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7:35 PM ET, October 18, 2014

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Strict Voter ID Law in Coming Election  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Texas to use its strict voter identification law in the November election.  The court's order, issued just after 5 a.m., was unsigned and contained no reasoning.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
The Court won't interrupt Texas voter ID law  —  In a stinging defeat for the Obama administration and a number of civil rights groups in a major test case on voters' rights, a divided Supreme Court told the state of Texas early Saturday morning that it may enforce its strict voter ID law …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
SCOTUS allows Texas voter ID to stand  —  The Supreme Court will allow Texas to enforce its new voter ID law in next month's election, the court said in an unusual Saturday morning order.  —  Rejecting requests from the Obama administration and civil rights groups, the justices declined …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Texas to use controversial voter ID law  —  The Supreme Court in a pre-dawn order Saturday said Texas could proceed with its strict voter ID law in next month's election, despite a lower court's ruling that it was unconstitutional.  —  The court gave no reasoning for its decision …
BuzzFeed:
Conservative Cardinal Who Clashed With Pope Francis Confirms He Has Been Ousted  —  The head of the Catholic Church's highest court speaks to BuzzFeed News from the Vatican.  —  Cardinal Raymond Burke leaves meeting during Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Vatican City.  —  Franco Origlia / Getty Images
New York Times:
Amid Assurances on Ebola, Obama Is Said to Seethe  —  WASHINGTON — Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama Disappointed (Again) By Clunky Big Government Fail (Again)  —  Here we go again, as the NY Times puts out their obligatory “Obama is as shocked and dismayed by this latest Big Government fail as the rest of you poor suckers” story:  —  Amid Assurances on Ebola, Obama Is Said to Seethe
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:   Naked Politics: The Ebola Czar Has No Clothes
New York Times:
Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor  —  Patricia Wanderlich got insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, and with good reason: She suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2011, spending weeks in a hospital intensive care unit, and has a second, smaller aneurysm that needs monitoring.
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Reason:
How Much Will Obamacare Cost? Bet on ‘More Than Expected’
Discussion: Hit & Run
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Why aren't the deficit fetishists exalting President Obama?  —  Remember just a while back how the deficit was going to swallow the country whole and lead our children into indentured servitude?  Remember the chorus of very serious people intoning that companies would hire more people …
Philip Terzian / Weekly Standard:
Biden Cocaine Scandal Mirrors Joe McCarthy Scandal  —  The brief military career of 44-year-old Hunter Biden, Vice President Joseph Biden's younger son, seems to have ended after one month in the naval reserve.  Biden is reported to have tested positive for cocaine use, and was immediately discharged.
Discussion: RedState
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What The Republican Party's New, Unspeakably Racist Attack Ad Is Really About  —  CREDIT: Screenshot from National Republican Congressional Committee ad  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee wants you to believe that Nebraska state Sen. Brad Ashford, the Democratic challenger …
Irene / Judicial Watch:
Obama Plans to Let Ebola-infected Foreigners Into U.S. for Treatment  —  Washington, DC - Judicial Watch has learned that the Obama administration is actively formulating plans to admit Ebola-infected non-U.S. citizens into the United States for treatment.  Specifically, the goal …
 
 
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