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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were ‘nice to each other’ in private, archbishop reveals

Civility appears to have broken out between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on Thursday night.

The suspension of hostilities was disclosed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, writes Nick Allen. Within hours of speaking to the two presidential nominees back stage at the charity dinner, the archbishop let slip one of the most shocking stories of the campaign - that the bitter rivals had been "nice" to each other, and even said a prayer together.