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• Trump, Pentagon differ on Mosul fight's success

  31-10-2016 23:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pentagon officials said Monday that the campaign to reclaim Mosul was proceeding as planned and that so far anti-ISIS forces in Iraq are succeeding in their fight against the terror group.
  
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• Donald Trump, Pentagon differ on Mosul fight's success

  31-10-2016 23:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pentagon officials said Monday that the campaign to reclaim Mosul was proceeding as planned and that so far anti-ISIS forces in Iraq are succeeding in their fight against the terror group.
  
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• Tech billionaire Thiel says Trump movement 'not going away'

  31-10-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alana Wise 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 even if he loses his bid for the White House on Nov. 8. "No matter what happens in this election, what Trump represents isn’t crazy, and it’s not going away," Thiel said in a speech to reporters at the National Press Club in
  
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• A very scary White House Halloween, in GIFs

  31-10-2016 23:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Boys and girls of every age. Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see this year's White House Halloween!
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Ohio Democrats' challenge to absentee election procedures

  31-10-2016 23:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court Monday denied an emergency request from the Ohio Democratic Party to put on hold provisions of two election laws concerning absentee and provisional ballots in the battleground state.
  
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• In private, Burr quips about gun owners shooting Clinton

  31-10-2016 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Richard Burr privately mused over the weekend that gun owners may want to put a "bullseye" on Hillary Clinton, according to audio obtained by CNN.
  
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• Trump transition team fundraises with Christie email

  31-10-2016 23:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The team planning a potential Donald Trump administration is raising money with emails to voters -- an unusual tactic for a group that has largely relied on big donors and Washington insiders for financing to date.
  
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• Trump: Clinton would be 'terrible example' for his youngest son

  31-10-2016 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump argued Monday that Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is a "terrible example" for children, including his 10-year-old son Barron, as he lambasted her for getting a tip on a question asked in a town hall during the Democratic primary.
  
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• Uproar over whether FBI chief broke law by raising new Clinton emails

  31-10-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mica Rosenberg 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. Richard Painter, a chief White House ethics lawyer to former Republican President George W. Bush, on Saturday accused Comey of violating the 1939 Hatch Act when the FBI chief wrote Congress on Friday that more of the candidate's
  
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• Clinton holds 5-point lead as FBI looks at more emails: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  31-10-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton held a five percentage point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday, down only slightly since the FBI said last week it was reviewing new emails in its investigation of the former secretary of state. Some 44 percent of likely voters said they would support Clinton, while 39 percent said they would support Trump, according to the Oct. 26-30 survey. Clinton had held a 6 point
  
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• Tech Billionaire Backing Trump Suggests Silicon Valley Is Out of Touch

  31-10-2016 22:46 via nytimes.com
  Peter Thiel, addressing journalists in Washington, denounced Donald Trump’s comments about women, and took aim at Silicon Valley.
  
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• Reality Check: Trump says 650 million immigrants may move to US

  31-10-2016 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It was one of those statements that just seems impossible -- because it is.
  
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• Clinton's lead slips as FBI looks at more emails: poll

  31-10-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed slightly since the FBI said late last week it was reviewing new emails in its investigation of the former secretary of state, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday. Clinton had a 5 percentage point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to the Oct. 26-30 survey, down from 6 percentage points posted in the five-day tracking poll last Thursday. Other poll
  
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• Gary Johnson: Clinton presidency 'may well end up in impeachment'

  31-10-2016 22:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson says he thinks Hillary Clinton could face impeachment over the continued FBI investigation into her private email server if she is elected president.
  
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• Michael Moore doesn't like Trump's chances in Michigan

  31-10-2016 22:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Provocative filmmaker Michael Moore is not a fan of Donald Trump, and criticized him on Monday for thinking that he could win his state of Michigan.
  
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• U.S. attorney general did not order FBI to withhold Clinton-related emails -source

  31-10-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Harte and Mark Hosenball 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 she thought his decision violated department policy, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. As Comey and Lynch aides debated last Thursday whether alerting Congress about the emails would comply
  
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• Trump showered the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats with praise in Imus interviews

  31-10-2016 21:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In several appearances on Don Imus's radio program reviewed by CNN's KFile, Donald Trump praised Hillary Clinton as a "really terrific woman," said Nancy Pelosi was going to do "terrific" as speaker of the House, and offered kind words for Bill Clinton, Charlie Rangel, and the Democratic Party.
  
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• What's next: FBI unlikely to conclude Clinton email review prior to election

  31-10-2016 20:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  FBI officials are unlikely to finish their review of new emails potentially related to its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private server before the November 8 election.
  
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• Sources: ISIS threat against Americans in Turkey

  31-10-2016 20:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The State Department announcement over the weekend that it was ordering civilian families of US personnel at the Istanbul consulate to leave Turkey was prompted by a credible ISIS-related threat against Americans in the country, two senior department officials said.
  
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• Clinton: 'There is no case here' in FBI email probe

  31-10-2016 20:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton was defiant Monday about the FBI's examination of a new batch of emails that might be related to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, saying at a campaign rally, "There is no case here."
  
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• Democrats sue Trump for alleged voter intimidation in four states

  31-10-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan 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 that they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election. In lawsuits filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Ohio, Democrats argued that Trump and Republican Party officials were mounting a "campaign of vigilante voter intimidation" that violates the 1965
  
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• Want to change your vote? Some states say no problem

  31-10-2016 20:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In some states, you really can vote twice ... or even three times ... and it's legal.
  
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• Trump: 'Thank you, Huma. Good job, Huma'

  31-10-2016 20:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump thanked Monday the top Hillary Clinton aide whose husband is at the heart of an FBI's investigation that led to the discovery of new emails potentially related to Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
  
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• NAACP files suit in North Carolina on voting registration purge

  31-10-2016 20:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The NAACP filed suit in federal court on Monday against the North Carolina State Board of Elections, arguing that state officials in at least three counties have canceled "thousands" of voter registrations.
  
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• Trick or tweet with politicians this Halloween

  31-10-2016 20:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Politics can be pretty scary at times, and this year a lot of politicians have decided to mark Halloween on Twitter.
  
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• Democrats attack FBI head over Clinton emails, White House stays aloof

  31-10-2016 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland CLEVELAND/GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - Democrats kept up their attacks on FBI Director James Comey on Monday, accusing him of a double standard after he revealed his agency's probe into more material that might relate to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Little is publicly known yet about the trove of emails being investigated, other than that they were found during an unrelated probe into the estranged husband of a
  
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• State Department says FBI has not approached it in renewed email probe

  31-10-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. State Department spokesman said on Monday that to his knowledge the FBI had not asked the department for anything in connection with its renewed scrutiny of emails linked to a private server used by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. State Department spokesman John Kirby said as far as he knew, the FBI had not approached the State Department for anything related to its decision to look at additional emails connected to the server used by Clinton, now the Democratic presidential no
  
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• Clinton says 'there is no case here' in FBI email investigation

  31-10-2016 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  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. "There is no case here," Clinton said at a rally at Kent State University, telling supporters she was confident the FBI would reach the same conclusion as it did in a year-long investigation - that there were no grounds for any charges. (Reporting by Roberta
  
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• Clinton aide in 2008 email describes ad to 'feminize' McCain

  31-10-2016 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2008 had a novel way to get under John McCain's skin during her first run at the White House: "feminize" him.
  
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• Election 2016: Cyber help requests now up to 42 states

  31-10-2016 18:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  All but eight states have now asked the Department of Homeland Security for assistance shoring up their election systems against cyberthreats, according to a senior DHS official.
  
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• White House: We won't 'defend nor criticize' Comey on Hillary emails

  31-10-2016 18:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama does not believe FBI Director James Comey is attempting to influence this year's presidential vote, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday.
  
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• Priorities super PAC closing anti-Trump argument to women: 'How does he make you feel?'

  31-10-2016 18:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Priorities USA, Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC, will begin airing an ad that it hopes will compel women to ask themselves how Donald Trump make them feel.
  
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• Trump said in 2005 that he voted for George W. Bush. In 2009, he claimed he never did

  31-10-2016 18:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a 2009 radio interview with Don Imus uncovered by CNN's KFile, Donald Trump claimed he did not vote for President George W. Bush.
  
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• Belgium, Congo activists urge probe into Congo corruption claims

  31-10-2016 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - Belgium's foreign minister and democracy activists in Democratic Republic of Congo called on Congolese authorities to investigate allegations that high-ranking officials stole millions of dollars in public funds. The accusations surfaced shortly after the postponement of an election for a successor to President Joseph Kabila, originally scheduled for next month, until at least April 2018. In an article last week, the Belgian newspaper Le Soir cited documents pr
  
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• Congressman calls for FBI Director's resignation: This could cost Clinton the election

  31-10-2016 18:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen is publicly calling for FBI Director James Comey to resign in light of the FBI effort to review emails discovered on former Rep. Anthony Weiner's laptop to see if they are related to the bureau's investigation of Clinton's private email server.
  
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• Democrats hit back at FBI head as Trump presses attacks on Clinton

  31-10-2016 17:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and John Whitesides GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats kept up their attacks on FBI Director James Comey on Monday, accusing him of a double standard after he revealed his agency's probe into more material that might relate to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Clinton's Republican rival, Donald Trump, has seized on Comey's announcement on Friday to press his longstanding charge that Clinton lacks integrity, hoping he can
  
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• Ex-AG Holder: Comey's letter 'a stunning breach of protocol' and 'serious error'

  31-10-2016 17:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Attorney General Eric Holder is criticizing FBI Director James Comey's decision to reveal that emails had been discovered that were potentially related to the bureau's earlier investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server.
  
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• Lebanon's Aoun wins presidency to end two year political vacuum

  31-10-2016 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Samia Nakhoul and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum in a political deal that secured victory for his Lebanese Shi'ite ally Hezbollah, Iran and Syria. Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri, an opponent of Hezbollah and its allies, is set to be named prime minister in the deal that marked a concession on his part and highlighted the diminished role played in Lebanon by his regional p
  
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• Evan Bayh's private schedule details ties with donors, lobbyists

  31-10-2016 16:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Sen. Evan Bayh has repeatedly called Washington broken -- but he appears to know full well how to work the Washington system.
  
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• Weld: Comey, FBI 'off the reservation'

  31-10-2016 15:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Libertarian vice presidential nominee William Weld lit into James Comey, saying Monday that his decision to announce a review of new emails was "disgraceful" and that the FBI director and the agency were "off the reservation."
  
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• Former Rep. Joe Walsh, a Trump supporter, admonishes FBI director James Comey

  31-10-2016 14:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As criticism mounts against FBI Director James Comey from Democrats, an unlikely ally and outspoken Donald Trump supporter has joined the chorus.
  
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• Factbox: Michel Aoun, Lebanon's new president

  31-10-2016 14:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as incoming president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister. Here are some facts about Lebanon's new head of state, an ally of the powerful Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah. - Aoun, who is in his 80s, was prime minister of one of two rival Lebanese governments at the end of the 1975-90 civil war, appointed by outgoi
  
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• Aoun vows to protect Lebanon from regional fires

  31-10-2016 13:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Lebanese army commander Michel Aoun was sworn in as the country's elected president on Monday, and vowed to fight terrorism and to prevent regional "fires" spreading to Lebanon. Aoun, who is in his 80s, was referring to the civil war in neighboring Syria and ongoing conflict in Iraq. Aoun also said that any solution to the war in neighboring Syria must guarantee the return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who Lebanese officials say number 1.5 million.
  
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• Clinton enlists 'Daisy' from the 1964 ad to questions Trump on nukes

  31-10-2016 13:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign has turned to the young girl featured in the iconic 1964 "Daisy" ad in order to question Donald Trump's ability to handle nuclear weapons.
  
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• Lebanon's Aoun elected president, ending 29-month vacuum

  31-10-2016 13:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister. Fireworks echoed across Beirut as the tally showed Aoun the winner. Aoun, an MP, was shown smiling in his seat.
  
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• Lebanon's Aoun elected president: tally of televised vote count

  31-10-2016 13:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister. Aoun, who is in his 80s, secured the presidency by winning the support of at least 65 MPs, or an absolute majority of the members of the 128-seat chamber, according to a Reuters tally of votes read out in a televised broadcast from parliament.
  
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• Ex-AG Eric Holder: Comey's letter 'a stunning breach of protocol' and 'serious error'

  31-10-2016 12:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Attorney General Eric Holder is criticizing FBI Director James Comey's decision to reveal that emails had been discovered that were potentially related to the bureau's earlier investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server.
  
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• Davy Crockett to Trump: "What in the world is wrong with you?"

  31-10-2016 11:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Bulls Gap, Tennessee -- President Barack Obama was on a visit to Tennessee last summer to promote the Affordable Care Act, when he met Davy Crockett.
  
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• NYT correspondent: There's a way forward for Garland

  31-10-2016 11:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  If Democrats take control of the Senate this election, then Merrick Garland's Supreme Court confirmation may hinge on a two-week period in January after the new Congress convenes but before the next president is sworn in, says veteran New York Times correspondent Carl Hulse.
  
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• Overcoming loss in the middle of a historic campaign

  31-10-2016 11:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's May and my producer, Pallavi, and I are on our way to Kentucky on the eve of the primary there. We're taxiing at Reagan Airport in Washington, just another day on the trail. I have not, despite the flight attendant commanding us all to do so over the intercom, turned off my phone. It lights up in my hand. It's my dad calling, which is odd because it's around 6 a.m. in California. 
  
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