Politics: Second presidential debate takes the low road as attacks and slurs dominate

New state laws discourage registering immigrants. How will that affect the Latino vote?; Veterans preference in federal hiring: Is it too strong?; Two admissions from Trump and Clinton that you may have missed during the second presidential debate; Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton's accusers in his family box. Debate officials said no.; Fact-checking the second Clinton-Trump presidential debate; Clinton says she wasn’t expecting Trump's 'avalanche of falsehoods'; Clinton got all the questions the GOP wanted her to answer. But to what end?; Donald Trump went there, on every scandal, real or fake; Scorched earth on a split screen: Trump is unbowed in the second debate; A dark debate: Trump and Clinton spend 90 minutes on the attack; The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this; The debate took a dark turn: Trump leveled vicious charges at Clinton and threatened to jail her; she attacked his treatment of women; Trump: If elected, I’ll appoint a special prosecutor to look into Clinton’s emails; These are the House Republicans who have abandoned Donald Trump;   The most important politics stories today   Melina Mara / The Washington Post Second presidential debate takes the low road as attacks and slurs dominate Donald Trump describes 2005 video as 'locker-room talk,' brands Hillary Clinton 'a liar.' By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » New state laws discourage registering immigrants. How will that affect the Latino vote? The laws get struck down -- but only after groups have stopped trying to get immigrants registered. By Heath Brown  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Veterans preference in federal hiring: Is it too strong? By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Two admissions from Trump and Clinton that you may have missed during the second presidential debate These acknowledgments weren't easy to spot. By Allison Michaels  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton's accusers in his family box. Debate officials said no. Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box at the presidential debate here Sunday night, according to four people involved in the discussions. By Robert Costa, Dan Balz and Philip Rucker  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Fact-checking the second Clinton-Trump presidential debate Here's our round-up of 25 suspect claims from the second debate (most by Donald Trump). By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Clinton says she wasn’t expecting Trump's 'avalanche of falsehoods' Clinton cited a fact-checking service that she said had rated 70 percent of Trump's previous claims as false. "I think he exceeded that percentage" she said of Sunday night's performance. By John Wagner  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Clinton got all the questions the GOP wanted her to answer. But to what end? Hillary Clinton struggles to make her case against a combative Donald Trump. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Donald Trump went there, on every scandal, real or fake Ignoring the pleas of many GOP leaders, the nominee focused on Bill Clinton's sex scandals at second debate. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Scorched earth on a split screen: Trump is unbowed in the second debate GOP nominee Donald Trump goes on offensive, aiming to put video crisis behind him. By Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   A dark debate: Trump and Clinton spend 90 minutes on the attack Trump threatened to have Justice Dept. re-investigate Clinton. She attacked his treatment of women. By David A. Fahrenthold and Katie Zezima  •  Read more »   The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this The implication of the exchange was unlike any ever seen in modern American politics. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The debate took a dark turn: Trump leveled vicious charges at Clinton and threatened to jail her; she attacked his treatment of women Reeling from the release of a 2005 video showing him crudely bragging about using his fame to force himself on women, Donald Trump sought to salvage his candidacy by going on the offensive against Hillary Clinton, even calling her "the devil." This is a developing story. It will be updated. By Washington Post Staff  •  Post Politics  •  Read more » Trump: If elected, I’ll appoint a special prosecutor to look into Clinton’s emails Trump has made emails a big campaign issue. By Katie Zezima  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   These are the House Republicans who have abandoned Donald Trump It's disproportionately women. By Sarah Binder  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   WorldViews Important stories from around the world, in your inbox daily. 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