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FILE - In this April 11, 2016 file photo, farmers harvest raw opium at a poppy field in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan saw an increase of 10 percent in opium poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication across the country, according to a new joint survey released by the UN and Afghan government. The report released Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, showed the total area under cultivation in Afghanistan at an estimated 201,000 hectares (496,681 acres) in 2016, a 10 percent increase from the 183,000 hectares (452,200 acres) in 2015. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File)

Afghanistan sinks deeper into poverty, violence: IG report

Opium production is up 43 percent in Afghanistan, the economy is struggling and the government has lost ground to insurgents over the last year, according to an inspector general's report released Sunday that shows ongoing failures overshadowing the few signs of hope.

October 30, 2016
Appearing before Congress for yet another marathon session, FBI Director James B. Comey was badgered by Republicans who said the more they see, the less they understand his decision to clear Mrs. Clinton of criminal wrongdoing in her mishandling of classified information. (Associated Press)

James Comey, FBI director, reopens Clinton email investigation

The FBI has renewed its investigation into Hillary Clinton's secret emails, Director James Comey told Congress in a new letter Friday, heightening the stakes for the Democratic presidential nominee with less than two weeks before Election Day.

October 28, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign event at Saint Augustine's University, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Hillary Clinton’s top techie in State Dept pleads the Fifth

John Bentel, the man who oversaw then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's technology at the State Department, refused to answer questions about his knowledge of her activities in a sworn deposition Monday, according to Judicial Watch.

October 24, 2016
This Monday Feb. 29, 2016, file photo shows Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, right, as he hugs Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as she arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ** FILE **

Trump campaign says Clinton-linked donations show ‘corruption’ at FBI

Donald Trump's campaign called for the FBI to explain itself Monday after reports that a top Clinton family political ally authorized more than $600,000 in campaign contributions to the wife of an FBI official who helped investigate Hillary Clinton's secret email account.

October 24, 2016
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at a news conference at the Sheriff's headquarters in Phoenix on Dec. 18, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sheriff Joe Arpaio headed for big loss in Arizona, poll shows

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is headed for a staggering defeat in his bid for a seventh term at top law enforcement officer in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to a new poll Thursday that shows him trailing his Democratic challenger by 15 percentage points.

October 20, 2016
Donald Trump gestures toward Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate Wednesday in Las Vegas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton clash on policy, personality in final debate

Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being "a puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged voters to send a signal in this presidential election by rejecting the kind of candidate who has been accused of demeaning and assaulting women, mocking the disabled and inciting violence, as the two candidates faced off in their final debate.

October 19, 2016
Moderator Chris Wallace turns toward the audience as he questions Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the third presidential debate Wednesday in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton duck hard bargain to save Social Security

Pundits may debate the winner of Wednesday's debate but the loser would appear to be the government's fiscal future, with neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton willing to budge from the plans analysts have said would leave the country's finances headed for a cliff.

October 19, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, take the stage for the third presidential debate at University of Nevada in Las Vegas, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton says Trump ‘choked’ on his border wall

Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of hiring illegal immigrants for his own businesses, and said he "choked" in his meeting with the Mexican president over building a border wall, as the two presidential candidates faced off in their third debate Wednesday.

October 19, 2016