Evening Edition: Stark reality of low expectations awaits the next president

Can an anti-Trump surge of voters sway Texas?; Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment; The electoral map is definitely moving in Trump's direction; Clinton holds narrow edge in Post-ABC News Tracking Poll; Jury finds Rolling Stone magazine liable for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story; Does ‘Bridgegate’ closure spell the beginning of the end for N.J.’s Christie?; 3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base; 2 NYC police sergeants shot in gunbattle with robbery suspect; What time will this election finally be over?; The Fix: Are voters more undecided now than they were four years ago?; At Trump rally, former N.H. governor jokes about the Clintons’ sex life; A teacher punched a second-grader in the face because she was ‘tired of him,’ police say; HBO cancels Bill Simmons’s show after just one season; Synthetic opioid nicknamed ‘pink’ blamed for deaths of two 13-year-old Utah boys; Is a new D.C. restaurant worth $185 (before drinks, tax or tip)?; The psychological trick that makes it harder to pay off your credit cards;   The day's most important stories   Stark reality of low expectations awaits the next president With the end of an ugly contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump drawing near, voter frustrations underscore a stark reality confronting the winner: Much of the country will have very low expectations for what the next president might accomplish. By John Wagner  •  Read more » Can an anti-Trump surge of voters sway Texas? Texas is still expected to go Republican this year, as it has in every presidential election since 1980. But Democrats have watched a turnout surge wash over the state's most urban, least white areas. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment "It was a mistake," said Fox News anchor Bret Baier, who also retracted the report that the candidate was hacked by foreign spies. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   The electoral map is definitely moving in Trump's direction The last week has been a tough one for Hillary Clinton. As national polling tightens, we at The Fix are making three changes in our electoral-map ratings — all of which favor Trump. By Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Clinton holds narrow edge in Post-ABC News Tracking Poll Donald Trump has a nine-point lead on addressing government corruption, but Hillary Clinton runs even or better on issues such as the economy and immigration. By Scott Clement and Emily Guskin  •  Read more »   Jury finds Rolling Stone magazine liable for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story Jurors determined that Nicole Eramo was defamed in a now-discredited account of a campus gang rape published in 2014 by Rolling Stone magazine. Eramo is seeking $7.5 million, though jurors haven't yet considered monetary damages. By T. Rees Shapiro  •  Read more »   Does ‘Bridgegate’ closure spell the beginning of the end for N.J.’s Christie? The governor wasn't on trial in the case involving an epic traffic jam that prosecutors called political revenge. But Chris Christie's legacy is definitely tarnished by association. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   3 U.S. military trainers killed in gunfire by security units at Jordan base A Jordanian military official said the trainers were fatally shot by security forces when their vehicle failed to stop at the gate of a military base. By Taylor Luck and Brian Murphy  •  Read more »   2 NYC police sergeants shot in gunbattle with robbery suspect The police department said the suspect was killed in the exchange of gunfire in the Bronx. By Associated Press  •  Read more » What time will this election finally be over? We look at past presidential campaigns to see when definitive calls start being made on who won. (Hint: It's not going to be at 9 p.m.) By Dan Zak  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Fix: Are voters more undecided now than they were four years ago? Don't underestimate the effect of third-party candidates this year. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   At Trump rally, former N.H. governor jokes about the Clintons’ sex life "Do you think that Bill was referring to Hillary when he said: 'I did not have sex with that woman'?" former governor John H. Sununu said. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   A teacher punched a second-grader in the face because she was ‘tired of him,’ police say Surveillance footage from the Houston school shows the woman grabbing the boy's hand when he tried to move away from her, leading to a struggle as they continued down the hallway. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   HBO cancels Bill Simmons’s show after just one season The network said it was a mutual decision to halt production of "Any Given Wednesday"after just 17 episodes. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Read more »   Synthetic opioid nicknamed ‘pink’ blamed for deaths of two 13-year-old Utah boys "It's causing psychotic disorders like we've never seen before," one rehabilitation expert said. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Is a new D.C. restaurant worth $185 (before drinks, tax or tip)? "Top Chef" finalist Kwame Onwuachi's long-awaited Shaw Bijou is ambitious. Food fanciers might not blink at the price tag, but the chef doesn't have a long track record. And the high-end concept could leave diners feeling like they just had extended hors d'oeuvres rather than a filling meal. By Tom Sietsema | Photos by Dixie D. Vereen  •  Read more »   The psychological trick that makes it harder to pay off your credit cards Too many Americans have a broken understanding of what the minimum payment on their credit card means and what purpose it serves. By Jeff Guo  •  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. 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