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9:10 AM ET, November 3, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment”  —  Fox News Channel's Bret Baier reports the latest news about the Clinton Foundation investigation from two sources inside the FBI.  He reveals five important new pieces of information in these two short clips:
Fox News:
FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation now ‘a very high priority,’ sources say  —  The FBI's investigation into the Clinton Foundation that has been going on for more than a year has now taken a “very high priority,” separate sources with intimate knowledge of the probe tell Fox News.
Washington Post:
Senior FBI officials were told of new emails in early October but wanted more information before renewing Clinton probe
CBS News:
Five days to go: The presidential race tightens - CBS/NYT poll  —  Where the Race Stands  —  The race for president has tightened since mid-October: Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by three points nationally.  Just over two weeks ago, after the second debate and amid accusations …
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Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Still Leads a Tighter Race, Times/CBS News Poll Shows  —  Heading into the final days of the presidential campaign, the race has settled back into a tight contest, with Hillary Clinton holding an edge over Donald J. Trump after a month of tumult.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump gives himself advice aloud: ‘Stay on point Donald, stay on point’
Discussion: ABC News
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old.  Why Haven't The Media Covered It?  —  There are two big reasons.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  If you've been anywhere near Facebook or Twitter in the past several months, you're probably aware that there is a case working …
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Timothy Noah / Politico:
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.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Beneath a Close Election Contest Lie Deep Rifts Among Groups (POLL)  —  Profound rifts among groups lie beneath the close presidential contest, underscoring the country's fundamental political divisions not only by race, gender and education but also by factors ranging from religious belief to residential area.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:   Clinton inches ahead, with enthusiasm back on par with Trump, Post-ABC Tracking poll finds
BBC:
Brexit court defeat for UK government  —  Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled.  —  This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.
Discussion: Deadline, Vox Popoli and NPR
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
British court delivers blow to E.U. exit plan, insists Parliament has a say
Adam Beam / Yahoo:
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.”
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Says He Might Write In Evan McMullin
Discussion: The Week, RedState and Politico
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Claire McCaskill: ‘Majority’ Of Senate Republicans Won't Vote Trump
Discussion: CNN
Daily Mail:
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.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Here's An Open Letter To Comey From The Teen Who Allegedly Got Sexts From Weiner
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Trump Edges Ahead Of Clinton In N.H.  —  A new WBUR poll of likely voters in New Hampshire finds that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are now in a dead heat with just five days to go before Election Day.  —  The survey also finds Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte leading …
Nick Kalman / Fox News:
Casting notice goes out for new ‘up-and-coming’ conservative news network  —  Donald Trump denies he is interested in launching a new conservative news venture, but somebody sure is.  —  What's being billed as an “up-and-coming conservative media network currently in development” …
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Raw Story
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs win World Series championship with 8-7 victory over Cleveland Indians  —  Photos from Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 2016.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Finally.  —  The most epic drought in sports history is over, and the Cubs are world champions.
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
EmailGate Has Destroyed Clinton, Inc.  —  No matter what happens on November 8, Hillary's email antics have irreversibly sabotaged a political dynasty  —  With our presidential election less than a week away, Hillary Clinton is playing defense, blaming everyone but herself for the political disaster that is enveloping her campaign.
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Emails show how Republicans lobbied to limit voting hours in North Carolina  —  When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the reaction was swift …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump transition team pulls out the stops  —  Donald Trump's presidential transition team has kicked into higher gear as the race for the White House tightens, with a team of conservative Washington policy wonks fleshing out plans to dismantle President Barack Obama's legacy.
Discussion: Political Wire
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump Is an Existential Threat  —  There are only a handful of days until Election Day and an end to this phase of a nation's — and the world's — ebb and flow of anxiety.  The day after the votes are cast and counted that anxiety will either dissipate or become a fixed feature.
Jonathan D. Silver / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Police say woman sent text messages and images while she smothered children, killing one  —  Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough, left, and McKeesport police Chief Bryan Washowich speak at a news conference Wednesday at the county police headquarters in Homewood …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Is Clinton Slipping?  —  There are more signs of erosion, but her floodgates appear to be holding  —  Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, UVA Center for Politics November 3rd, 2016  —  Hillary Clinton has picked an awful time to hit one of the rough patches that has plagued her throughout the campaign.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obamacare: The Last Straw?  —  The Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period for 2017 began yesterday.  The timing couldn't have been worse for Hillary Clinton.  Across the country, exchanges opened with higher premiums, fewer carriers, less choice and smaller networks.  Did I mention higher premiums?
Washington Post:
The only way Trump can win  —  AS THE 2016 presidential campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is airing commercials that present him as a change agent who will shake up Washington.  Not a mainstream politician, exactly, but nothing to be afraid of, either.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
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 …
Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Ex-KKK leader David Duke gets into shouting match at debate, says Hillary Clinton ‘should be getting the electric chair’  —  Candidates vying for a Louisiana US Senate seat met on the debate stage in New Orleans on Wednesday night.  —  Among the candidates — which included Republican …
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Saudi Arabia now employing 14 lobby firms as it fights 9/11 law  —  Saudi Arabia is again expanding its lobbying force as Capitol Hill considers a revision to a law that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the country.  —  Two additional firms are now working on Saudi Arabia's behalf …
Discussion: Washington Post
William Nardi / The College Fix:
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.”
Discussion: Daily Wire and Althouse
 
 
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Washington state senator stands up for student due process
Discussion: Instapundit
Associated Press:
Hacked Emails Show Clinton Campaign Communicated With State
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: ‘Shy Trump’ voters are a mirage
Discussion: Morning Consult and The Week
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Military Leader: Iran Sending Elite Fighters Into U.S., Europe
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Donald Trump
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Federal judge wants GOP to hand over info on poll watchers
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cuban: 'I'd rather lose every penny than have Trump as president'
Ben Felder / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma legislator references Clinton's execution in Facebook post
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Offer More Evidence of Sketchy GOP Poll Watcher Activity In Nevada
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The New York Times Invents a Narrative on Comey
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes
Nick Denton / Being myself:
A hard peace  —  After four years of litigation funded …