Thursday's Headlines: Darkness, fear grip Aleppo as stepped-up bombing increases horrors of war

Congress thwarts Obama on 9/11 lawsuits against Saudi Arabia; Awkward questions for Clinton as Trump campaign airs husband's infidelities; Donald Trump’s weight problem: He can't stop talking about ‘fat’ people;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Karam Al-Masri / AFP/Getty Images Darkness, fear grip Aleppo as stepped-up bombing increases horrors of war The rebel-held portion of the Syrian city had gotten used to airstrikes over the years, but it hadn't seen anything like the past week, when a massive increase in bombing swamped hospitals and overwhelmed rescuers — and left no escape. By Liz Sly and Louisa Loveluck  •  Read more » Congress thwarts Obama on 9/11 lawsuits against Saudi Arabia In a sharp setback for the Saudi government, the first veto override of Obama's presidency clears the way for families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file claims against Saudi Arabia over the kingdom's long-rumored but unproven links to the attackers. By Juliet Eilperin and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Awkward questions for Clinton as Trump campaign airs husband's infidelities Hillary Clinton's detractors say that over the years she has unfairly lashed out at women involved in her husband's indiscretions. Her responses have forced her to walk a fine line during the campaign, even as she builds strong political support among female voters. By Shawn Boburg  •  Read more »   Donald Trump’s weight problem: He can't stop talking about ‘fat’ people Trump's comments about weight, along with a long line of other incendiary comments about women, present another serious challenge for him in attracting female voters in November. By Katie Zezima and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Donald Trump's rise reflects American conservatism's decay By George F. Will  •  Read more »   Steve Case: Why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton By Steve Case  •  Read more »   Republicans want to tame Trump, but he may be their doom By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Trump is unfit, unserious and unprepared on national security By Michael Vickers and Michael Morell  •  Read more »   Putin is making a mistake in Syria — and Russia will pay the price By Philip Gordon  •  Read more »   The Greatest Generation's rebuke of Trump By Dana Milbank  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   France and Britain begin building a border wall intended to impede migrants Construction of the roughly mile-long concrete barrier is designed to separate a sprawling camp of more than 7,000 migrants from the tunnels that offer passage to Britain. By James McAuley and Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more » Obama faces tough questions from military and veterans They challenged him, often aggressively, during a CNN town hall Wednesday. By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more » Scientists confirm a key new source of greenhouse gases: Man-made reservoirs Researchers say dammed reservoirs may be contributing as much as a billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year or 1.3 percent of the global total. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » Michelle Obama tears into Donald Trump The first lady described the GOP nominee's birther campaign against her husband this way: "Hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately designed to undermine his presidency, questions that cannot be blamed on others or swept under the rug by an insincere sentence uttered at a press conference." By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » Gary Johnson has another 'Aleppo moment' when asked to name his favorite foreign leader The Libertarian nominee for president, who had been pilloried for blanking on the relevance of the Syrian city in another MSNBC interview, whiffed his way through an even easier foreign policy question. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Trump's defense of not paying taxes is remarkable During an appearance on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly last night, Donald Trump didn't say whether he has paid income taxes over the past several decades. But he did say that someone who avoids paying them is what the country needs. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » What they said, what they meant Sign up to have The Fix's Aaron Blake text you the highlights of each debate as it unfolds. Read more » The raging debate over the American sailor who refused to salute during the national anthem "I feel like a hypocrite singing about the 'land of the free' when I know that only applies to some Americans," Petty Officer 2nd Class Janaye Ervin wrote on Facebook. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more » Government shutdown is averted after Congress passes spending bill The bill extends current government funding levels until early December, giving appropriators time to negotiate 2017 spending measures. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » Critics say Wells Fargo CEO should forfeit more than $41 million after sales scandal Wells Fargo's move to strip John Stumpf of millions in compensation did little to temper criticism, as he'll still have more than $100 million in company stock and millions in salary he earned as his bank was setting up millions of unauthorized accounts customers didn't ask for. By Renae Merle  •  Read more » Memo to Obama aides: Don’t prank Trump or Clinton on your way out Did you know Al Gore accidentally took a bust of Abraham Lincoln home, only to return it after Dick Cheney made a fuss? Now you do. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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