Fraud charges and call for patrols as controversy around US election process heats up

Officials in the US filed voter fraud charges against three people in apparently unrelated cases on Friday, just 11 days before American voters cast ballots in the hotly-contested presidential race. The charges targeted a Florida woman and a Virginia man accused of filing bogus voter registration forms, and a Florida woman alleged to have tampered with absentee ballots.

Has the FBI saved Trump?

FBI Director James Comey's announcement Friday that the bureau had reopened its investigation of the classified information in Hillary Clinton 's emails could scramble the already-tightening battle for control of the White House and Senate. "Two Fridays before Election Day leaves a lot of time for people still deciding and for voters to change their minds from what they may have been intending," said Mark Serrano, a GOP strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns since 1987.

The Latest: Pence hails new Justice review of emails

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak to a campaign rally, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Geneva, Ohio. . Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets early voters at the Leonard J. Kaplan Center for Wellness at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

FBI Reviews New Emails In Case Involving Chappaqua’s Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton's decision to set up a private email server in her Chappaqua home during her time as Secretary of State is once again under investigation by the FBI. The news comes 11 days before Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, faces Republican nominee Donald Trump on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. The FBI Director James Comey informed congressional leaders Friday afternoon that the bureau will investigate whether additional classified material in new emails uncovered in the closed investigation of Clinton's use of the server.

Clinton has big cash lead; Pence says message matters more

Donald Trump's campaign is downplaying new federal filings that show Hillary Clinton with an $85 million cash advantage in the final stretch of the campaign. Trump's message matters more than "dollars and cents," running mate Mike Pence said Friday.

In The Fixa s final list of top 10 Senate races, the edge goes to Democrats

The final Fix list of top 10 Senate races in 2016 ends where it began: With Democrats positioned to take back the Senate majority. If we factor in a likely Hillary Clinton presidency , Democrats would need to net four seats to take back the majority.

Why Wall Street’s Top Cop Criticized by Warren Could Stay Awhile

Political friction and vacancies in top posts at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have increased the likelihood that Chair Mary Jo White could remain in the job beyond the end of President Barack Obama's term. White has privately told agency officials that people with ties to both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns have asked if she would consider staying on to give the next president time to pick a successor, said people familiar with the matter.

4 Myths About School Bullying And The ‘Trump Effect’

"Donald Trump has made no apologies to the growing list of people that he has attempted to bully since the launch of his hate-filled campaign," read the press release from the Clinton campaign about a new $500 million initiative called "Better than Bullying." In order to get the money, states would have to pass comprehensive anti-bullying laws and form plans to use school-based interventions like social and emotional learning curricula, or hiring more school counselors.

Yuengling beer backed Trump this week. You can guess the rest.

This week, Donald Trump's son, Eric, took a media-accompanied tour of America's oldest brewery, D.G. Yuengling & Son, family owned and operated in the small Pennsylvania town of Pottsville since 1829. Trump, an heir to his father's billions, was escorted by Richard "Dick" Yuengling Jr., the brewery's fifth generation scion and a billionaire in his own right.

Gop TV ad backing Republican congressman criticizes Trump

In a remarkable slap at their own presidential nominee, Republicans are running a TV ad in Chicago that touts a GOP congressman's independence by showing him saying Donald Trump "has disqualified himself." The spot is aimed at helping Illinois Rep. Robert Dold, considered one of Congress' most endangered Republican incumbents in the Nov. 8 elections.

Hillary Clinton ‘absolutely ready’ to be commander-in-chief: Michelle Obama1 hour ago

Washington, Oct 28: Hillary Clinton is "absolutely ready" to be the US' commander-in-chief on day one as the Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state has more experience and exposure than any candidate "in our lifetime", First Lady Michelle Obama has said. During a rare joint appearance with Clinton at a North Carolina election rally yesterday, Michelle contrasted Clinton's vision of a "powerful, vibrant and strong" nation with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's vision of "hopelessness and despair".

Poor, Poor GOP Rep. Joe Heck has ruffled some Trumpian feathers and there’ll be heck to pay for it

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Trump takes issue with Clintona s criticism of Putin

Donald Trump on Thursday criticized rival Hillary Clinton for being too tough on Vladimir Putin, once again raising eyebrows about the Republican candidate's relationship with the Russian president. Speaking at a rally in Springfield, Ohio, as he kicked off a daylong swing through the battleground state, Trump took issue with Clinton's criticism of the Russian leader, who has been denounced in the West for his military assertiveness and anti-democratic tendencies.

Newt Gingrich – Newt Gingrich misleading in saying Bill Clinton paid $850,000 ‘penalty’

Did Newt Gingrich accurately describe a payment by Bill Clinton as a "penalty" during an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly? In a combative cable news interview that has gone viral, Fox News host Megyn Kelly and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- a prominent Donald Trump surrogate -- clashed over allegations that Trump had groped nearly a dozen women over the years. Among other things, Gingrich countered that the husband of Trump's opponent, former president Bill Clinton, has gotten off light after being involved in sex scandals during the 1980s and 1990s.