Evening Edition: Fearing backlash, some Republicans fall back in line behind Trump

Trump has been on tape countless times. The hunt is on to track it all down.; Ex-Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants; How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can't; Hillary Clinton, Paul Ryan and the relationship that could shape Washington; Odds are long for the Democrats to win the House; Countries building walls 'to keep them over there'; N.C.'s flood disaster will last for days; Bill O'Reilly's latest Donald Trump interview is one for the ages; Four Pinocchios for Trump's claim that he won 'every poll' on the second debate; Clinton campaign chairman ties email hack to Russians, suggests Trump had early warning; What they said, what they meant; The likely leading causes of the NFL's significant TV ratings decline; Restaurant prices go up even as the cost of food goes down; Scientists find hundreds of footprints from the dawn of modern humanity; Syrian rebels appear to be jailing fleeing ISIS members; In the Smithsonian's 'whale warehouse,' relics of a lost world; A waiter spilled an entire glass of wine down my back. Should they have comped my meal?;   The day's most important stories   Fearing backlash, some Republicans fall back in line behind Trump Now that it has become clear that Donald Trump will not drop out of the presidential race, some Republicans who called on him to quit over the weekend are reversing themselves. By James Hohmann  •  Read more » Trump has been on tape countless times. The hunt is on to track it all down. In the wake of the leak of Trump's 2005 crude comments about women, the question is: Are there more? Since he's lived much of his adult life in front of microphones, the likely answer is yes. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Ex-Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants Before the locker room, there was the dressing room. By Fred Barbash  •  Read more »   How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can't The first lady, who has carefully cultivated an everywoman persona, has taken on a unique role in the 2016 campaign: If Clinton is criticized for dry delivery, Obama is all emotion and energy. By Krissah Thompson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Hillary Clinton, Paul Ryan and the relationship that could shape Washington They have crossed paths only a few times. Nonetheless, their relationship could become Washington's most important in determining whether the government functions over the next four years. By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Odds are long for the Democrats to win the House Democrats taking over the House is still in the realm of the hypothetical, but it's also not as outlandish as it may have once seemed. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Countries building walls 'to keep them over there' The world now has more borders with barriers than at any time in modern history, an increase driven by war, waves of migration and the threat of terrorism. In eight countries across three continents, a new Washington Post series examines this new age of walls through interwoven words, video and sound. By Samuel Granados, Zoeann Murphy, Kevin Schaul and Anthony Faiola  •  Read more »   N.C.'s flood disaster will last for days Swollen tributaries will flow into rivers to keep them at major flood levels until next week in some areas, the National Weather Service said. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   Bill O'Reilly's latest Donald Trump interview is one for the ages The Donald sat down with The Factor on Tuesday. And, as usual with O'Reilly and Trump, the result was magical. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   Four Pinocchios for Trump's claim that he won 'every poll' on the second debate Actually, he lost every single poll using a credible, scientific method. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   Clinton campaign chairman ties email hack to Russians, suggests Trump had early warning John Podesta said it would be "reasonable" to assume that Donald Trump's campaign knew his email was going to be released since a longtime Trump associate said he had been in contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. By John Wagner and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   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 likely leading causes of the NFL's significant TV ratings decline Blame digital platforms, the election, the absences of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and a lack of big-market superpowers.  By Mark Maske  •  Read more »   Restaurant prices go up even as the cost of food goes down Demand has flattened for restaurants as rent, labor costs and taxes have grown, pinching the industry's razor-thin margins. By Thomas Heath  •  Read more »   Scientists find hundreds of footprints from the dawn of modern humanity Researchers plan to use the site near Tanzania's "mountain of God" to learn more about social dynamics at a time when the climate was changing and humans were on the brink of settling down and learning to farm. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Syrian rebels appear to be jailing fleeing ISIS members An opposition group known for its relative moderation is reportedly holding about 300 people in a makeshift prison with Islamic law and capital punishment. By Hugh Naylor  •  Read more »   In the Smithsonian's 'whale warehouse,' relics of a lost world How 20th-century whaling turned the abundance of the Antarctic into a killing field — and the National Museum of Natural History warehouse into "a collection that cannot be made again." By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   A waiter spilled an entire glass of wine down my back. Should they have comped my meal? Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves. By Tom Sietsema  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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