Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe  —  Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation  —  Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted …

WHAT HILLARY STAFFERS KNEW...AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT … Weiner was at home with their son Jordan, tweeting non-stop, and with little real work beyond occasional media appearances.  At one point in the summer of 2015 he took up a job with a PR firm.  It ended when some of the partners left in disgust.

Trump teen rape accuser abruptly calls off news conference  —  LOS ANGELES—A woman who has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of repeatedly raping her two decades ago, when she was 13, abruptly canceled a news conference Wednesday where she was to detail her extraordinary claims against the GOP presidential nominee.

WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism  —  GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) -  —  Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville.  —  A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …

McConnell gives strongest statement yet in favor of Trump  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made his strongest statement yet on his party's presidential nominee, telling a rally in his home state Wednesday that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America.”

Obama Faults F.B.I. on Emails, Citing ‘Incomplete Information’  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — President Obama threw the power of the White House behind Hillary Clinton on Wednesday.  He faulted how the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, handled new emails related to the investigation …

A hard peace  —  After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached.  The saga is over.  —  As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories—about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email …

Bookmaker: Nearly all election bets coming in are on Trump  —  A major gambling website says nearly all wagers on the presidential election in the last 48 hours have been on Donald Trump  —  to win.  —  Irish bookmaker Paddy Power on Tuesday said 91 percent of bets on the election …

Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes  —  Automatic voter registration has recently emerged a key tool in increasing the United States' anemic voter turnout.  The process is simple: Whenever an eligible citizen interacts with a government agency …

Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters … Scott Michael Greene, the 46-year-old suspect in the killings of two police officers early Wednesday, apparently had previous encounters with Urbandale police officers, according to court records about a man with the same name and date of birth as the suspect.

TRENDING: Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity  —  VIDEO: Undoing a legacy of ‘harm, oppression and dominance’  —  Universities across the nation are taking steps to actively purge male students of what's been labeled “toxic masculinity.”

Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe  —  Senate Democrats' next leader once defended FBI director  —  Comey's disclosure could affect outcome of Senate elections  —  Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he's lost confidence …

Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Donald Trump  —  GRANTVILLE, Pa. — It didn't take long for Jack Morris to regret voting for President Obama.  A few months after Mr. Morris, a lifelong Republican, cast his first vote for a Democrat in 2008, he learned that the carpet company …

Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Pennsylvania  —  Clinton Has Smaller Lead; McGinty Ahead in Senate Race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton maintains the lead in Pennsylvania, although by a smaller margin than one month ago.  The Monmouth University Poll finds she currently …

Poll gives Clinton wide lead in Florida, with strong GOP support  —  WASHINGTON  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoys an eight-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, a key presidential battleground, according to a new survey, and that's due in no small part to significant crossover support from 28 percent of early voting Republicans.

Kelly Ayotte: 'I wouldn't want my daughter in the room' with Trump or Bill Clinton  —  (CNN)Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is seeking reelection in New Hampshire, said in a radio interview Wednesday that she would not want her daughter in a room with Donald Trump or Bill Clinton, but added that “this isn't about my daughter.”

Cuban: 'I'd rather lose every penny than have Trump as president'  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said on Wednesday that he is more concerned about the possibility of a Donald Trump  —  presidency than he is at the prospect of his team losing fans over his support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton

Trump gives himself advice aloud: ‘Stay on point Donald, stay on point’  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. — Donald Trump channeled the counsel of his top advisers and uttered it out loud on Wednesday night: You're rising in the polls so don't screw it up.  —  “We've got to be nice and cool, nice and calm.