Oct 31 Tech billionaire Peter Thiel explains why he supports Trump By Associated Press Thiel was speaking Monday at the National Press Club in Washington. He has donated $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC and gave $250,000 to Trump's campaign and Republican partners. Continue reading
Oct 31 FBI obtains warrant to review new Hillary Clinton emails By Eric Tucker, Associated Press FBI investigators want to review emails of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were found on a device seized during an unrelated sexting investigation of Anthony Weiner, a former New York congressman and Abedin's estranged husband. Continue reading
Oct 31 Here’s the schedule for Election Day By Nancy Benac, Associated Press Polls open before dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and it will be Wednesday on the East Coast before the last votes are cast. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 5:47 Is FBI email probe this election’s ‘October surprise’? By PBS News Hour From the Kennedys getting Martin Luther King, Jr. out of jail to George W. Bush’s youthful drunk driving arrest, the term “October surprise” has come to mean an event in the closing weeks of a presidential campaign that could affect… Continue watching
Oct 30 Pot legalization movement seeks first foothold in Northeast By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press Advocates for recreational marijuana believe "yes" votes in New England would perhaps build momentum toward ending federal prohibitions on the drug. Continue reading
Oct 30 Official says FBI knew for weeks about newly discovered emails By Eric Tucker, Associated Press FBI investigators knew for weeks about the existence of emails potentially related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, a law enforcement official said. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 8:41 As election nears, candidates court millennials By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo There are an estimated 83 million millennials in the U.S. -- and candidates want their vote. In the last presidential election, 45 percent of millennials turned out to vote, and the group tends to lean further left than other generations,… Continue watching
Oct 30 These four states will weigh tougher gun control in election By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Gun control supporters hope passage of the proposals shows widening support for more measures designed to keep firearms away from dangerous people. Continue reading
Oct 30 For Stein, climate change and erasing student debt are high-priority By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, is offering an aggressive set of policy prescriptions in her longshot bid. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 3:58 How are controversial voter ID laws affecting voters? By PBS News Hour This election, nine states are enforcing new laws requiring eligible voters to present government-issued photo IDs at the polls. And other factors, including voter purging in Ohio and possible voting machine malfunctions, could also affect voters. Wendy Weiser, of The… Continue watching