Politics: ‘Let Mike be Mike’: Inside the sometimes awkward Trump-Pence partnership

Saving the Senate majority: Republican senators create distance from Trump, but will it be enough?; The Daily Trail: Donald Trump's love affair with polls is definitely over; Did Paul Ryan just predict that Clinton will win in a landslide?; Clinton broadens campaign effort to target wary Republicans; Obama: Islamic State will 'inevitably' be defeated, but networks will persist; Administrator of Orlando shooting victims' fund warns against estate squabbling; Showing growing confidence, Clinton campaign and super PAC pause ads in Colorado and Virginia; Trump continues to claim, with no evidence, that Iran released a video of a cash transfer from the U.S.; Paul Ryan says Trump’s campaign is ‘distressing’ but stands by endorsement; The 44th at 55; Secret Service agents rush to stage as activists heckle Clinton; Newt Gingrich breaks with Donald Trump and endorses John McCain; Many Trump supporters don’t care about the controversies dominating media coverage; Republicans are among a new list of foreign policy experts denouncing Trump;   The most important politics stories today   Steve Helber / AP 'Let Mike be Mike': Inside the sometimes awkward Trump-Pence partnership Indiana governor tries to stay loyal to Trump amid sharp differences in style and policy. By Jose A. DelReal and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Saving the Senate majority: Republican senators create distance from Trump, but will it be enough? New polls show that Republicans can indeed separate themselves from the top of their ticket — but only to a point. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The Daily Trail: Donald Trump's love affair with polls is definitely over At least, for now, with a string of new state and national polls that show him now running well behind Clinton. By Rebecca Sinderbrand  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Did Paul Ryan just predict that Clinton will win in a landslide? In a fundraising pitch to protect the GOP majority, the speaker warns against giving her a 'blank check.' By Jenna Johnson and Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Clinton broadens campaign effort to target wary Republicans Recruitment effort paints blocking Trump as a patriotic thing to do. By Anne Gearan, Abby Phillip and John Wagner  •  Read more »   Obama: Islamic State will 'inevitably' be defeated, but networks will persist The president also said Donald Trump must keep the secrets disclosed to him in classified intelligence briefings. By Greg Jaffe, David Nakamura and William Branigin  •  Read more »   Administrator of Orlando shooting victims' fund warns against estate squabbling "Family arguments" could delay distribution of money, Ken Feinberg tells relatives and survivors at meeting. Read more »   Showing growing confidence, Clinton campaign and super PAC pause ads in Colorado and Virginia The decisions come as a slew of new national and battleground state polls gives Clinton wide leads over the Republican nominee, Donald Trump. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump continues to claim, with no evidence, that Iran released a video of a cash transfer from the U.S. Trump continued on Thursday to assert he had seen video released by Iran of $400 million being taken off a plane even though his spokeswoman says it was footage of released American prisoners being released in Switzerland. By Jenna Johnson and Tom Bell  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Paul Ryan says Trump’s campaign is ‘distressing’ but stands by endorsement 'You would think that we want to be focusing on Hillary Clinton, on all of her deficiencies,' Ryan said. ''It is distressing that that's not what we're talking about these days.' By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The 44th at 55 Obama celebrates his final birthday as president By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Secret Service agents rush to stage as activists heckle Clinton The activists carried signs that said "Until Every Animal Is Free." By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Newt Gingrich breaks with Donald Trump and endorses John McCain Trump has repeatedly accused McCain of not doing enough to help military veterans. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Many Trump supporters don’t care about the controversies dominating media coverage While the media recounts Trump's latest self-brewed controversy, his supporters are nonplused. By Susan Cooper Eastman  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Republicans are among a new list of foreign policy experts denouncing Trump They called his recent remarks on NATO and Russia "disgraceful." By Anne Gearan  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. 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