From my new Upshot column: In declaring himself “the law and order candidate” in his convention speech Thursday night, Donald Trump officially made crime one of his core issues. This emphasis is relatively new, and it’s strategic.

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From my new Upshot column: The F.B.I. recommendation on Tuesday not to file charges against Hillary Clinton for what the director James Comey called her “extremely careless” email practices has set off a debate over whether there was any partisan influence in the case. The issue came to the fore last week when news broke

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