“The F.B.I. and Justice Department faced a hard decision in two investigations this past summer that had the potential to rock the presidential election. The first case involved Donald J. Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and secretive business dealings in Ukraine. The second focused on Hillary Clinton’s relationships with donors to her family foundation,” the New York Times reports.

“At the urging of the Justice Department, the F.B.I. agreed not to actively pursue either case so close to the election.”

“Against this backdrop, the decision of the F.B.I. director, James Comey, to send a letter to Congress last week about a renewed inquiry concerning Mrs. Clinton’s emails is not just a departure from longstanding policy; it has plunged the F.B.I. and the Justice Department directly into the election, precisely what Justice officials were trying to avoid.”

Hillary Clinton’s campaign started new ad campaigns in four states: Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and New Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The campaign hadn’t previously aired any ads in the latter two states, where polling shows Mrs. Clinton with strong leads. Those messages are being bolstered by a $6 million ad buy from Priorities USA Action, Mrs. Clinton’s allied super PAC, which expanded its buys in Florida and Pennsylvania, and for the first time bought ads in Wisconsin.”

“Under a Donald Trump administration, ladies and gentleman, there will never be any bullshit.”

— Retired college basketball coach Bobby Knight, quoted by Yahoo News.

The Lid: “Entering the final week of the 2016 election — and, oh, what a long and strange road it’s been — there’s an unusual dynamic at play. Unlike most of the post-convention news cycles, Hillary Clinton has been the lead headline every day since Friday’s news of the FBI’s reexamination of the Clinton email investigation. Think about it: Most of the dominant August-September-October headlines centered on a Trump controversy: Trump’s ‘birther’ walkback, his rough first debate performance, Alicia Machado, Trump’s taxes, the Access Hollywood tape, the allegations of sexual assault against Trump, and his refusal to say if he’ll accept the results of the election.”

“With the exception of a few news pops related to the Wikileaks disclosures, the news spotlight hasn’t been this focused on Clinton since her bad week at the beginning of September (the ‘basket of deplorables’ comment and her pneumonia collapse.)”

“We’ve seen throughout this election that whichever candidate is in the front of voters’ minds tends to suffer, which explains why this week has been so bumpy for Clinton. And it’s a good reminder why Clinton is turning her closing argument from a positive message to a reprise of the greatest hits of her attacks against Trump.”

“Wearable devices that track exercise and other vital signs reveal what many have suspected: The election is making us lose sleep,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The night of the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Sept. 26, Fitbit users nationwide slept an average of 4.2 minutes less than they did the Monday before and the Monday after the debate. Users’ average sleep typically varies only about one to two minutes from one Monday to the next, so the change on the debate night is statistically significant,”

“The Hillary Clinton email controversy has given down-ballot Republicans something they badly need in the final days of the election: an opportunity to go on offense and talk about something other than Donald Trump,” the Washington Post reports.

“Individual GOP candidates’ efforts to distance themselves from Trump were being overwhelmed by the furor over an 11-year-old video in which the nominee boasted of kissing and groping women without their consent, and the subsequent claims by a procession of women that he had actually committed such acts… But now, Republicans see a chance to change the subject and remind voters of the drama and perceived moral ambiguity that has surrounded the Clintons for more than a quarter-century.”

There’s just one week to go in the presidential race:

New Hampshire: Clinton 46%, Trump 39%, Johnson 6% (University of New Hampshire)

Virginia: Clinton 46%, Trump 42%, Johnson 6% (Schar School)

Michigan: Clinton 47%, Trump 41%, Johnson 6% (Mitchell)

Pennsylvania: Clinton 49%, Trump 38%, Johnson 4% (Franklin & Marshall)

North Carolina: Clinton 42%, Trump 41%, Johnson 3% (Elon)

Virginia: Clinton 49%, Trump 45%, Johnson 3% (Emerson)

Missouri: Trump 52%, Clinton 38%, Johnson 4% (Monmouth)

Arizona: Trump 45%, Clinton 41%, Johnson 3% (Data Orbital)

Texas: Trump 52%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 3% (Dixie Strategies)

North Carolina: Trump 51%, Clinton 44% (SurveyUSA)

A new Gallup survey finds that 67 percent of registered voters say Donald Trump doesn’t have the “personality and leadership qualities a president should have.”

Just 32% say that he does.