Dave Matthews Serenades Bankers as Tisch, Rohatyn Women Honored 2 hours ago

At a Lincoln Center gala that raised $3.1 million Tuesday night, Dave Matthews and Yissy Garcia, a woman drummer with a mohawk, played for Evercore Chief Executive Officer Ralph Schlosstein and Citigroup's head of corporate and investment banking, Raymond McGuire. Thank President Obama for giving the bankers the opportunity.

Critics: Nevada GOP candidate making misstep on Trump stance

Republicans say Rep. Joe Heck made a misstep in his tight Nevada Senate race when he said Donald Trump would be a good commander in chief but refused to say whether he would vote for the presidential nominee. Heck revoked his endorsement of Trump last month after an audio emerged of the billionaire businessman boasting of groping women, drawing boos from a few Republicans at a rally.

Unlike other vulnerable GOP senators, Burr embraces Trump

In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. makes a comment during a live televised Senate debate with Democratic challenger Deborah Ross at UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Polls show Burr and Democrat challenger Deborah Ross are running neck-and-neck in a race that could help decide control of the senate.

Financial Times Endorses Hillary for President Despite ‘All Her Weaknesses’

The Financial Times had endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, proclaiming that the Democratic nominee "is manifestly more competent than Trump with his braggadocio, divisiveness and meanness." "Despite her faults, Mrs. Clinton is eminently qualified to be the first woman elected to the White House," the newspaper stated.

The FBI keeps showing up in this election

File- FBI Director James Comey testified before Congress to answer "important questions" about the Hillary Clinton email investigation and his recommendation that the Justice Department not prosecute the former Secretary of State. File- FBI Director James Comey testified before Congress to answer "important questions" about the Hillary Clinton email investigation and his recommendation that the Justice Department not prosecute the former Secretary of State.

Asian markets rattled by Trump poll lead

Asian equities tumbled Wednesday, extending a global sell-off, and the Mexican peso fell after a poll showed Donald Trump overtaking market favorite Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. With Clinton until last week comfortably ahead, traders were upbeat about her chances of winning on November 8 but news Friday that the FBI were again looking at her emails has raised the prospect of Trump becoming president.

Pro-Trump super PAC deploying $10 million in new TV ads

Donald Trump is getting a $10 million advertising boost from a super PAC attacking Hillary Clinton as too scandal-plagued for the White House. With this late ad buy, Future 45 and a companion nonprofit group are now the top big-money helper to the Republican presidential nominee.

CNN chief says Brazile’s leaks to Clinton camp were ‘disgusting’

CNN chose an odd way to announce some news about itself Monday: It waited until reporters called to disclose the fact that, yes, it had parted ways with one of its longtime commentators, Donna Brazile. The cable network accepted Brazile's resignation on Oct. 14 after it learned about her undisclosed role in backA channeling questions intended for a CNN-sponsored primary debate to Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Liberals No Longer Allowed to Nominate Supreme Court Justices

The latest hotness on the right is to promise not just to hold up Senate hearings on Merrick Garland until we get a new president, but to hold up all hearings for all Supreme Court nominees forever if Hillary Clinton wins: That prospect - which could impact every aspect of American life including climate regulations, abortion and gun rights - was first raised by Senator John McCain of Arizona, then Ted Cruz of Texas and now Richard Burr of North Carolina, who CNN reported Monday talked up the idea at a private event over the weekend.

Congress is attacking Comey, but ita s all bark and no bite

FBI Director James Comey has been taking heat from both parties in Congress over agency investigations, but for competing reasons. AFP Photo/Jim Watson/Getty Images With one week to go until the election, Congress's ire is focused on one man: FBI Director James Comey.

Sanders Takes Aim at Insulin Makers in Latest Price Attack

Makers of insulin became the latest target for Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been going after pharmaceutical companies one by one over the issue of high U.S. drug prices. Shares of Eli Lilly & Co.

FBI plumbs email trove, shaking White House race

FBI agents are plumbing hundreds of thousands of emails in search of potentially incriminating evidence against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, in a high pressure probe seven days before the US presidential election. What will come out of it and when is not known, but the impact of the FBI's bombshell discovery of a new trove of Clinton emails is already reverberating in the neck-and-neck race for the White House.

Map Expands: Clinton Campaign to Run Six-Figure Ad Buys in Michigan, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia

With only seven days to go until Election Day, the Clinton campaign is spending six-figure sums in Michigan, New Mexico, Colorado, and Virginia in a last-ditch bid to secure supposedly "safe" blue states. All four states are considered a lock for Democrats, but the FBI re-opening its criminal investigation of Clinton's use of her illicit, homebrew email server while Secretary of State on Friday sent her campaign into a panic.

Us Stocks-U.S. election, rate uncertainty rattle Wall Street

Wall Street sold off on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 closing at the lowest level since July 7, amid growing concern over the impending U.S. presidential election and prospects for higher U.S. interest rates. Stocks pared losses after falling steeply in early afternoon trading as the S&P 500 breached a key technical level.