Monday's Headlines: FBI obtains warrant to search newly discovered Clinton-related emails

FBI agents pressed unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation; Trump targets Democratic states in campaign's final sprint; Why James Comey was able to defy Justice bosses on Clinton email announcement; Once the hope candidate, Obama in his final days faces a hopeless electorate ;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories FBI obtains warrant to search newly discovered Clinton-related emails The agents investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private server knew that messages recovered in a probe of former congressman Anthony Weiner might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing Director James Comey, raising questions about the timing of renewing the inquiry into Clinton. By Matt Zapotosky, Ellen Nakashima and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more » FBI agents pressed unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation Agents argued that the Clinton family's charity should be investigated for potentially giving donors special political access and favors. But the Justice Department said there was not enough evidence to move forward. By Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Trump targets Democratic states in campaign's final sprint After the surprise FBI announcement, Donald Trump and his advisers see a fresh opportunity to make gains in states that most public polls have shown as out of reach. By Robert Costa and Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Why James Comey was able to defy Justice bosses on Clinton email announcement Justice Department officials could have overruled the fiercely independent FBI director, but officials said Comey put the department in an untenable position by informing them he was sending a letter to Congress out of an obligation to lawmakers. By Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   Once the hope candidate, Obama in his final days faces a hopeless electorate It is arguably the least hopeful moment in American politics in decades, but the crowds who flock to see the president as he stumps for Hillary Clinton are still yearning for a taste of 2008. By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Eric Holder: James Comey is a good man, but he made a serious mistake By Eric Holder  •  Read more »   Inside Evan McMullin's 10 years undercover in the CIA By Josh Rogin  •  Read more »   The costs of Comey's appeasement By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   The foreign leaders who are rooting for Trump By Jackson Diehl  •  Read more »   Is the DEA partly to blame for the opioid epidemic? By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   James Comey is damaging our democracy By Jamie Gorelick and Larry Thompson  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Iraqi Christians, scarred by Islamic State's cruelty, doubt they will return to Mosul The future of the region, once a microcosm of a religious and ethnically diverse Iraq before it was despoiled by the militants, will be defined by who returns. By Loveday Morris and Kareem Fahim  •  Read more » The potty-training expulsion that got a N.J. school sued by the state The New Jersey Attorney General's office is suing a private preschool for discrimination, alleging that school administrators expelled a 3-year-old girl with Down syndrome because she was not yet potty trained. By Lindsey Bever  •  Read more » Nate Silver was very wrong about Trump. Now, he needs to get it right. MEDIA COLUMNIST | After consistently dismissing Donald Trump's chances of being the GOP nominee, the statistics guru is pushing hard to keep expectations reasonable about predicting an uncertain election. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more » Where things stand just days before the election It's hard to remember a final month of a presidential campaign that has contained so many twists and turns. So, where, exactly, are we now? By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » The Fix: White Republicans are settling on Trump, at just the right time Even among college-educated white voters who are more skeptical of his candidacy, Donald Trump has been doing better. By Philip Bump  •  Read more » Poll: One-third of voters tilting against Clinton because of FBI email review But a majority — over 6 in 10 — said the news will not change their vote. The latest Post-ABC News tracking poll shows Donald Trump just one point behind Hillary Clinton. By Scott Clement and Emily Guskin  •  Read more » For 25 years, it has been Clarence Thomas v. Controversy Supporters of the 68-year-old Supreme Court justice are determined that Thomas get his due as one of the court's most productive thinkers. But his detractors characterize his mostly silent demeanor on the bench as indifference. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more » Aroldis Chapman's eight-out save keeps Cubs alive in World Series Without Chapman's save — which lasted 2⅔ innings, the longest outing of his career — there wouldn't be a game Tuesday night in Cleveland. By Barry Svrluga  •  Read more » The tie game that both teams could have won, but should have lost COLUMN | The Redskins traveled nearly 3,700 miles to help the NFL sell its product to a pigskin-curious market. And then it partnered with the Cincinnati Bengals to give not 60, but 75 minutes of a game displaying the very reasons that the sport is struggling this year. 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