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7:30 PM ET, October 29, 2016

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition  —  On Friday, James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting independently of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, sent a letter to Congress saying that the F.B.I. had discovered e-mails …
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy  —  Senior Justice Department officials warned the FBI that Director James B. Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM  —  The disclosure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Friday, October 28 that it had discovered potential new evidence in its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of her personal email when she was Secretary …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’  —  CNN's Carl Bernstein said that the FBI's stunning announcement that it assessing new emails pertinent to its investigation of Hillary Clinton  —  's private email server wouldn't have happened unless “it was something serious.”
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’  —  Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.'s director a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of messages from her private email server.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch advised FBI Director James Comey not to send a letter to Congress informing them of the discovery of new emails related to the investigation into Hillary Clinton  —  's private email server, The New Yorker reported early Saturday.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
FBI Found “Tens Of Thousands Of Emails” Belonging To Huma Abedin On Weiner's Laptop  —  With furious Democrats - and the Clinton Campaign - now openly blasting the FBI's reopened investigation (as Republicans take delight for once in having a government agency reinforce their side of events) …
The Hill:
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp
Discussion: ABC News and Vox Popoli
Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
Discussion: Washington Post
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Clinton on New FBI Probe: People Have Already “Factored” In Emails In How They Think About Me
Discussion: Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump boasts about his philanthropy.  But his giving falls short of his words.  —  In the fall of 1996, a charity called the Association to Benefit Children held a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for a new nursery school serving children with AIDS.  The bold-faced names took seats up front.
Sarah Boden / Iowa Public Radio:
Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged”  —  A Des Moines woman has been charged with Election Misconduct, a Class D felony, after allegedly voting twice for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Someone Was Actually Arrested For In-Person Voter Fraud. She's A Trump Supporter.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Shift in the Electorate's Makeup Tightens the Presidential Contest (POLL)  —  It's a tale of two electorates in the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, with shifts in intended turnout moving a large advantage for Hillary Clinton a week ago to a far tighter 2016 presidential race today.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
National poll: Clinton leads Trump by 2 points
Discussion: The Week and alan.com
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:   Tracking poll: Trump within 2 points of Clinton nationally
Sam Wang / New York Times:
Why Trump Stays Afloat  —  In one of the most emotionally wrenching presidential races in living memory, Donald J. Trump's support is as level as a pond.  In polls, it is holding steady around 41 percent, right where it was after the first debate in late September.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Final Days  —  Trump's advisers are working hard to plan their own futures while riding out the roller-coaster end of the campaign.  —  “I'm on the battlefield right now, which is amazing,” Donald Trump said as he surveyed the Gettysburg National Military Park.  “When you talk about historic, this is the whole ballgame.”
Discussion: Politicus USA, alan.com and Raw Story
Chad Griffin:
An Open Letter: HRC Revokes Endorsement Following Senator Mark Kirk's Racist Comments  —  After careful consideration, HRC's Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors has taken the unprecedented step—a first in our 36-year history—of revoking an endorsement.
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix VA worker's run-in with proselytizers raises questions about government pushing religion  —  Dental assistant says Bible distribution in Phoenix VA medical center violated separation of church and state.  —  A Department of Veterans Affairs employee says he was humiliated and led away …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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24 Totally Normal Hours On The Trail With Hillary Clinton
Maurice Tamman / Reuters:
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‘Gay Thought Police’ Like Soviet-Era Bullies
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Clinton house renovated without permits: Records
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Clinton's State Department: A RICO Enterprise
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