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 …

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 …

Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out  —  This is my last column until after the election, so I'd like to address the people least likely to read it: Donald Trump voters.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll get lucky and a few of them will buy fish wrapped in this column, and they'll accidentally peruse it!

Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event  —  It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump  —  The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …

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 …

Justice Department official gave Clinton camp ‘heads up’ about testimony  —  A Justice Department official with close ties to Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta sent him a “heads up” last year to warn that lawmakers might question witnesses about the presidential candidate's private emails …

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 …

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 …

Oklahoma legislator references Clinton's execution in Facebook post  —  SALLISAW — State Rep. John Bennett, a Sallisaw Republican seeking re-election next week, appeared to call for the execution of Hillary Clinton in a recent Facebook post.  —  Bennett wrote, “2 words ... firing squad,” …

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.

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.”

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 …

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Says He Might Write In Evan McMullin  —  Having ruled out Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said he might vote for independent candidate Evan McMullin for president.  —  “That's a possibility,” he told ABC's Jon Karl and Rick Klein during …

Claire McCaskill: ‘Majority’ Of Senate Republicans Won't Vote Trump  —  Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) believes the majority of her Republican colleagues in the Senate won't vote for Donald Trump.  —  “I believe, and I'm basing this on some of the things my colleagues have said to me …

Dems Offer More Evidence of Sketchy GOP Poll Watcher Activity In Nevada  —  Democrats put forward more evidence on Wednesday that they said showed that the Republican National Committee was illegally engaging in poll watching activities.  —  The additional filing comes after an initial round …

The New York Times Invents a Narrative on Comey  —  The reincarnation of J. Edgar Hoover?  —  We mastodons who still receive our daily dose of New York Times when the dead-tree version lands on our doorsteps with a dull thud got a special treat Tuesday, a textbook case of the way …