For the second time in five days, the FBI moves exactly to the place it usually strives to avoid: smack in the middle of partisan fighting over a national election, just days before the vote.
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Takedown blows cap ugly, corrosive race
The presidential candidates spend the last days laying siege to each other as catastrophic choices rather than emphasizing their policies and experience.
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Trump makes sure he’s master of Web domain names that taint him
Donaldtrumpsucks.com is just one of the dozens he’s acquired to keep critics from using them.
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Sanders spurs on Maine voters in campaign rally for Clinton
The Vermont Democrat returns to Deering High School, where thousands of Portland Democrats stood in line for a party caucus in March and gave Sanders a victory over Hillary Clinton.
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Report: Trump used dubious tax avoidance scheme in 1990s
The New York Times says it has documents showing that Donald Trump essentially traded debt relief for nearly worthless ‘partnership equity’ in the 1990s to avoid tax liability.
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Trump goes on attack over emails, while Clinton faults FBI
National polls show a tightening race as the candidates enter the final week of the campaign.
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Justice Department says it will move quickly – and quietly – in review of Clinton emails
Under pressure after an unusually public disclosure by FBI Director James Comey, the department is trying to regain control of the politically charged investigation.
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CNN drops Democratic official alleged to have leaked debate questions to Clinton camp
Material released from a stolen Clinton campaign file reveals that the former commentator communicated with the campaign about questions the candidate might be asked.
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Clinton’s new ‘Daisy’ ad aims to shift focus back to Trump and nukes
The ad features the same woman who, as a small girl, plucked petals from a flower in the original one, which was aimed at Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.
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At Bates College, students feel the heat of presidential campaign
A class on campaign rhetoric puts them in front of cameras as politicians, just as the real U.S. election reaches a high level of incivility.