Thursday, July 28, 2016

Thursday's Headlines: Obama: Clinton will advance U.S. ideals — ones Trump doesn’t share

Obama forgoes a valedictory-type speech and enunciates the stakes of this election; The Fix: Winners and losers ; Fact Checker: Retirement, foreign oil and more; The Fix: A Trump takedown no one else could deliver; Trump again proves he's the chaos candidate; More than 500 miles apart, Trump and Biden debate compassion; Post reporter barred, patted down at rally for Trump's running mate;
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
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Obama: Clinton will advance U.S. ideals — ones Trump doesn't share
The president said his former secretary of state was more qualified to serve as his successor and that Republican candidate Donald Trump's case for the presidency went against American ideals.
Obama forgoes a valedictory-type speech and enunciates the stakes of this election
In his speech last night, the president returned to the soaring themes he voiced in his 2004 address and asked Americans "to summon what's best in us."
 
The Fix: Winners and losers
The night featured a number of heavy hitters within the party. Here's how they fared.
 
Fact Checker: Retirement, foreign oil and more
Here's our roundup of claims made on the third day of the Democratic National Convention.
 
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The Fix: A Trump takedown no one else could deliver
The vice president started his speech by hailing Michelle Obama's Monday speech as a lock to be the best of this week's convention. And then he might very well have matched it.
 
Trump again proves he's the chaos candidate
The big story at the Democratic convention for most of Wednesday was not the Democrats, but the GOP nominee's talk about Russia.
 
More than 500 miles apart, Trump and Biden debate compassion
Trump's rally on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, where speakers focused on the theme of national security, competed for cable news airtime and provided dueling narratives on social media.
 
Post reporter barred, patted down at rally for Trump's running mate
Mike Pence's campaign expressed embarrassment and regret about the episode, which an official blamed on overzealous volunteers.
 
 
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Obama's promise of continuity we can believe in
 
At the Democratic convention, women seize their moment
 
Clinton has now made Democrats the anti-Russia party
 
Donald Trump takes us all for a ride again
 
Trump gets a well-deserved beat-down from Michael Bloomberg
 
Obama’s speech made the best case for Clinton
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Terrorist attack on French church ignites fears of religious culture wars
Of the major terrorist attacks that have rocked this country over the past year and a half, none has been perceived so strongly as an Islamic affront to the age-old idea of a Catholic France.
How the refugee crisis cost the Greeks thousands of jobs
The tourists are gone, and thousands of locals are out of work and feeling abandoned after doing so much to help war refugees. "You don't see people eating out of dumpsters yet," said one resident. "But this winter? You might."
Charges dropped against officer who killed black man carrying air rifle
A judge cited Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law when dismissing charges against sheriff's deputy Peter Peraza, who testified that Jermaine McBean refused to comply with commands to drop the authentic-looking weapon.
That time Walmart banned a T-shirt saying, 'Someday a woman will be president'
"This is a wonderful time in our history," said Ann Moliver Ruben, 91, who put the slogan on T-shirts and sold them to a Walmart store in Florida, which pulled them from the shelves in the 1990s.
McAuliffe fuels new distrust of Clinton over position on trade deal
The Virginia governor and close Clinton ally said she was likely to reverse her position and support the Trans-Pacific Partnership once in the White House.
The Fix: 6 theories for why Trump won't release his tax returns
Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort confirmed what we long suspected: The Republican nominee will not release his tax returns before the election.
Obamas choose Chicago’s Jackson Park for presidential library site
A formal announcement is expected to come out in the next several days. City officials hope the library will spur revitalization in a region beset by poverty and gun violence.
The tortured undoing of a YouTube star and her fans' quest to save her
The 19-year-old beauty vlogger specializes in glittery, achingly upbeat fashion and makeup tutorials. But lately fans have worried about her safety, saying her YouTube clips have taken a darker turn.
Scientists find new antibiotic in the human nose
A bacterium was found to produce an antibiotic capable of killing one of the most hard-to-treat pathogens, which causes deadly skin and wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia.
 
     
 
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