Evening Edition: Middle-class incomes grew faster in 2015 than any year in modern history, new data show

Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class; Clinton wanted to 'power through' with pneumonia, setting off problems; Marine drill instructor connected to recruit’s death accused of ordering other Muslim recruit into dryer; How White House women are forcing their way into the 'boys club'; Defense and intelligence officials want Obama to split cyberwar command from NSA; Impeachment showdown begins as House conservatives take aim at IRS commissioner; Meet Donald Trump's 'basket of deplorables'; The Fix: Trump campaign manager's very combative interview, annotated; Donald J. Trump Foundation is Trump's money, his campaign manager says. It isn’t.; Poll: Clinton leads Trump among Hispanics, but not by as much as you might think; Canada approves prescription heroin for the treatment of the severely addicted; Wells Fargo fired 5,300 workers for an improper sales push. The executive in charge is retiring with $125 million.; Russian scientists are besieged by polar bears at a remote Arctic post; Astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses aliens, the Arctic and why he wrote a book about his fear of the dark as a child; U.S. News college rankings: Princeton tops list for sixth straight year;   The day's most important stories   Middle-class incomes grew faster in 2015 than any year in modern history, new data show The incomes of typical Americans rose by 5.2 percent in 2015, the first significant boost to middle-class pay since the end of the Great Recession, the Census Bureau reported. In addition, the poverty rate fell 1.2 percent. By Jim Tankersley  •  Read more » Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class "This guy who spent 70 years on this Earth showing no concern for working people," the president said during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia. By Anne Gearan and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Clinton wanted to 'power through' with pneumonia, setting off problems The Democratic nominee's decision to not widely disclose her illness and ignore her doctor's advice to get rest set in motion perhaps the most damaging cascade of events for her campaign. By Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Marine drill instructor connected to recruit’s death accused of ordering other Muslim recruit into dryer The Marine said he was kept in the dryer long enough that his neck and arm started to burn, according to documents that describe the abuse at the Marine training center at Parris Island, S.C. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How White House women are forcing their way into the 'boys club' For decades, women have struggled to crack the code of power in the White House, where grueling hours, hyper-aggressive colleagues and lack of access to the boss have proven challenging in both parties. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Defense and intelligence officials want Obama to split cyberwar command from NSA Some say the job of running both organizations is too big for one leader and that the electronic espionage and cyberwarfare missions are fundamentally different and shouldn't compete to use the same networks. By Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   Impeachment showdown begins as House conservatives take aim at IRS commissioner The vote on John Koskinen, expected by Thursday, has pitted hard-right conservatives against not only Democrats but also Republicans wary of a partisan battle. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Meet Donald Trump's 'basket of deplorables' Supporters of the GOP nominee shrug off the label Hillary Clinton gave them: "And we're the ones that are intolerant?" By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump campaign manager's very combative interview, annotated Annotating Kellyanne Conway. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   Donald J. Trump Foundation is Trump's money, his campaign manager says. It isn’t. Conway's appearance was one of several recent attempts by the Trump campaign to rebut criticism of Trump's past giving. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Poll: Clinton leads Trump among Hispanics, but not by as much as you might think There may also be concern for Democrats in four key U.S. Senate races, a new poll finds. By Ed O'Keefe and Scott Clement  •  Read more »   Canada approves prescription heroin for the treatment of the severely addicted The move is aimed at patients who have not responded to more conventional therapies. It also reverses the policies of the previous government, taking a less draconian approach to fighting addiction and drug abuse. By Alan Freeman  •  Read more »   Wells Fargo fired 5,300 workers for an improper sales push. The executive in charge is retiring with $125 million. The record fines being levied against the company for setting up fake accounts customers didn't ask for look puny compared to pay packages of the bank's top executives. By Renae Merle  •  Read more »   Russian scientists are besieged by polar bears at a remote Arctic post The five researchers say they have run out of the flares they use to scare the bears away and that they have lost at least one of their dogs to the beasts. It may take as long as a month for help to reach them. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   Astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses aliens, the Arctic and why he wrote a book about his fear of the dark as a child During his Facebook Live chat, Hadfield also described what it was like to have David Bowie congratulate him for music he had composed. By Rachel Feltman  •  Read more »   U.S. News college rankings: Princeton tops list for sixth straight year The stability of the rankings, the most prominent in the field, is no surprise, given how they are built. 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