By PATRICK HEALY and ALEXANDER BURNS
- After months of flailing attempts, Donald J. Trump has begun to recast his message in more structured terms and wrestle with his temptation to go off script.
- Mr. Trump is also drastically tempering his language about the signature issue of his campaign: immigration.
Black Voters Don’t Recognize Trump’s View of Their Lives
The picture Mr. Trump has been painting of black America — a nightmare of poverty, death and danger — is one that African Americans say is unrecognizable.
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Inside Facebook’s Political-Media Juggernaut
How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds.
Republicans Are Gaining in Race for Registered Voters
The G.O.P. has narrowed the Democrats’ lead in several swing states, especially North Carolina and Florida.
SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM
Saudis’ Rigid Vision of Islam Blamed for Rising Extremism
Critics see the Saudis’ export of a strain of Islam as aiding terrorism, but they also help the West fight jihadist violence. They’re “both the arsonists and the firefighters,” said a scholar.
MURDER IN THE 4-0
Quest for a New Life Ends in a Tangle of Gang Ties
The murder of Roberto Rodríguez in the Bronx appeared to be a drunken street brawl. But the closer the police looked, the more complicated the story grew.
Your Thursday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
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Hopes Dim for Survivors of Earthquake in Italy
With the death toll at 250, excavation machines cleared rubble from the streets of Amatrice, a quiet town that resembled a war zone after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the region.
Attack on American University in Kabul Killed at Least 13
Seven students were among the dead at the prestigious Afghan university, where survivors Thursday described an ordeal that lasted nearly 10 hours.
Turkey Sends More Tanks Into Syria, Pressuring Kurds
The Turkish military seemed to be succeeding in its broader aims of clearing the border area of Islamic State militants and preventing Kurdish militias from taking more territory.
Harnessing Social Media to Challenge EpiPen Prices
“Stupid pharmaceutical company!” started the Facebook post by a vocal parent, who pressured Mylan to lower its price on a life-saving injection for allergic reactions.
