Donald Trump's Massive Debt, Backtracking on Mass Deportations, Rudy Giuliani on Clinton's 'Illness' and More

Donald Trump is coming off of a bad weekend in which a New York Times investigation found that the Republican presidential nominee's companies are at least $651 million in debt. He also appeared to soften is position on one of the pillars of his campaign: mass deportations. And his surrogates, including former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, are trying to plant a false story about rival Hillary Clinton's health.

Donald Trump's Companies Are At Least $651 Million In Debt, A New York Times Investigation Finds: "Companies owned wholly by Donald Trump are at least $651 million in debt, reaching a level that could have a major impact on his personal fortune, according to an investigative report published Saturday by The New York Times." (Patch)

In The Latest Shift, Trump Campaign Wavers on Mass Deportations: "Donald Trump’s campaign wavered Sunday on whether he would continue to call for the mass deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants from the United States, the latest in a series of sometimes-clumsy attempts to win over moderate GOP voters without alienating millions who have flocked to his hard-line views." (The Washington Post)

Donald Trump, With Bare-Bones Campaign, Relies on G.O.P. for Vital Tasks: "Donald J. Trump is leaning heavily on Republican Party organizations to provide crucial campaign functions like getting out the vote, digital outreach and fund-raising, at a time when some leading Republicans have called for party officials to cut off Mr. Trump and focus instead on maintaining control of Congress." (The New York Times)

Rudy Giuliani: Press Ignores Signs of Clinton's Illness: "Continuing with the narrative that Hillary Clinton is unfit to be president, Rudy Giuliani, an adviser with Donald Trump's campaign, claimed Sunday there are videos online that show Clinton has an illness." (Politico)

National Polls Show The Race Tightening — But State Polls Don't: "Hillary Clinton moved into a clear polling lead over Donald Trump just after the Democratic convention, which ended on July 28. Pretty much ever since, the reporters and poll watchers that I follow have seemed eager to tell the next twist in the story. Would Trump’s numbers get even worse, possibly leading to the first double-digit victory for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964? Or would Trump mount a comeback? As of last Tuesday, there wasn’t much evidence of an overall shift in the race. Trump was gaining ground in some polls but losing ground in a roughly equal number of them." (FiveThirtyEight)

From the Twitterverse

It's going to be a long week of sniping between Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough:

On the Radar

• Donald Trump will hold a rally in Akron, Ohio.
• Hillary Clinton has no public events scheduled, but she will appear at private fundraisers and tape for "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
• Mike Pence will campaign in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
• Tim Kaine will campaign in Las Vegas and fundraise in Denver, Colorado.

Today's Numbers

• 77 days until Election Day 2016.
• The final U.S. Olympic medal count: 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze.
• Donald Trump may not deport 11 million immigrants if elected.
• Only $36.7 million of the $80 million Trump claimed to have raised in July went to his campaign.

Quote of the Day

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager on why they haven't found somebody to play her rival in debate preparation:

"It's very hard to find someone to mimic the reckless temperament and the hateful instincts and divisive instincts of Donald Trump."

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