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9:30 AM ET, October 15, 2013

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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Ted Cruz, House Republicans Meet in Secret at Tortilla Coast  —  Sen. Ted Cruz met with roughly 15 to 20 House Republicans for around two hours late Monday night at the Capitol Hill watering hole Tortilla Coast.  —  The group appeared to be talking strategy about how they should respond …
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New York Times:
Senators Near Fiscal Deal, but the House Is Uncertain  —  WASHINGTON — Senate leaders neared the completion Monday night of a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown while the rest of the world braced for the possibility of an American default that could set off a global financial disaster.
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Reid, McConnell near deal to end shutdown, raise $16.7T debt limit  —  An emerging Senate deal would raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling until mid-February, according to Senate aides.  —  There were conflicting claims on how long the extension would last, with one aide saying …
Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
What Barack Obama, Republicans get with a deal  —  It's not a perfect deal for the White House — but it's a worse deal for Republicans.  —  Democrats won't say it too loudly just yet, but the emerging budget agreement leaves Republicans with remarkably little to show for forcing …
Discussion: Hot Air and ABC News
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Senate Nears Debt Limit Deal … A tentative breakthrough in negotiations among congressional leaders to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling faces a major test today: approval from the rank and file members of Congress.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. …
Discussion: ABC News and THEROOT.COM
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Leaders in Striking Distance of a Deal
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Senate Debt Limit Framework Emerges (Updated)
Discussion: Roll Call
Politico:
Senate leaders nearing a deal
Washington Post:
Senate leaders within striking distance of deal to end shutdown, raise debt limit
Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme
Discussion: driftglass, The Hill and PoliticusUSA
Washington Post:
NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally  —  The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans, according to senior intelligence officials …
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Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
Ugly rebel yell in front of the White House  —  If you want to curdle the blood of an African American and send a message of menace without resorting to burning a cross on the lawn or marching around in white sheets all one need do is wave the Confederate flag.
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Jose DelReal / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Barack Obama flirts with impeachment  —  President Barack Obama is risking “impeachable” offenses with the way he is handling the debt limit debate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said in a post on her Facebook page Monday.  —  “Defaulting on our national debt is an impeachable offense …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Panetta rebukes Obama's handling of shutdown  —  Leon Panetta served in Washington with nine presidents, starting with Lyndon Johnson.  He has been a member of Congress, Office of Management and Budget director, White House chief of staff, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and secretary …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Obamacare Needs a Drop-Dead Date  —  Exactly how bad are things on the federal health-care exchanges?  The working assumption among most journalists, including me, is that they would be fixed in a few weeks — that is, by the end of this week.  But yesterday's New York Times brought …
Serdar Yegulalp / InfoWorld:
How federal cronies built — and botched — Healthcare.gov  —  Many contractors for Healthcare.gov site seem to have been picked based on past government work rather than IT expertise  —  The biggest problem with Healthcare.gov seems simple enough: It was built by people who are apparently far …
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Three GOP Faces Who Are Outshining Their Party  —  Paul, Christie and Ryan Manage to Improve Their Standing During the Shutdown  —  At this point, it's both an understatement and a statement of the obvious to say the government-shutdown showdown hasn't been good for the Republican Party.
Discussion: ABC News
David Frum / CNN:
A tea party exit would be a blessing for GOP  —  Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at The Daily Beast.  He is the author of eight books, including a new novel, “Patriots,” and a post-election e-book, “Why Romney Lost.”  Frum was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and The Dish
Associated Press:
British authorities break up terror plot  —  British law enforcement agencies averted a plot to orchestrate a large-scale terror attack similar to the assault on Kenya's Westgate mall, an official said Monday.  —  Police were questioning four men in their 20s on suspicion of terrorism …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Roger Simon / Reuters:
Government shutdown unleashes racism  —  Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, who would be saved?  —  Answer: America.  —  Harsh?  Look around you at what is happening to America and you will see harsh.  I am not talking about closed parks and monuments.
 
 
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Dean Baker / Guardian:
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Josh Rosenstock / Apple:
Angela Ahrendts to Join Apple as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores
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GOP won't win Senate if they ‘pussyfoot’ through negotiations, says GOP rep.
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