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6:00 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 …
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.
Mike Levine / ABC News:
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  FBI Director James Comey told Congress Friday that the agency was again reviewing emails related to Hillary Clinton's personal server, after it learned of additional information that might be relevant to the case.
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
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
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Read the letter Comey sent to FBI employees explaining his controversial decision on the Clinton email investigation
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Memo to the Press: What Comey's Letter Does and Doesn't Mean
New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief James Comey Is in Political Crossfire Again Over Emails
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Crime Report
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.”
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New York Times:
For Democrats, New Focus on Clinton Email Is ‘Like an 18-Wheeler Smacking Into Us’  —  Leading Democrats and advisers to Hillary Clinton expressed deep concern on Saturday that the renewed attention and unanswered questions about emails relating to Mrs. Clinton would turn some voters …
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
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
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
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
Mike Allen / Politico:
2020: Rematch of Trump vs. Clinton?  —  What if it isn't over?  —  Newt Gingrich, one of Donald Trump's closest confidants and most visible boosters, on Friday raised the novel possibility of a Trump-Clinton rematch in 2020 — a spooky Halloween-weekend notion for the many voters who just want the ugly race to stop.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
 
 
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Maurice Tamman / Reuters:
Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Michael Lucas / Breitbart:
‘Gay Thought Police’ Like Soviet-Era Bullies
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Michael P. McKinney / lohud.com:
Clinton house renovated without permits: Records
Discussion: America Rising and Hot Air
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Clinton's State Department: A RICO Enterprise
Discussion: Power Line
Erika Christakis / Washington Post:
My Halloween email led to a campus firestorm — and a troubling lesson about self-censorship
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Stacey Barchenger / Tennessean.com:
Eric Clapton sued by bluesman's estate in dispute over iconic song
Discussion: AOL
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Entities, Family Rank High as Vendors to Campaign
Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Trump returning to Michigan Monday
Discussion: The Last Refuge and WOOD-TV
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Ammon Bundy's lawyer tackled, Tasered by U.S. Marshals in a surreal ending to the Oregon standoff trial
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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New York Times:
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