Wednesday's Headlines: Trump declares war on GOP, says 'shackles have been taken off'

Clinton campaign chairman ties email hack to Russians, says Trump may have had advance notice of leak; 2016 electoral map is rapidly slipping away from Trump; 'Today' show co-host Billy Bush and NBC are working on separation agreement; Ex-Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants; The Fix: Donald Trump is blowing up the Republican Party; Congressman apologizes after getting tripped up on Trump rape question; 'I had a plan. Now I have no plan at all.';   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump declares war on GOP, says ‘shackles have been taken off’ In a blizzard of tweets one month before the election, Donald Trump lashed out at party leaders, calling House Speaker Paul Ryan "weak and ineffective" and "disloyal" after Ryan said he would no longer campaign for Trump. By Sean Sullivan, Robert Costa and Dan Balz  •  Read more » Clinton campaign chairman ties email hack to Russians, says Trump may have had advance notice of leak 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 »   2016 electoral map is rapidly slipping away from Trump Donald Trump's path to 270 votes is so narrow you almost can't see it anymore. By Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   'Today' show co-host Billy Bush and NBC are working on separation agreement Bush egged on Trump in the 2005 video published by The Post on Friday that captured Trump on a hot microphone making lewd comments about women and talking about groping them. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Ex-Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants Before the locker room, the dressing room. By Fred Barbash  •  Read more »   The Fix: Donald Trump is blowing up the Republican Party This is an utter disaster for Republicans. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   Congressman apologizes after getting tripped up on Trump rape question Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) quickly walked back what he said on MSNBC. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   'I had a plan. Now I have no plan at all.' Officials in a corridor of North Carolina farmland and struggling post-manufacturing towns along Interstate 95 are bracing for a protracted recovery where displaced people will go months or longer without permanent homes. By Chico Harlan and Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   Opinions   Donald Trump is four centuries too late By Garrison Keillor  •  Read more »   Donald Trump is one more bullyboy in a world of strongmen By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   Who's worse: Donald Trump or Bill Clinton? By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   The last thing Europe needs right now is an army By Judy Dempsey  •  Read more »   Donald Trump's strategy for minority Americans? Don't let them vote. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The perfect escape from the insanity of our politics: Meet Franklin Sirmans. By Jonathan Capehart  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Battle to banish Islamic State from Mosul could become a mess The battle for Iraq's third-largest city will be the biggest yet by Iraqi forces, who are backed by the U.S.-led coalition. But bitter rivalries and competing interests threaten to delay or complicate the fight. By Loveday Morris  •  Read more » Unarmed black man fatally shot by Tulsa officer had PCP in his system, autopsy says Officer Betty Shelby has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher, who was shot last month as he stood by his stalled SUV. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more » Comcast is being punished for charging customers for channels they didn’t want The $2.3 million fine is one of the biggest civil penalties ever levied on a cable company. By Brian Fung  •  Read more » Mark Burnett made Donald Trump a TV star. Now the world wants to see his unaired tapes. The "Apprentice" producer's reluctance to hunt for footage that could blow up the election isn't surprising. By Emily Yahr  •  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 » A 3-year-old was beaten to death. Officials knew she was abused and ignored it, a lawsuit says. Athena Angeles was abused by her mother's live-in boyfriend. Now, nearly five years after her death, her father has been allowed to sue state officials. By Kristine Guerra  •  Read more » Four Pinocchios for Obama's claim about firings at Veterans Affairs The Obama administration seems set on misleading the public about the number of people held accountable for the wait-time scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  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. 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. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071