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The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Trump, Clinton release medical info | Poll shows tight national race | Hillary back on the trail | Trump has teleprompter trouble | Bill Clinton’s glitzy birthday bash

HOW TEAM CLINTON IS READING THE POLLS TODAY –> http://gph.is/2ccQmJv: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied among likely voters in a four-way race nationally, with 42 percent each in the new CBS News/New York Times poll. Gary Johnson has 8 percent, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein has 4 percent. http://bit.ly/2d0Rltn And from polls yesterday, Trump is now topping Clinton in Ohio and Florida. Both are looking like close races with the GOP nominee holding the edge. http://huff.to/2ch4jUX

It’s Thursday — ONE. MORE. DAY. Filing with very little sleep — anyone who watched the season premiere of “American Horror Story” last night knows what I’m talking about — I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of what you missed this morning — and what’s on tap for the rest of the day. Send comments, story ideas and your own medical records (because it feels festive) to cmartel@digital-staging.thehill.com, @CateMartel and on Facebook.

{mosads}JUST RELEASED — AND NOW FOR THE SWIMSUIT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have now both released medical information. Trump just released a letter from his doctor this morning detailing a recent physical exam. It came on the same day as his appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” to discuss his health. The gist: The letter notes that Trump takes a statin to control his cholesterol and has a body mass index that is considered overweight, but it declares that overall the GOP presidential nominee is in “excellent physical health.” http://bit.ly/2cgX3bL In a Dr. Oz clip, Trump dramatically pulls out two pages and hands them to Oz. Oh what a reality show life we live. Anyone else hoping for a surprise appearance from Trump’s poet doctor “Count Harold”? –> http://bit.ly/2cHRCDL

WE ARE THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE TO EVER LIVE: Hillary Clinton also released her medical records yesterday, including her personal physician saying “she is in excellent mental condition.” The gist: “She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.” Clinton’s blood pressure was 100/70, her heart rate was 70 beats per minute and her cholesterol was 189 at a recent physical. She is using the prescription medication Levaquin to treat her recent bout of pneumonia. http://bit.ly/2cAsSd4

Mike Pence said his doctor is compiling his records as we speak: http://politi.co/2cHO0BF

Tim Kaine‘s doctor provides a letter of health: http://bit.ly/2cLt0eK

Tweet from Politico’s Blake Hounshell: “[The other] night, Sean Hannity invited a podiatrist on his show to speculate about Hillary Clinton’s neurological condition.” http://bit.ly/2d0w2YP

JUST NOW – TRUMP’S TELEPROMPTER TROUBLES: Donald Trump is currently speaking at The Economic Club of New York at the Waldorf Astoria, where his teleprompter briefly stopped working. Here’s what’s going on there:

CBS’s Sopan Deb
Oh man. Trump’s prompter isn’t working so he’s reading the whole speech http://bit.ly/2d0T6XB

Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs
Trump compliments himself for winging economic speech with written notes. When teleprompter comes on, “who else could’ve pulled that off?” http://bit.ly/2d0Y3Q6

CNN’s Ashley Killough (referring to Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” remark)
Trump: “The hardworking people she calls deplorable are the most admirable people I know.”http://bit.ly/2cqGQDA

AFP’s Michael Mathes
Trump at The Economic Club of NY: “To think that Ford is moving its small car division (to Mexico) is a disgrace.” http://bit.ly/2czINLE

The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser
So far, there’s not a lot of policy in this economic policy speech. http://bit.ly/2ch6doG

EXCUSE ME WHILE I SINK FURTHER INTO MY “THIS IS REALITY — SEND HELP” HOLE: A man allegedly cold-cocked a 69-year-old woman on oxygen at a Trump rally. Why: She announced outside that supporters should start learning Russian. She then turned around and a man punched her in the jaw, knocking her down onto her oxygen tank. Literally, what?? Yep, there’s video: http://lat.ms/2cq6h8v

CAUSE IT’S MUH BIRTHDAY, THAT’S WHY: Via Politico’s Ken Vogel and Gabe Debenedetti, before the Clintons distance themselves from the Clinton Foundation, the foundation is planning one last glitzy birthday bash for Bill, with performances by Wynton Marsalis, Jon Bon Jovi and Barbra Streisand. http://politi.co/2cJzPx8 

Trump email subject line: “BILL’S BIRTHDAY FIRE SALE”

BACK, BACK, BACK IT UP: Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, the Senate’s work on a short-term spending bill is slipping into next week. How: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) got unanimous consent, which requires the agreement of every senator, to set up the first procedural vote at 5:30 p.m. Monday to keep the government open. http://bit.ly/2cM7u6z

COME ON, JUST FIGURE IT OUT FOR 3 MONTHS. THAT’S ALL WE ASK: The background, via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton, Senate leaders are struggling to reach agreement on a short-term funding measure to keep the federal government from shutting down. Why: Partisan clashes have erupted on everything from abortion and the Zika virus to oversight of the internet just two days after congressional leaders left a White House meeting meant to plot an orderly wrap-up of legislative business. http://bit.ly/2d0LHHE

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Snoop Dogg: “I never seen a motherf—er” like Trump http://bit.ly/2c9BWEO

SPOTTED — CAN WE GET THIS FAMILY A ROUND OF MARGS?: The Obamas had dinner last night at a José Andrés restaurant, Oyamel Cocina Mexicana, in Washington, D.C. And to make you even hungrier reading this: The reporter pool was at Hill Country Barbecue across the street. I’m not sure which I’m craving more now.

 

NOTABLE TWEETS:

The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein (Lol, people are the worst.)
The part of this reader email that most offends me is the use of “buster” http://bit.ly/2czlzWh

CBS’s Sopan Deb
Trump on Flint in Canton: “It used to be cars were made in Flint and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico.” http://bit.ly/2cLRd1H

The Huffington Post’s Matt Fuller
[John] Boehner becoming a tobacco company board member seems like a very Boehner thing to do. http://bit.ly/2ctFCnT

 

ON TAP:

The House has been in since 9 a.m. with votes TBD. The Senate has been in since 9:30 a.m. and voted at 11:30 a.m. on water infrastructure legislation.

Today: The Federal Cybersecurity Summit in National Harbor, Md. Schedule and speakers: http://bit.ly/2cfEzZg

2 p.m. EDT: The Senate Intelligence Committee has a closed-door briefing.

2:30 p.m. EDT: Tim Kaine holds a town hall in Exeter, N.H.

3 p.m. EDT: Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) holds a press conference with prominent Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan.

3 p.m. EDT: Chelsea Clinton campaigns for her mother in Westerville, Ohio.

7:30 p.m. EDT: Donald Trump holds a rally in Laconia, N.H.

7:55 p.m. EDT: Hillary Clinton and President Obama will speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute annual gala in Washington, D.C. Live stream: http://bit.ly/2d0SIrP

10 a.m. EDT tomorrow: Donald Trump is holding a press conference at his new Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

3 p.m. EDT tomorrow: First lady Michelle Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

5 p.m. EDT tomorrow: Bernie Sanders campaigns with Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

 

WHAT TO WATCH:

8 p.m. EDT: Filmmaker Oliver Stone will appear on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” to discuss his new movie “Snowden.” Note: It’s Stone’s 70th birthday today!

11:35 p.m. EDT: Donald Trump will appear on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

12:35 a.m. EDT: Bernie Sanders will appear on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Myers.”

 

NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF…:

Today is National Double Cheeseburger Day.

THE FUNNIEST ARTICLE I READ TODAY: The New York Times explained the story behind the most-requested recipe ever, the plum torte (?). People are crazy: The seemingly random recipe went viral, so the Times published the recipe every September for several years. Finally in 1989, they asked readers to laminate the recipe (lol, pre-internet days) so they could stop printing it. Reaction: Numerous people sent angry letters and even poems (lol) to the Times in protest. http://nyti.ms/2d2vHaU

NOW CELEBRATE BY GETTING LOST!: The Charlie Brown “Peanuts” special “The Great Pumpkin” turns 50 this year. To celebrate, more than 90 farms across the country are creating “Peanuts”-themed corn mazes. http://wapo.st/2cOXN6l

And because you read this far, here’s a kitten raised by huskies that actually thinks it’s a dog. Guys, this could finally be it — a cat that might like me! http://bit.ly/2cApYF6

 

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