10 things you need to know today: October 21, 2016

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton share a table at the Al Smith memorial dinner
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1. Clinton and Trump tease one another at charity dinner

Fresh off a tense debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met again Thursday night for the Al Smith charity dinner in New York, which raised $6 million for Catholic children's charities. Trump spoke first, ribbing Clinton by saying the event was her first time speaking to corporate leaders "and not getting paid." He later drew boos for saying Clinton was corrupt, and "pretending not to hate Catholics" at the event. Clinton stuck closer to the dinner's traditional lightheartedness, poking fun at herself: "I took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here." She later tweaked Trump for claiming the election was "rigged" and refusing to promise to accept the result, saying she was surprised he agreed for her to speak after him because she "didn't think he'd be O.K. with a peaceful transition of power."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.