowledging that the comedian is basically “critic-proof.”9. For your weekend planning: “Kevin Hart: What Now?” is in theaters, and our critic said most of it was pretty-to-very funny, while also acknowledging that the comedian is basically “critic-proof.”
Our small-screen experts recommend the comedian Kyle Kinane, the British show “The Durrells in Corfu” and the new Amazon series “Goliath.” Our small-screen experts recommend the comedian Kyle Kinane, the British show “The Durrells in Corfu” and the movie “Carol,” above, which is streaming on Showtime.
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10. Finally, Part II of our discussion about eating fish. On Thursday we noted that eating fish is good for you. But a reader asked about the levels of mercury. Good point.10. Finally, Part II of our discussion about eating fish. On Thursday we noted that eating fish is good for you. But a reader asked about the levels of mercury. Good point.
Mercury can be harmful for pregnant women and small children, but experts say fish remains preferable to red meat. And you can avoid mercury by skipping varieties that accumulate high levels of it: shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish.Mercury can be harmful for pregnant women and small children, but experts say fish remains preferable to red meat. And you can avoid mercury by skipping varieties that accumulate high levels of it: shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish.
Have a carefree weekend.Have a carefree weekend.
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