The NPR newsroom during election coverage on November 8, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption
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Hillary Clinton spoke to the audience during the second presidential debate. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption
WikiLeaks released emails allegedly from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
A leaked video showed Donald Trump (pictured with 'Days of Our Lives' actress Arianne Zucker and then-Access Hollywood co-host Billy Bush) bragging about groping women. The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016. David Goldman/AP hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she walks from her daughter's apartment building Sept. 11, 2016, in New York. Clinton unexpectedly left the 9/11 anniversary ceremony. Her campaign later announced she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
The rise of a young Donald Trump was explored in the NPR special, The Making Of Clinton and Trump. Mark Lennihan/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Cokie Roberts talks to George Stephanopoulos, on ABC's "Good Morning America" in 2015. Fred Lee/ABC via Getty Images hide caption
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks during a campaign rally Sept. 3, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Morgan/AP hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts while greeting supporters after giving a speech on the economy at Futuramic Tool & Engineering, in Warren, Mich., on Aug. 11. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, speaks during the final day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, as his wife listens. Since, then Khan has openly feuded with Donald Trump in the media. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Hillary Clinton attends church with daughter Chelsea Clinton at the Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri while on the campaign trail in 2008. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke talks to the media in Baton Rouge, La., on July 22, 2016, after registering to run for the U.S. Senate. Max Becherer/AP hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, wave to members of the audience as they stand on stage during the fourth day session of the Democratic National Convention. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at a presidential primary election night rally, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in New York. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Thousands of people gather at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for the Nevada State Democratic Convention on May 14, 2016. Michelle Rindels/AP hide caption
Carl Paladino speaks before a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on April 10, 2016, in Rochester, N.Y. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
Activists hold a rally to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in front of the White House in February 2016 in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption