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10:20 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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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: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
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:
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.
The Hill:
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp  —  's allies were cast into a state of anger and disbelief over the FBI's stunning announcement that it is reviewing new emails “pertinent” to Clinton's use of a private email server.  —  That shocking development — revealed in a letter to Congress …
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:
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Whatever they reveal, the new Weiner emails probably won't hurt Clinton.  Tribalism reigns.  —  On Friday, Americans got their second “October surprise” of the presidential election.  The first was the Access Hollywood tape in which Donald Trump boasted of sexual assault.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise  —  Hillary Clinton has never met a sunny day she completely trusted, and Friday proved why.  —  The front-running Democrat has always been weakest when protecting a lead, and, according to the people around her, chronically suspicious …
Discussion: Washington Post
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
FBI Director James B. Comey under fire for his controversial decision on the Clinton email inquiry
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Burgess Everett / Politico:   GOP Senate hopes brighten on FBI news
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Observations on the FBI's Clinton email “reentry”
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What the FBI Director's letter about the Clinton emails really says
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
FBI Reopening Clinton Email Investigation
Washington Post:
The damage Comey's bad timing could do
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
NBC News:
FBI Says It Will Investigate New Hillary Clinton Emails
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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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:   Tracking poll: Trump within 2 points of Clinton nationally
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
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.”
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.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Entities, Family Rank High as Vendors to Campaign  —  GOP presidential candidate's airline, hotels, family members and allies listed in FEC report as receiving election spending  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's list of highest-paid campaign vendors is brimming with his own name.
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.
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: Raw Story, The Huffington Post and Vox
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Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Oops! Trump Mistook a Black Supporter at His Rally for a Protester and Called Him a “Thug”
 
 
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Clinton's State Department: A RICO Enterprise
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My Halloween email led to a campus firestorm — and a troubling lesson about self-censorship
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Eric Clapton sued by bluesman's estate in dispute over iconic song
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Trump returning to Michigan Monday
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Ammon Bundy's lawyer tackled, Tasered by U.S. Marshals in a surreal ending to the Oregon standoff trial
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Bernstein: FBI Would Not Reopen Case Unless New Evidence Was “A Real Bombshell”
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