Heidi Heitkamp has “no comment” on Clinton email scandal

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.

Hillary Clinton accuses the FBI over ‘strange’ new emails review

Hillary Clinton lashed out 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". Hillary Clinton lashed out 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".

Clinton in Daytona Beach: ‘We need your help’

At once acknowledging the competitiveness of the campaign in Volusia County and the need to reach those tempted to sit out a contest between two historically unpopular candidates, Hillary Clinton made two direct appeals to the Democratic base here Saturday. "We need your help in the last 10 days," Clinton told a crowd of some 900 at the John H. Dickerson Community Center on the city's south side.

For some New Yorkers, everything riding on election

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.

Comey disclosure in Clinton case puts him in spotlight again

FBI Director James Comey's announcement that his bureau was reviewing new emails possibly relevant to Hillary Clinton's private email server investigation has thrust him into the public spotlight again just days before Election Day. Comey said in a letter Friday to Congress that the FBI had uncovered email messages in an unrelated case and would determine if they were classified.

This Week from Albany: Last campaign push ahead of election

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.

Clinton takes on FBI over email move

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.

Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn’t know how her…

Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has intimated she is unsure how her emails could have ended up on a device she viewed as her husband's computer. Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she is unsure how her emails could have ended up on a device she viewed as her husband's computer, the seizure of which has reignited the Clinton email investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation and civil litigation over the matter.

Car explodes in eastern Libya, killing activist, 5 others

A tense protest over the Dakota Access pipeline subsided at least temporarily after some protest leaders urged activists to leave a barricade near a state highway bridge. Protesters trying to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline urged unity on Saturday while gathering near the burned-out construction vehicles that served as a barricade between activists and officers a day earlier.

FBI director reportedly went against attorney general’s…

The decision made by the FBI director to alert Congress that the agency was reviewing new emails related to its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private server was contrary to the recommendation of the attorney general, according to two reports published on Saturday. The New Yorker and Washington Post reported Attorney General Loretta Lynch had expressed to FBI Director James Comey her view that the law enforcement agency should follow the longstanding practice of not commenting on ongoing investigations - especially with less than two weeks to go until Election Day.

Clinton campaign blasts FBI Director Comey: ‘There’s no reason…

Hillary Clinton campaign officials blasted FBI Director James Comey in a conference call Saturday afternoon over his decision to notify Congress on Friday that the bureau had reopened its investigation into Clinton's private email server. Campaign chairman John Podesta called the reaction to Comey's announcement "overblown" and campaign manager Robby Mook said Comey's decision to send the letter was "completely unfair" to Clinton and to voters.