Monday, October 31, 2016

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 ;
 
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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.
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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Eric Holder: James Comey is a good man, but he made a serious mistake
 
Inside Evan McMullin's 10 years undercover in the CIA
 
The costs of Comey's appeasement
 
The foreign leaders who are rooting for Trump
 
Is the DEA partly to blame for the opioid epidemic?
 
James Comey is damaging our democracy
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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