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11:10 PM ET, October 29, 2016

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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 …
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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 …
The Daily Beast:
Huma Abedin Swore Under Oath She Gave Up ‘All the Devices’ With State Dept. Emails  —  In a normal election year, a normal candidate's close aide who caused even minor embarrassment to a campaign so near to Election Day would be whisked away as quickly as possible to avoid becoming a distraction.
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe  —  When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Strongly Discouraged Comey on Move in Clinton Email Case  —  The day before the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sent a letter to Congress announcing that new evidence had been discovered that may be related to the completed Hillary Clinton email investigation …
Discussion: Politico, Refinery29 and Blue Virginia
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 …
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.
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides  —  Agents within the Federal Bureau of Investigation never destroyed laptops given to them by aides of Hillary Clinton as previously reported, a Washington D.C. lawyer with a source close to the Clinton investigation says.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Dems train fire on Comey
Discussion: Hot Air
Matthew Miller / Washington Post:
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again
Discussion: Hot Air, twitchy.com and Politicus USA
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Just a Few Days  —  Last night I noted that current news …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
Discussion: Washington Post
Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
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.
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.
BostonGlobe.com:
Law firm ‘bonuses’ tied to political donations  —  Jon Tester didn't come all the way from Montana for the scrambled eggs and bacon.  The US senator, virtually unknown in Boston, was in a conference room at the Thornton Law Firm that June morning to cash in at one of the most reliable stops …
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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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.
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
New York Times:
WikiLeaks Lays Bare a Clinton Insider's Emphatic Cheers and Jeers  —  In one note, Neera Tanden groused that whoever had let Hillary Clinton use a private email address for her State Department correspondence should be “drawn and quartered.”  —  In another, she called for Mrs. Clinton …
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.”
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voter Fraud In Minnesota [Updated]
Discussion: American Experiment
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
24 Totally Normal Hours On The Trail With Hillary Clinton
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix VA worker's run-in with proselytizers raises questions about government pushing religion
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Maurice Tamman / Reuters:
Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michael Lucas / Breitbart:
‘Gay Thought Police’ Like Soviet-Era Bullies
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Michael P. McKinney / lohud.com:
Clinton house renovated without permits: Records
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Coroner accidentally cremated wrong man as his family planned a funeral and viewing
Discussion: AOL and CBS Los Angeles
Mike Allen / Politico:
2020: Rematch of Trump vs. Clinton?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Entities, Family Rank High as Vendors to Campaign
 

 
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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