F.B.I.'s Email Disclosure Broke a Pattern Followed Even This Summer  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department faced a hard decision in two investigations this past summer that had the potential to rock the presidential election.  The first case involved Donald J. Trump's campaign chairman …

Two Metro Police Officers Killed in Apparent Ambush Attacks … DES MOINES, Iowa — Two metro police officers are dead following what is being called an “ambush-style attack.”  —  According to Des Moines Police the incident started at 1:06 a.m. Wednesday with a report of shots fired near 70th and Aurora.

Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.

Fake story about Obamas, Hillary Clinton ensnares Sean Hannity  —  Sean Hannity on Tuesday embraced a piece of fake news about President Obama deleting endorsements of Hillary Clinton from his Twitter account.  —  Hannity used the made-up news to claim that President Obama's legacy might be “jail.”

Florida poll: 28 percent of GOP early voters picked Clinton  —  More than a quarter of Republicans who have already voted in Florida cast their ballots for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  , according to a new poll.  —  A TargetSmart/William & Mary poll released Tuesday showed 28 percent …

Johnson: Clinton could be impeached  —  BELOIT — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday he believes Hillary Clinton's actions with her private email server are impeachable offenses should she be elected president.  —  “She purposefully circumvented it (the law), this was willful concealment and destruction …

Former DNC chair Ed Rendell: Clinton campaign is making a mistake by attacking FBI director  —  (CNN)Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania and former Democratic National Committee chairman, said Tuesday that Hillary Clinton's campaign was making a mistake by attacking FBI director James Comey …

White nationalists plot Election Day show of force  —  Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll-watchers across all 50 states.  His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …

If Dems will rig a debate for Clinton, what won't they do to win?  —  No matter what the election outcome next week, the media will be big losers.  This campaign season has seen much of the media rip off their veneer of objectivity, too often acting instead as an unofficial campaign arm working to elect Hillary Clinton

Black Turnout Falls in Early Voting, Boding Ill for Hillary Clinton  —  African-Americans are failing to vote at the robust levels they did four years ago in several states that could help decide the presidential election, creating a vexing problem for Hillary Clinton as she clings …

Freedom Caucus plans secret meeting in D.C. today  —  Top members of the House Freedom Caucus will hold a rare, pre-election strategy session in Washington on Wednesday to chart the group's moves in November and beyond, sources familiar with the gathering told POLITICO.

The Rich and Us  —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, having a net worth of $81.8 billion, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, having a net worth of $70.4 billion, are the nation's two richest men.  They are at the top of the Forbes 400 list of America's superrich individuals, people who have net worths of billions of dollars.

On A Scale From 1 To 10, How Much Should Democrats Panic?  —  In this week's politics chat, we wonder how safe Hillary Clinton's lead is.  The transcript below has been lightly edited.  —  micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): Clinton's lead has shrunk to a hair above 4 percentage points …

Donald Trump gave a very, very good speech today in Pennsylvania  —  Donald Trump isn't terribly good at delivering speeches.  He tends to bounce between a rote recitation of the words in the TelePrompTer and wild message detours into controversial territory that grab headlines and totally distract …

The Obama Family's Stylish Private World Inside the White House  —  Decorated by Michael S. Smith for the Obamas, the White House's private quarters are as worldly and relaxed as the family that calls them home  —  Considering the epochal achievements of the Obama administration …

FBI investigating alleged donor scheme tied to Senate candidate  —  The FBI is investigating an alleged illegal donation scheme involving a wealthy Saudi family that supports Democratic Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy.  —  The Hill has found no evidence that Murphy himself was involved in, or even aware of, the alleged scheme.

Hillary's Male Tormentors  —  Weiner or no Weiner, Hillary Clinton is likely to be our next president.  —  But she can't seem to escape insatiable men.  —  She married one — for better, for “bimbo eruptions,” for two terms in the White House, for impeachment.