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1:45 AM ET, October 1, 2015

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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Camp Senses Moment to Expose Benghazi Committee  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unleashes the perfect talking point for Democrats pushing for the panel to be dismantled and investigated.  —  Hillary Clinton and her fiercest defenders couldn't have said it better themselves.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton ‘Fights’ With White House Operator Who Doesn't Believe It's Her Calling  —  It seems it's not enough to be Hillary Clinton — or sound like the former Secretary of State — to get directly through to the White House.  —  When Rep. Diane Watson was about to announce her retirement …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and abc7.com
Associated Press:
Emails: Russia-linked hackers tried to access Clinton server  —  2 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email account while she was secretary of state, emails released Wednesday show.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
What Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Were Sharing About Anthony Weiner Scandal  —  Newly released email from Hillary Clinton's private account showed a top aide sent her stories about long-time aide Huma Abedin's husband, Rep. Anthony Weiner, during his congressional scandal.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton's email woes deepen as classified messages pile up  —  <p>The controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of personal email while she was secretary of state is showing no signs of easing, as the number of messages now deemed classified doubled with the State Department's latest release …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Joseph Marks / Politico:
Hackers targeted Hillary Clinton's email account
Discussion: ABC News
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Raises $28 Million in Third Quarter, Barely Beating Bernie Sanders
Discussion: ABC News
New York Times:
State Dept. Calls 3 of Hillary Clinton's Emails ‘Secret’ After Reviewing 6,300 Pages
Discussion: Moe Lane
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'This wasn't an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  David Daleiden, the project lead Center for Medical Progress' anti-Planned Parenthood campaign, admitted on Wednesday that an alleged fetus on a table …
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Reuters:
Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure  —  Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and The Week
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP still has nothing to show for its anti-Planned Parenthood campaign
CNBC:
CNBC Republican Debate Criteria  —  Candidate criteria for the October 28, 2015 CNBC Republican Debate is as follows:
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Crunch time for candidates  —  <p>Rand Paul has a place on the GOP debate stage — for now.</p><p>But the debate rules announced Wednesday by CNBC could end up spelling disaster for the Kentucky senator and several other high-profile candidates — including Gov. Chris Christie and former …
Associated Press:
Secret Service Tried to Discredit US Lawmaker, Investigation Finds  —  Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service official wanted to embarrass congressman  —  An assistant director of the Secret Service urged that unflattering information the agency had in its files about a congressman ­critical of the service should be made public, according to a government watchdog report released Wednesday.
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee  —  Even die-hard GOP partisans sometimes find it difficult to justify the House Republicans' Benghazi committee.  The party struggled to explain why it was necessary in the first place - the deadly 2012 attack was already examined …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Boehner's likely successor credits Benghazi committee for lowering Hillary Clinton's poll numbers
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner secretly urged Gowdy to run for leader
Guy Trebay / New York Times:
Melania Trump, the Silent Partner  —  Lying prone on a rug adorned with the Great Seal of the United States, the woman who might someday be first lady is wearing high-heeled sandals and a crimson bikini.  —  The date is February 2000.  Donald J. Trump hasn't yet thrown his hat into the ring …
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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People.com:
At Home with Donald Trump and His Family
Jay Olstad / KARE-TV:
Guest gets bill after not showing up to wedding  —  Wedding guests billed for missed meals  —  GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - It was a couple weeks ago, Jessica Baker was getting ready to go to a wedding with her husband when she got a call from her mom.  —  “She called at the last minute …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Kentucky Governor: Kim Davis' Statements Show ‘Absurdity’  —  Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear, urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, says her legal claims “demonstrate the absurdity” of her position.  —  In court documents filed late Tuesday …
Discussion: Towleroad and Mediaite
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John L. Allen Jr / Crux:
What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not  —  You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online.  —  So the most surprising thing about Peeple …
Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding  —  PHILADELPHIA—In America, schools with a lot of minority students are chronically underfunded.  Is that the case because these students are poor, and poor communities have fewer resources for funding their schools?
Victorville Daily Press:
Cougar sightings rattle residents  —  Big cats seen in Lucerne Valley, Hesperia
Discussion: CBS San Francisco, KTLA and The Week
Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sexually Explicit Casting Contract for HBO's ‘Westworld’ Extras Has SAG-AFTRA Concerned  —  Fully-nude bareback riding and “genital-to-genital touching” are among the acts that background performers on the show may be tasked with at a Wednesday shoot.  —  Background actors — extras …
Jia Tolentino / Jezebel:
Olympic-Level Troll Hijacks HLN Segment on Edward Snowden to Defend Edward Scissorhands  —  Today is a really great day.  —  In this video, HLN anchor Yasmin Vossoughian dials up Jon Hendren, known by his Twitter handle @fart, for a segment on America's best top fugitive Edward Snowden's recent appearance on Twitter.
Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:
Mistaken text message leads to love for St. Louis couple  —  Missing Attachment Missing Attachment  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) - A married St. Louis couple is sharing their unlikely love story about three years after the mistaken text message that forged their relationship.
Discussion: WGN-TV and Jezebel
Lauren French / Politico:
Fiorina faces tough slog on Capitol Hill  —  <p>In 2010, the Republican Party took a multimillion-dollar leap of faith with Carly Fiorina.  Five years later, the GOP establishment is understandably skeptical of again committing to the former high-flying businesswoman.</p><p> As Fiorina …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
 
 
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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
Indiana GOP's House Leader resigns after texting sexually explicit video of himself cheating …
Washington Post:
CIA pulled officers from Beijing after breach of federal personnel records
Discussion: CNNMoney and The Diplomat
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Carson raises $20M for '16 bid in past 3 months
Ann O'Brien / Cowger Nation:
Caiden Cowger will now be heard on WXMB-FM 101.5 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Elisa Lipsky-Karasz / Wall Street Journal:
Director's Darling: Kate Winslet Stars in the Highly-Anticipated Film, ‘Steve Jobs’
Discussion: Mashable, Jezebel and Refinery29
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House invokes ‘martial law’ to speed vote on spending bill
Discussion: CNBC and Hot Air
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Appeals court rules that ban on pay for college athletes is illegal
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Jokes About Running From Cops Back ‘Before They Would Shoot You’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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