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2:50 PM ET, September 20, 2015

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll: Fiorina rockets to No. 2 behind Trump in GOP field  —  Washington (CNN)Carly Fiorina has rocketed into second place in the Republican presidential field on the heels another strong debate and Donald Trump has lost some support, a new national CNN/ORC poll shows.
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ABC News:
???This Week???  Transcript: Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ???  THIS WEEK???  ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 (BEGIN VIDETOAPE) ANNOUNCER (voice-over): Starting right now on ABC, THIS WEEK, Trump under fire.  The GOP front-runner taking heat for what he didn't say.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Politico and NPR
Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson: America's president can't be Muslim  —  <p>The president of the United States should not be a Muslim, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson declared during an interview airing Sunday morning.  And Islam, a faith professed by some 3 million Americans, is not constitutional …
Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
“It wasn't people from Sweden that blew up the World Trade Center,” he said.  —  Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on last week's controversial comments about Muslims.  —  Trump, the front runner for the 2016 Republican nomination, was asked on CNN's State of the Union about his campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday.
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Carly Fiorina Won GOP Debate, but Trump Still Leads: NBC Online Survey  —  More than a third of Republican voters say that Carly Fiorina performed best in the Wednesday night debate on CNN.  But debate performances don't translate into vote preference overnight, and Donald Trump maintains …
Discussion: Guardian
Ed Demaria / NBC News:
Ben Carson Does Not Believe a Muslim Should Be President
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Ben Carson Says Muslim Shouldn't Be U.S. President
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
‘That Face’ Surpasses Trump in New Hampshire
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration … Never marry again in slavery.  — Margaret Garner, 1858  —  Wherever the law is, crime can be found.  — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1973  —  I.  —  “lower-class behavior in our cities is shaking them apart.”
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats: Sanders unelectable  —  The surging popularity of Sen. Bernie Sanders has done little to alleviate the chief concern that Democrats have about his presidential bid: Namely, that he's simply unelectable on a national stage.  —  The Vermont Independent has quickly closed the gap …
NBC News:
Sources: Joe Biden Has Wife's Support for WH Bid  —  Contrary to reports suggesting Vice President Joe Biden's wife remains an obstacle to his potential presidential run, sources tell NBC News that Jill Biden is fully behind him for another bid.  —  Jill Biden, sources tell NBC's Chuck Todd …
Martin Weil / Washington Post:
Cyclist, a White House staffer, dies on charity ride after collision with a car  —  A White House staff member was killed Saturday in Howard County while taking part in a bicycle ride to raise money to combat cancer.  —  Police said Jacob Thomas Brewer, 34, of Alexandria …
Udi Segal / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Israel must prepare for Palestinian Authority's collapse  — Abbas spokesman: If new Israeli gov't won't recognize 2-state solution, no chance for peace process - Jerusalem yawns at PA threat to tear up Oslo Accords  —  After the Kalashnikov era was put down and defeated during …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
How Ahmed's clock became a false, convenient tale of racism  —  When is America going to get serious about the problem of white kids getting suspended from school for nothing?  —  By now you've heard the story of Ahmed Mohamed, crowned by the Daily Beast “The Muslim Hero America Has Been Waiting For” …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Christie: I'll Be President If Americans Think I'm ‘Huggable’  —  Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that if Americans found him to be “huggable,” then he would be the next President.  —  Christie said at the CNN debate that he would make his Secret Service name “True Heart.”
 
 
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Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
NYPD officer with blood alcohol level 5 times the legal limit charged with drunken driving: prosecutors
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