Pentagon suspends Guard bonus repayments and other top stories.

• Pentagon suspends Guard bonus repayments

  

  Pentagon suspends Guard bonus repayments By Jeremy Herb 10/27/16 08:30 AM EDT With Zach Montellaro, Connor O’Brien and Ellen Mitchell BONUS SCANDAL PROMPTS REACTION — PENTAGON SUSPENDS GUARD BONUS REPAYMENTS, our colleague Connor O’Brien has more here: “Defense Secretary Ash Carter has suspended collections and ordered a review of the process that's forcing members of the California National Guard to repay enlistment bonuses that may have been paid improperly. In a statemen..

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• Oklahoma Officer Fatally Shoots Man During Disturbance Call

  

  Authorities say a police officer in northern Oklahoma fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The shooting happened Wednesday outside a home in Bartlesville, about 125 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Bartlesville Police Capt. Jay Hastings says that when officers arrived, a woman ran out of the home and was followed by a man who was attacking her. Hastings says one officer used a stun gun on the man "to no effect." He says an officer then opened fire after the m..

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• Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump

  

  Story highlightsChaffetz said he couldn't endorse the candidate earlier this monthBut he said he will not vote for Clinton"I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA," the House Oversight Committee chairman tweeted Wednesday evening.Earlier this month, the Republican congressman told CNN's Don Lemon that he wouldn't defend the candidate after a 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape was leaked revealing Trump bragging about being sexuall..

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• Hacked Memo Reinforces Worst Perception of the Clintons

  

  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter Hacked memo reinforces worst perception of the Clintons It's possible that this Clinton Foundation memo -- uncovered by the WikiLeaks dump of hacked emails -- is already baked into the cake of this presidential race. But it certainly doesn't help the Clinton campaign, downballot Democrats, or the future of the Clinton Foundation itself. Per th..

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• Can Hillary Clinton win Texas? (Yes, Texas)

  

  Perhaps most striking is the close race in reliably red Texas, where no Democrat has won the presidential race since 1976.Democrats have long eyed the staunchly conservative state with swiftly changing demographics as a future battleground. The fact that Clinton is only behind Trump by single digits here is stoking excitement that Texas could shift from a solid red state to a purple one much earlier than anyone thought. A University of Houston poll recently showed Trump with 41%, to Clinton's 38..

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• Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama have made for a striking political odd couple

  

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama applaud the State Department's 2012 International Women of Courage Award winners ceremony in Washington March 8, 2012. Gary Cameron/Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton secured her place in the history as the first woman to win a major-party nomination for president, Democratic politicians around Washington marked the historic moment with barrage of statements, formal endorsements and pub..

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• Massive UES fire destroys apartment building, killing 1

  

  As flames ate through his only lifeline, a daring firefighter rappelled down the side of a burning Upper East Side building early Thursday morning to rescue an 81-year-old man from a fire that had already taken one life, officials said. Firefighter ...

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• Fourth- and eighth-graders improve in science, national test results show

  

  The nation's fourth- and eighth-graders have made gains in science, and large racial achievement gaps have narrowed slightly, according to the results of a national science test released Thursday. In the test administered last year, girls improved faster than boys, narrowing the gender gap at the eighth-grade level and erasing it in the fourth grade. High school seniors' science performance has remained flat since the last time the test was administered, in 2009, however, and racial and gende..

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• Neil Buchanan: WikiLeaks Clinton Emails Are a Damp Squib

  

  This article first appeared on the Verdict site. Imagine that someone has hacked into your email account and is about to publish everything that has passed between you and your friends and business associates for the past few years. Are you panicked? Sign up Sign up to our daily newsletter for up to date global news and features. You should be, even if you are completely ho..

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• Why Donald Trump could lose red Utah: Mormon America has found another candidate.

  

  Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gather around the Mormon Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City in 2011. (Reuters) Although Mormons have traditionally been the most Republican religious group in the United States, it appears that they are fleeing this year’s GOP candidate. This election has proved excruciating for Mormons, who have deep animosity toward Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of whom are perceived as not living up to their moral standards. But Mormons m..

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