Politics: Election officials brace for fallout from Trump’s claims of a ‘rigged’ vote

Obama’s legacy, My Brother’s Keeper will be an important pillar; Chuck Schumer still creating made-for-TV moments; Want to change Washington? Start paying your interns, campaign says; Trump’s path to an electoral college victory isn’t narrow. It’s non-existent.; Will Donald Trump cost Republicans the House? It's very unlikely.; Stars of stage and screen gather in New York for show benefiting Clinton; Trump proposes five-year ban on executive branch officials and lawmakers who want to become lobbyists; Trump says some of his supporters are hesitant to tell pollsters their choice; Twitter joke about ‘ripping up absentee ballots’ draws attention of Ohio secretary of state; Trump says he would meet with Putin before Inauguration Day; Supreme Court is an issue again after McCain suggests Clinton blockade; Melania Trump defends embattled husband, calls lewd comments ‘boy talk’; Obama’s post-presidency political focus: Redistricting; Trump campaign says it's spending $2 million on TV in Va., claims state remains in play;   The most important politics stories today   Evan Vucci / AP Election officials brace for fallout from Trump's claims of a 'rigged' vote Democrats and Republicans alike worry that the GOP nominee's unfounded allegations could spark violence on Nov. 8. By Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Obama’s legacy, My Brother’s Keeper will be an important pillar Though it doesn't get as much attention as the Affordable Care Act or hits and misses on the foreign affairs front, the president's My Brother's Keeper initiative will be an important pillar in the way he is remembered. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Chuck Schumer still creating made-for-TV moments It's all about "the three P's: Policy, politics, press," says the aspiring Senate Democratic leader. By Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Want to change Washington? Start paying your interns, campaign says Pay Our Interns has reached out to both the Trump and Clinton teams to adopt its paid-internship pledge. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump’s path to an electoral college victory isn’t narrow. It’s non-existent. Now it's all about Clinton's margin of victory. By Stuart Rothenberg  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Will Donald Trump cost Republicans the House? It's very unlikely. Even a big Clinton win probably won't be enough. By John Sides and Eric McGhee  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Stars of stage and screen gather in New York for show benefiting Clinton Hollywood and Broadway elite provide a financial boost for the Democratic nominee. By John Wagner  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump proposes five-year ban on executive branch officials and lawmakers who want to become lobbyists The move appears to be in response to revelations from hacked internal Clinton campaign emails released by WikiLeaks, showing that senior Clinton campaign officials in 2015 debated whether the campaign should accept money raised by lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments. By Catherine Ho  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump says some of his supporters are hesitant to tell pollsters their choice Trump said there's a "big, big undercurrent" of support for him that will appear on Election Day. By Jenna Johnson  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Twitter joke about ‘ripping up absentee ballots’ draws attention of Ohio secretary of state Rush Limbaugh shared the "postal worker" story with his millions of listeners, accusing the media (apart from Drudge) of ignoring a damning story of political corruption. By David Weigel  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump says he would meet with Putin before Inauguration Day Trump said that U.S.-Russian relations are at their worst point since the Cold War. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Supreme Court is an issue again after McCain suggests Clinton blockade "I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up," McCain said before walking the comment back. By Mike DeBonis and Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Melania Trump defends embattled husband, calls lewd comments ‘boy talk’ Melania Trump said that she felt her husband was "egged on" by TV personality Billy Bush. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Obama’s post-presidency political focus: Redistricting Democrats have launched a new redistricting group that will enlist the aid of President Obama, as well as a slew of the party's liberal allies. By Juliet Eilperin  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump campaign says it's spending $2 million on TV in Va., claims state remains in play The Republican's team says reports of its Virginia demise have been greatly exaggerated. By Laura Vozzella  •  Virginia 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. 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