Uproar over whether FBI chief broke law by raising new Clinton emails
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Whether FBI Director James Comey broke the law may hinge on whether he had political motivations or was merely doing his job by reviving Democrat Hillary Clinton’s email controversy just days before the Nov. 8 presidential election…
Democrats sue Trump for alleged voter intimidation in four states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 elec…
Trump raises specter of crisis if Clinton wins the White House
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich./KENT, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton a threat to the country on Monday, saying that if she is elected a probe into her emails could shadow her entire term in o…
Tech billionaire Thiel says Trump movement ‘not going away’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel, a lightning rod for criticism in Silicon Valley for his support of Donald Trump, predicted on Monday that the movement the Republican presidential nominee has created would carry on ev…
CNN, Brazile part ways amid renewed WikiLeaks controversy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – CNN cut ties with political commentator and interim Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile after leaked emails suggested she offered advisers to Hillary Clinton advance information about presidential debate question…
U.S. attorney general did not order FBI to withhold Clinton-related emails: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not order FBI Director James Comey to withhold from Congress the discovery of emails potentially related to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, but she made it known that…
White House says FBI director not trying to influence election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama believes FBI Director James Comey is a man of integrity and is not trying to influence the U.S. presidential election by announcing scrutiny of additional emails linked to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s private…
Clinton says ‘there is no case here’ in FBI email investigation
KENT, Ohio (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Monday that she welcomed the FBI to look at the emails in the latest twist in the controversy over her use of a private server while she was secretary of state.
Got bank? Election could create flood of marijuana cash with no place to go
October 31 (Reuters) – Although the sale of marijuana is a federal crime, the number of U.S. banks working with pot businesses, now sanctioned in many states, is growing, up 45 percent in the last year alone.
Backers of Paris climate pact play down Trump threat to deal as election looms
OSLO (Reuters) – Backers of a global accord to fight climate change that formally comes into force on Friday say they are confident the deal can survive any legal challenges by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump if he wins next week’s presidential …