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A top adviser to Hillary Clinton said on Friday that if the moderator of Monday's presidential debate fails to fact-check Donald Trump in real time, he will be giving Trump an "unfair advantage."

"Clinton Launches Big Upstate New York Push with $10 Billion Manufacturing Proposal" is from the April 01, 2016, Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip and narrated by Jill Melancon.

"In Iowa, a Humbled Jeb Bush Pledges to Be a Better Candidate" is from the November 02, 2015 Politics and Power section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Is Hillary Clinton Contesting Texas? Not Really, but She Is Trying to Expand Democratic Influence into Deep-Red Territory" is from the August 10, 2016 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to stand by his plans to establish a registry for Muslims and temporarily ban Muslim immigrants from the United States.

Hillary Clinton looked to compound Donald Trump’s season of bad news, sharply criticizing him Monday for losing nearly a billion dollars and pocketing tax savings while ordinary Americans pay their fair share.

Just days before the election, after weeks believing that Michigan was safely blue, the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA polled voters there — only to discover that it was a one-point race. The group quickly poured millions into the state. The Clinton campaign did similarly, and on the eve of the election, aides sent in Clinton herself, as well as her top surrogate, President Obama. It was too late.

"American Airlines Accidentally Flew the Wrong Plane from L.A. To Hawaii Last Month" is from the September 14, 2015 Wild Card section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Sanders, Clinton Continue Fierce Feud over Qualifications" is from the April 07, 2016, Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip, John Wagner, Anne Gearan and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President-elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a proponent of a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, Kennedy said Tuesday.

"Vaccine Skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. Says Trump Asked Him to Lead Commission on ‘Vaccine Safety’" is from the January 10, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Abby Phillip, Lena H. Sun and Lenny Bernstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he believes Russian operatives hacked the Democratic Party during the election, but he continued to dispute intelligence reports that Moscow acted to help him win.

"Trump Acknowledges Russian Involvement in Meddling in U.S. Elections" is from the January 11, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by David Nakamura and Abby Phillip and narrated by Sam Scholl.