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JAKE DANNA STEVENS / TIMES-SHAMROCK Chelsea Clinton campaigns for her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, in Scranton on Thursday. A young child has her photo taken with Chelsea Clinton as Clinton campaigns for her mother Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's supporters after a speech in Scranton, Pa., on Thursday, Sept 8, 2016.

‘the Only Option’: Florida newspaper calls for federal…

Questions over the Trump Foundation's illegal contribution to a political group tied to Florida's attorney general do not appear to be going away. The Tampa Bay Times is urging the US federal government to investigate potential connections between Donald Trump's charity and Florida state attorney general, Pam Bondi.

DOJ reportedly granted immunity to computer expert who deleted Clinton emails

The Department of Justice reportedly gave immunity to a computer expert who deleted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails during its investigation into her private email server despite being ordered by Congress to keep them. The New York Times reported Thursday that the Justice Department's immunity deal with Paul Combetta likely means that Republican lawmakers' calls for federal authorities to investigate his deletions will go unheard.

Clinton, as polls tighten, shifts focus to herself instead of Trump

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reflected on her religious faith on Thursday during the first of a series of speeches her campaign said would focus on her values and vision rather than those of Republican opponent Donald Trump. The shift comes as opinion polls tighten between Clinton, the former secretary of state and U.S. senator, and Trump, a New York businessman, ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Gary Johnson: “I feel horrible” about whiffing on Aleppo

It is deeply weird to me that political media spent the better of the morning seriously weighing whether this marginal candidate had done meaningful damage to his marginal campaign by spacing on the name of a city in a country whose civil war most Americans aren't paying attention to. And there's no better expression of that weirdness than the clip below, in which Mark Halperin breathlessly badgers Johnson about it in vintage "what about your gaffes?!" fashion.

Matt Lauer’s rough night increases pressure on debate moderators

Traffic cop or truth detector? The rough reception given Matt Lauer for his back-to-back interviews with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump laid bare a disagreement over whether journalists who moderate presidential debates should call candidates out for telling lies. Online critics hit Lauer for spending too much time on Clinton's email server and trying to cut her answers short during Wednesday's NBC forum on national security issues.

Colin Powell: Using private email same as private phone call

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell found himself on the defensive Thursday following the release of a 2009 email exchange with Hillary Clinton, in which he d his use of a private, dial-up email account to carry out government business. Powell's antiquated AOL account, which worked over a phone line in his office at the State Department, might have been more vulnerable to attack by hackers than the private email server Clinton used during her tenure as secretary.

Seth Meyers Compares Scandals Surrounding Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – WATCH

Seth Meyers dug into scandals that have dogged each of the two major presidential campaigns this cycle, and came up with a maybe not surprising result: one of these things is not like the other. Meyers touched on Clinton's emails and her use of a private server during her tenure as Secretary of State, but he also got into accusations of 'pay-for-play' involving both the Clinton Foundation and the Trump Foundation.

The Latest: Libertarian VP candidate defends Johnson

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, ... Authorities say "items of interest" have been found by authorities digging for the remains of a California college student who vanished in 1996. Authorities say "items of interest" have been found by authorities digging for the remains of a California college student who vanished in 1996.

AP deletes Clinton tweet from two weeks ago

AP deletes Clinton tweet from two weeks ago The Twitter message was about an AP analysis of Clinton's meetings while secretary of State. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2caRo4C The Associated Press on Thursday deleted a tweet posted two weeks earlier regarding a review the news organization had conducted of meetings Hillary Clinton held with individuals from the private sector while secretary of State.

Hudson River Can Get Ready for That Floating Park, AgainA court…

Construction can resume on Pier 55, the floating park in the Hudson River that's largely funded by IAC chairman Barry Diller. New York's Apellate Division sided with a lower court's decision and ruled against the City Club of New York and other opponents of the project, saying the Hudson River Park took a sufficient "hard look" at potential impacts.

DNA evidence leads to arrest in 1983 slaying of WWI veteran

A New York woman has been charged with killing a 92-year-old World War I veteran during a break-in at his Buffalo home more than three decades ago. Newly tested DNA evidence from the home of a 92-year-old World War I veteran strangled in 1983 has led to murder charges against a woman who was a teenager when the crime was committed, prosecutors said.