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About 18 million Americans already voted before FBI Director James Comey made the bombshell announcement that he found new emails possibly relating to Hillary Clinton's private server. The numbers include some good news for Republicans in Ohio and Iowa, and good news for Democrats in Florida, Arizona and Colorado, based on a CNN analysis of the latest early voting data.
Justice Department and FBI officials are working to secure approval that would allow the FBI to conduct a full search of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedein's newly discovered emails, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. Government lawyers haven't yet approached Abedin's lawyers to seek an agreement to conduct the search.
The FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server knew early this month that messages recovered in a separate probe might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing the FBI director, according to people familiar with the case. FBI Director James B. Comey has written that he was informed of the development Thursday, and he sent a letter to legislators the next day letting them know that he thought the team should take ''appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails.'
Feds in talks with Abedin to get access to emails Investigation centers around material on a laptop she shared with husband Anthony Weiner. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://usat.ly/2eJz2vx In this April 17, 2016, file photo, Huma Abedin, aide to Hillary Clinton, attends a rally in Staten Island, New York.
Donald Trump is beating Hillary Clinton by four points in the crucial battleground state of Florida, according to a newly released poll. T he New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll shows Trump receiving the support of 46 percent of likely Florida voters, while Clinton is at 42 percent.
In this file photo, New York Democratic Congressional candidate, New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, left, greets diners at a restaurant in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. When the final votes are tallied, count on some trailblazers heading to Congress.
As Hillary Clinton presses for a return to the White House, so, too, does the Clinton inner circle - the family of aides and confidants that have at times strained the loyalty, patience and political judgment of the figures at its center. The Democratic presidential nominee is in the middle of one such moment.
The Justice Department discouraged the FBI from alerting Congress to the unexpected discovery of emails potentially related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, given the proximity to the presidential election and the potential for political fallout, a government official said. Justice Department officials who were advised of the FBI's intention to notify Congress about the discovery expressed concern that the action would be inconsistent with department protocols designed to avoid the appearance of interference in an election.
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is apologizing for saying he was surprised that a gun magazine with a photo of Hillary Clinton on the cover hadn't put a bull's-eye over her face. Burr is heard saying he saw a copy of American Rifleman in a gun shop.
Senior Justice Department officials warned the FBI that Director James Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server was not consistent with long-standing practices of the department, according to officials familiar with the discussions.  FBI officials who work closely with Comey on Thursday contacted attorneys at the Justice Department. Their message: Comey intended to inform lawmakers of newly discovered emails potentially connected to the Clinton email investigation.
Columbiana County Recorder Theresa Bosel is being opposed in her re-election bid by Madison Township Fiscal Officer Tiffany Chetock. We were among Bosel's biggest critics during her first year in office.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. >> Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at the FBI's handling of a new email review, leading a chorus of Democratic leaders who declared the bureau's actions just days before the election “unprecedented” and “deeply troubling.” Emboldened Republican rival Donald Trump seized on the reignited email controversy, hoping to raise new doubts about Clinton's trustworthiness.
The fallout from the re-opened Hillary Clinton email scandal continued today when North Dakota's only Democrat at the federal level, avid Clinton supporter Heidi Heitkamp told Valley News Team's Jovana Simic she had "no comment" when asked about the latest bombshell regarding Clinton's possible violations of the espionage act. The emails in question belong to Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin and were found on Anthony wiener's computer, Abedin's estranged husband who's being investigated for allegedly exchanging explicit messages with a teenager.
Incumbent Sen. Chuck Schumer, running against long-shot Republican Wendy Long, is set to be the chamber's top Democrat. With one week to go until the election and Hillary Clinton holding a substantial lead in the polls, here's a New Yorkcentric guide to election night and beyond for Sen. Charles Schumer and other aspirational New York Democrats, as well as the U.S. House and state Senate.
In the latest developments in New York state government, legislative candidates make their final pitches to the voters before election day, the state ends its legal fight with two daily fantasy sports companies and Uber delivers free flu shots in another effort to court upstate. State lawmakers and their challengers will spend the next week making their final campaign pushes ahead of the Nov. 8 election, and control of the state Senate hangs in the balance.
Hillary Clinton has challenged FBI Director James Comey to provide a fuller explanation of investigative steps he is taking related to her use of a private email server, as the Democratic presidential candidate accused him of "deeply troubling" behaviour 10 days before the US elections. Speaking to volunteers in Daytona Beach, Florida, Clinton said: "Some of you may have heard about a letter the FBI director sent" on Friday to the US Congress informing it that the agency is again reviewing emails.
On such topics as foreign policy and immigration, clear policy disagreements separate the three candidates for Congress in the state's 2nd District. U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Republican campaigning for a fifth term in Congress, is being challenged by Britani Potter, an Ottawa Democrat, and James Houston Bales, a Libertarian who lives in Lawrence.
Not that long ago, former New York congressman Anthony Weiner was a rising star in the Democratic party. Then he embarrassed himself and his wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, with a sexting scandal in 2011.
State Rep. Fred Camillo is calling out his Democratic opponent for what he said is a deceptive advertisement mailed to voters in their race for the 151st House District . Residents in the district over the past week received a mailer from candidate Dita Bhargava linking Camillo to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump .