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href="/web/20160928052642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/first-presidential-debate-live-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nbc-latest-updates-us-election-2016-a7330281.html">Hillary Clinton comes out on top as Donald Trump flounders in debate</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The two rivals went head-to-head in the first of three Presidential debates</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20160928052642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/presidential-debate-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-us-election-a7328641.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/20/20/clinton-trump-debate.jpg"> <a href="/web/20160928052642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/presidential-debate-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-us-election-a7328641.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20160928052642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/presidential-debate-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-us-election-a7328641.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump neck and neck ahead of first debate</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Among registered voters, Clinton and Trump are tied at 41 per cent</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-5"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " 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href="/web/20160928052642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-stop-and-frisk-national-black-voter-outreach-a7322061.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20160928052642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-stop-and-frisk-national-black-voter-outreach-a7322061.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Trump thinks police should use 'stop-and-frisk' tactic nationwide</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The controversial method was deemed unconstituational by a federal judge in 2013 – 90 per cent of people searched were innocent, 90 per cent of people stopped were black or Latino</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " 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