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9:00 PM ET, October 28, 2016

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New Emails in Clinton Case Came From Anthony Weiner's Computer — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials said on Friday that a trove of emails described by the F.B.I. director as pertinent to the now-closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server were discovered …

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Computer seized in Weiner probe prompts FBI to take new steps in Clinton email inquiry … Newly discovered emails found on a computer seized during an investigation of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner have prompted the FBI to make new inquiries related to Hillary Clinton's private email server …

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NBC News:

FBI Says It Will Investigate New Hillary Clinton Emails — The FBI is reviewing a new batch of Hillary Clinton emails, bureau director James Comey said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. — “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence …

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Newsweek:

WHY FBI DIRECTOR MADE CLINTON EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT NOW — Why did FBI Director James Comey shock Washington on Friday with an announcement that the FBI “has learned of the existence of emails” related to Hillary Clinton's private email server, and what does it mean? — The truth is Comey didn't have a choice.

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton probe — (CNN)FBI Director James Comey said Friday the bureau is reviewing new emails related to Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, according to a letter sent to eight congressional committee chairmen, a surprise development with 11 days until the election.

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

What the FBI Director's letter about the Clinton emails really says — It's a good idea to read the letter before you report on it. — Oy. — As of this writing, all three cable news networks are in a frenzy. FBI Director James Comey just sent a letter to Republican congressional …

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

FBI Reopening Clinton Email Investigation — FBI Director James Comey released a statement today saying that the FBI is going to continue the previously closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state. — “In connection with an unrelated case …

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Did Huma Commit Perjury? — Today's bombshell news, of course, is that the FBI has found a substantial number of emails from Hillary Clinton to Huma Abedin on the computer (desktop, I assume) that Huma shared with her husband, Anthony Weiner. The FBI was examining the computer's hard drive …

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton's campaign sounds pretty angry with the FBI right now — This post has been updated with Hillary Clinton's comments. — Hillary Clinton's campaign could have gone a few different ways with its response to the bombshell news that the FBI is looking into more emails related …

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Louis Nelson / Politico:

Former DOJ spokesman blasts Comey after email letter — A former director of the Justice Department's office of public affairs said Friday that FBI Director James Comey's letter to Congress announcing the review of more evidence in the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server constituted …

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Politico:
Podesta calls on FBI's Comey to release ‘full details’ of new evidence in Clinton email probe

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton can no longer coast to the win

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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Hillary Clinton: 'I'm confident' FBI will not find cause to recommend charges

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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
New Clinton emails found during Anthony Weiner sexting probe

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI under pressure to provide more details

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill: Speaker Ryan: Clinton's classified briefings should be suspended

Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
FBI probing new Clinton emails

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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:

Trump will win the election and is more popular than Obama in 2008, AI system finds — Trump on course to win the election, AI system finds — The polls that put Hillary Clinton ahead Donald Trump are wrong... that's according to an AI system that's managed to predict the last three presidential elections correctly.

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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:

Bernstein: FBI Would Not Reopen Case Unless New Evidence Was “A Real Bombshell” — Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein comments on the FBI's shocking Friday afternoon announcement that they are reopening the investigation into Hilary Clinton's email server because new evidence has come to light.

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Edna Gunderson / Telegraph:

World exclusive: Bob Dylan - I'll be at the Nobel Prize ceremony... if I can — “Isn't that something...?” Bob Dylan isn't exactly making a big deal out of being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. But at least the 1960s trailblazer is finally acknowledging his becoming the first musician …

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:

Supreme Court takes up transgender school bathroom case — Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a case concerning a transgender high school student in Virginia who is seeking to use the boys' bathroom at school. — The case, which should be heard this term …

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court takes up school bathroom rules for transgender students

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Rule in Transgender Access Case

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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:

Oregon standoff defendants found not guilty in ‘unbelievable, truly astonishing’ verdict — A jury Thursday delivered a stunning across-the-board acquittal to the leaders and participants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation and a remarkable blow to the federal government …

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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Juror 4: Oregon standoff prosecutors failed to prove ‘intent’ to impede federal workers

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

Donald Trump isn't opening his checkbook to save his campaign — Trump: I'm ready to go over $100 million in campaign — With only 11 days remaining, it is likely too late to spend tens of millions of dollars more wisely, experts say — (CNN)If Donald Trump were to honor his pledge …

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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Adds $10 Million of His Own Money for Advertising

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ProPublica:

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race — Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. — That's basically what Facebook is doing nowadays. — The ubiquitous social network …

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Alison Vekshin / Bloomberg:

Marijuana Vote in California May Herald End of Prohibition Era — California, Nevada among five states with legalization ballots — Golden State voter approval could trigger a wave across U.S. — U.S. voters next month in five states, including bellwether California …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Biden: No interest in serving in Clinton's Cabinet — Vice President Biden says he is not interested in serving as secretary of State under Hillary Clinton — if she wins the White House. — “I'll do anything I can if Hillary's elected to help her, but I don't want to remain in the administration …

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Clinton eyes Biden for secretary of state

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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:

Video Shows Donald Trump Sexually Humiliating Woman Before Large Audience — He decided to take revenge on another former Miss Universe. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Revenge has been a fixture of Donald Trump's corporate speeches for years.

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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:

Congress: Attorney General Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Secret Iran ‘Ransom’ Payments — Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration's secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year …

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The Cook Political Report:

New Electoral College Ratings: Texas and North Carolina Shift in Clinton's Favor — Less than two weeks before the election, Trump continues to struggle to lock down traditionally Republican states — even Texas and Utah — and lags behind Clinton in key battleground states he would need to win.

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Americans are tuning out Trump's ugly lies. This new poll proves it.

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Bryan Anderson / Raleigh News & Observer:

Accused ‘thug’ escorted out of Trump's Kinston rally says he's actually a supporter — KINSTON — Nash County resident C.J. Cary arrived at the Kinston Jet Center Wednesday night in eager anticipation of a Donald Trump rally. — Cary says he wanted to deliver a note to Trump urging …

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Emily Hill / Spectator:

‘The woman is a disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton … Talking to Camille Paglia is like approaching a machine gun: madness to stick your head up and ask a question, unless you want your brain blown apart by the answer, but a visceral delight to watch as she obliterates every subject in sight.

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