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FBI Director James B. Comey said. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton emails: FBI says nothing new on Huma Abedin laptop

The FBI cleared Hillary Clinton for a second time Sunday, saying it hasn't found anything in the latest emails obtained from Huma Abedin's laptop to change the findings from this summer that the former secretary of state was reckless with classified information but couldn't be prosecuted for it.

November 6, 2016
John P. Holdren, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, insists that the few work-related emails he sent from a private account are mixed in with personal messages with his wife and family that detail "the most intimate details of my life." (Associated Press)

John Holdren email fiasco mirrors Hillary Clinton case

Hillary Clinton's emails may be getting all the attention, but the personal email account of President Obama's top science adviser is the one creating new legal precedents — and has now sparked a major fight over whether he should have to turn his entire account over to a federal judge for safekeeping.

November 3, 2016
"For next year we will continue to welcome large numbers of Syrians, but it's too soon to have a target figure established," said Anne C. Richard, assistant secretary of state. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Syrian refugee surge stalls

President Obama's Syrian refugee surge appears to be over, with the administration drastically cutting the number it's accepted so far in the new fiscal year.

November 2, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets members of the audience after speaking at a rally at Pasco-Hernando State College in Dade City, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton server hacking attempts were frequent, emails show

Hackers made several attempts to get into Hillary Clinton's secret email server in November 2010, deploying at least two different styles of attack, her top technology staffer said in emails sent at the time, and which were publicly released Tuesday.

November 1, 2016
FILE - In this July 14, 2016 file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The FBI informed Congress Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Charles Grassley: James Comey made right call, but must reveal more

The lawmaker who oversees the FBI said Director James Comey made the right call in disclosing his renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's secret emails, but said more disclosure is needed -- including assurances that the probe won't be hindered by the kinds of restrictions that constrained it before.

October 31, 2016
Donald Trump points the crowd as he walks off the stage at the end of his campaign at the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley, Colo., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. (Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune via AP)

Elijah Cummings demands FBI reveal Trump probes

A top Democrat demanded Monday that the FBI make public any investigations it is conducting into GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump or his associates, saying it's only fair now that the agency has confirmed it has renewed its probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails.

October 31, 2016
In this Dec. 3, 20156 photo, President Barack Obama sits with FBI director James Comey in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, before making a statement on the mass shooting in San Bernandino, Calif.  The U.S. government’s ability to review and analyze five years’ worth of telephone records for the married couple blamed in the deadly shootings in California lapsed when the National Security Agency’s controversial mass surveillance program was formally shut down, four days before the deadly California shootings.  Under a court order, those historical calling records at the NSA are now off-limits to agents running the FBI terrorism investigation even with a warrant.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats turn against FBI director, accused of meddling in election

Months after they declared James B. Comey an honest arbiter, Democrats are now mounting a full assault on the FBI director, accusing him of inappropriate meddling in the presidential election after he notified Congress last week that he has renewed an investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret email server.

October 30, 2016