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7:55 AM ET, October 29, 2016

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New York Times:
Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton's Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign was rocked on Friday after federal law enforcement officials said that emails pertinent to the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server were discovered …
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Read the letter Comey sent to FBI employees explaining his controversial decision on the Clinton email investigation  —  On Friday, FBI Director James B. Comey sent a letter to Congress saying the bureau is investigating additional emails that appear relevant to the Hillary Clinton email case.
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe  —  FBI Director James Comey told his bureau he broke with custom in alerting lawmakers that the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server was being reopened because of its political sensitivity.
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
FBI Director James B. Comey under fire for his controversial decision on the Clinton email inquiry  —  FBI Director James B. Comey decided to inform Congress that he would look again into Hillary Clinton's handling of emails during her time as secretary of state for two main reasons …
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Memo to the Press: What Comey's Letter Does and Doesn't Mean  —  The press is full of “breaking news” stories that FBI Director James Comey has “reopened” the Clinton email investigation.  It's juicy news less than two weeks before the election.  But it's not quite right.  —  Here's the text of Comey's letter:
Newsweek:
WHY FBI DIRECTOR MADE CLINTON EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT NOW  —  Why did FBI Director James Comey shock Washington on Friday with an announcement that the FBI “has learned of the existence of emails” related to Hillary Clinton's private email server, and what does it mean?  —  The truth is Comey didn't have a choice.
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Computer seized in Weiner probe prompts FBI to take new steps in Clinton email inquiry … Newly discovered emails found on a computer seized during an investigation of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner have prompted the FBI to make new inquiries related to Hillary Clinton's private email server …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Did Huma Commit Perjury?  —  Today's bombshell news, of course, is that the FBI has found a substantial number of emails from Hillary Clinton to Huma Abedin on the computer (desktop, I assume) that Huma shared with her husband, Anthony Weiner.  The FBI was examining the computer's hard drive …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What the FBI Director's letter about the Clinton emails really says  —  It's a good idea to read the letter before you report on it.  —  Oy.  —  As of this writing, all three cable news networks are in a frenzy.  FBI Director James Comey just sent a letter to Republican congressional …
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Observations on the FBI's Clinton email “reentry”
New York Times:
‘This Changes Everything’: Donald Trump Exults as Hillary Clinton's Team Scrambles
Discussion: Instapundit
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
FBI Reopening Clinton Email Investigation
NBC News:
FBI Says It Will Investigate New Hillary Clinton Emails
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's campaign sounds pretty angry with the FBI right now
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton can no longer coast to the win
Discussion: Washington Post
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton probe
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Hillary Clinton: 'I'm confident' FBI will not find cause to recommend charges
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Oct. 28 FBI letter to congressional leaders on Clinton email investigation
Des Moines Register:
Voter fraud suspect arrested in Des Moines  —  A Des Moines woman has been arrested on suspicion of voting twice this month in the general election, police and court records show.  —  Terri Lynn Rote, 55, was booked into the Polk County Jail about 3:40 p.m. Thursday on a first-degree election …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:   Iowa GOP voter arrested for alleged voter fraud: report
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Video Shows Donald Trump Sexually Humiliating Woman Before Large Audience  —  He decided to take revenge on another former Miss Universe.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Revenge has been a fixture of Donald Trump's corporate speeches for years.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court takes up transgender school bathroom case  —  Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a case concerning a transgender high school student in Virginia who is seeking to use the boys' bathroom at school.  —  The case, which should be heard this term …
Discussion: RedState
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Rule in Transgender Access Case
Discussion: New York Magazine
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court To Hear Critical Challenge Over Transgender Rights
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Hit & Run and Mother Jones
Bryan Anderson / Raleigh News & Observer:
Accused ‘thug’ escorted out of Trump's Kinston rally says he's actually a supporter  —  KINSTON  —  Nash County resident C.J. Cary arrived at the Kinston Jet Center Wednesday night in eager anticipation of a Donald Trump rally.  —  Cary says he wanted to deliver a note to Trump urging …
Discussion: The Huffington Post, Vox and Raw Story
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Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Oops! Trump Mistook a Black Supporter at His Rally for a Protester and Called Him a “Thug”
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bernstein: FBI Would Not Reopen Case Unless New Evidence Was “A Real Bombshell”  —  Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein comments on the FBI's shocking Friday afternoon announcement that they are reopening the investigation into Hilary Clinton's email server because new evidence has come to light.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Scared Monkeys
Edna Gunderson / Telegraph:
World exclusive: Bob Dylan - I'll be at the Nobel Prize ceremony... if I can  —  “Isn't that something...?”  Bob Dylan isn't exactly making a big deal out of being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.  But at least the 1960s trailblazer is finally acknowledging his becoming the first musician …
 
 
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Ammon Bundy's lawyer tackled, Tasered by U.S. Marshals in a surreal ending to the Oregon standoff trial
NBC News:
Dakota Access Pipeline: 141 Activists Arrested in Tense Clash With Police
Discussion: The Root, Daily Wire and WSLS-TV
John Legend / Essence.com:
Don't Blame Public School Choice For Society's Failures
Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run and BostonGlobe.com
Alison Vekshin / Bloomberg:
Marijuana Vote in California May Herald End of Prohibition Era
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden: No interest in serving in Clinton's Cabinet
Nicole Duran / Washington Examiner:
Obama blames news media for Obamacare's big problems
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Emily Hill / Spectator:
‘The woman is a disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
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