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Abedin separates from Weiner

Taking a break.
Taking a break. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

1. Weiner scandal returns

Former congressman Anthony Weiner recently exchanged explicit images and texts with a woman he met online, the New York Post revealed, in a reprise of conduct that ended his political career.

Abedin announces separation

Crash landing. (2013 photo.)
Crash landing. (2013 photo.) Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

2. Abedin announces split

Weiner is married to and has a young son with Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s confidant and closest aide. Abedin stood by Weiner when the scandal last flared up, destroying his 2013 mayoral bid.

The past and future dramas of Huma Abedin

Abedin departs a Hamptons fundraiser on Sunday.
Abedin departs a Hamptons fundraiser on Sunday. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

3. Trump discerns security threat

“I only worry for the country that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,” Donald Trump said in a statement, which continued…

Trump’s slump in Nascar country

Security threat?
Security threat? Photograph: Startraks Photo/Rex/Shutterstock

‘Greatly compromised’

Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this.

– Donald Trump

Summary

4. Trump to clarify immigration views

Trump announced that he would deliver a highly touted and long-anticipated speech on immigration policy in Arizona on Wednesday. Trump surrogates over the weekend said his policy has not changed.

Pence: nothing has changed

Deportation force? Birthright citizenship?
Deportation force? Birthright citizenship? Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

5. Trump promises solution to urban violence

In a Twitter tempest, Trump asserted, against the evidence, that urban violence had gotten worse and asked: “How much more crime, how many more shootings, will it take for African-Americans and Latinos to vote Trump=SAFE!”

Outlier in Anaheim, on Sunday.
Outlier in Anaheim on Sunday. Photograph: Ana Venegas/AP

'Nothing'

... and another thing:

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