Wednesday's Headlines: Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser

Powerful NSA hacking tools mysteriously surface online; They were strangers at the starting line. They found themselves eternally linked.; Thousands of Olympic volunteers are quitting due to long hours, no food;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser Donald Trump's stunning decision effectively ended the months-long push by campaign chairman Paul Manafort to moderate the GOP's presentation and pitch for the general election. Stephen Bannon, a former banker who runs the influential conservative outlet Breitbart News and is known for his fiercely anti-establishment politics, has been named the campaign's chief executive. Kellyanne Conway, a veteran Republican pollster who has been close to Trump for years, will assume the role of campaign manager. By Robert Costa  •  Read more » Powerful NSA hacking tools mysteriously surface online The release of the cache of files could pose severe consequences for the National Security Agency's operations and the security of government and corporate computers. "Without a doubt, they're the keys to the kingdom," said a former employee who worked in the agency's hacking division. By Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more »   They were strangers at the starting line. They found themselves eternally linked. Runners Abbey D'Agostino and Nikki Hamblin crashed in 5,000 meters. The two seemingly sacrificed any chance at an Olympic medal to help each other reach the finish line. By Rick Maese  •  Read more »   Thousands of Olympic volunteers are quitting due to long hours, no food Up to 30 percent of Olympic volunteers have stopped coming, according to reports, in yet another problem facing Rio organizers By Marissa Payne  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Burkini bans and the history of men controlling women's beachwear By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   How to avert America's Brexit By Glenn Hutchins  •  Read more »   Workers, don't fear the robot revolution By Steven Pearlstein  •  Read more »   America is no longer guaranteed military victory. These weapons could change that. By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   Trump's Muslim ban would also hurt students By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   As Aleppo is destroyed, Mr. Obama stands by By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Aetna decision to pull back from Obamacare exchanges exposes weaknesses in health-care law Large insurers are losing money in marketplaces, and addressing problem could lead to fight in Congress. By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Floodwaters, death toll continue to rise in rain-battered Louisiana Eleven people have been killed, 30,000 have been rescued from their homes and miles of roads remained impassable after a storm that blindsided everyone with its volume and violence. By Emma Brown, Ashley Cusick and Mark Berman  •  Read more » Why Milwaukee boiled over with violence after police shooting death The Wisconsin city is home to the most segregated neighborhoods in the nation, as well as concentrated levels of poverty, unemployment and incarceration. By Wesley Lowery  •  Read more » John McLaughlin, provocateur of public affairs TV, dies at 89 For more than three decades, McLaughlin sat in judgment of national political trends on "The McLaughlin Group." His impact can be glimpsed just about any night on cable news channels. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more » Clinton counts on minority voters as Trump largely avoids outreach to African Americans The vastly different approaches to minority outreach by the candidates and their campaigns mirror the fault lines of a divided nation. By Abby Phillip and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more » Fact Checker: Bill Clinton's misleading claim about info 'marked classified' in Hillary Clinton's emails Bill Clinton repeats two favorite Democratic claims that divert attention from the most disturbing findings of Hillary Clinton's private email use. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more » How a GOP senator is trying, awkwardly, to keep his job The fates of the Republican nominee and Pat Toomey are intertwined in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Gawker sold to Univision for $135 million in aftermath of Hulk Hogan case Univision, a Spanish-language broadcaster that has been investing in media properties aimed at young people, was one of two bidders in an auction for the online gossip and news publisher. By Tali Arbel | AP  •  Read more » Florida State student tried to bite off victim's face in 'brutal' double homicide, police say The Martin County sheriff said the suspect's actions suggested he had overdosed on the synthetic drug flakka, which can send a surge of adrenaline through users' bodies and cause other bizarre or deadly reactions. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  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