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Washington Post:
The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated — Five candidates are in Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee. We are posting the transcript as we get it, with insight from the crew here at The Fix as well as the Fact Checker's Michelle Lee.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton towers over her debate rivals — Hillary Clinton was a head shorter than her rivals when they lined up on stage for Sheryl Crow's version of the National Anthem at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate. But after that moment, she towered over them.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
I would have taken Clinton to task on emails, Bush says — GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday said he would have challenged Hillary Clinton on the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server, something her rivals did not do during the first Democratic presidential debate.
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Political Wire
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Clinton crushes it — <p>The first debate was the Hillary and Bernie Show, and Hillary received top billing.</p><p>Not only was Hillary Clinton on the receiving end of the night's biggest gift — her rival, Bernie Sanders, declaring it time for people to shut up about her email scandal …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP - BIDEN WAITED TOO LONG: ‘Dems seemed happy with their two options’ - HILLARY LANDSLIDE — JON KARL: her ‘best day of the campaign’ - REMEMBERING Brandon Lepow — B'DAY: Mike Feldman, Cody Keenan, Bob Costa is 3-0 — <p><b>By Mike Allen </b>(@mikeallen …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: A runaway victory for Clinton — <p>Hillary Clinton<b> </b>won — by a landslide. </p><p>Clinton was the clear winner of the first Democratic presidential debate, according to the assessment of both Democrats and Republicans in this week's POLITICO Caucus, our bipartisan survey …
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Los Angeles Times, ABC News, The Week and Bloomberg Business
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Democratic Debate Magic — I never doubted that Hillary Clinton had many talents. — I just didn't know that seamstress was among them. — There were moments in the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night when she threaded the needle as delicately and perfectly as a politician could.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Best Lines From the 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate — The Democratic debate included the introduction of some of the candidates to a national audience, fiery exchanges and some tough questions. — The five candidates on stage — Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Debate Lesson: America Now Has an Openly Socialist Party — Sure, this batch of candidates sounded like a bunch of loons. They contended socialism is mostly about standing up to the richest one percent and promoting entrepreneurs and small business; climate change is the biggest national …
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USA Today, Doug Ross, Instapundit, The PJ Tatler and Power Line
AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Bernie Sanders Just Explained Why Hillary's Email Scandal Is Such a Sideshow
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Guardian:
Democratic debate: Clinton remains in command as Sanders stumbles on guns - live
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Mother Jones
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Hillary Clinton Panic May Have Just Ended
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Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
What to Watch For in the First Democratic Debate
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders finally face off
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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
8-year-old Westport boy on trial for exuberance — BRIDGEPORT — New York woman wants a jury to hold her 8-year-old nephew accountable for his youthful exuberance during his birthday party. — Jennifer Connell claims the boy, Sean Tarala of Westport, acted unreasonable when he leaped into her arms …
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Daily News:
NYC aunt loses lawsuit against 12-year-old nephew over birthday hug that broke her wrist
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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Aunt loses lawsuit against her 8-year-old nephew
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Daily Mail, Westport News and Mother Jones
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Carson giving Trump a run for his money in GOP race — Ben Carson is giving Donald Trump a run for his money, according to the latest Fox News national poll. — Support for Carson in the race for the Republican nomination has nearly doubled in the last two months …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump to Host ‘SNL’ November 7
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Fox's Shep Smith Goes Off About NBC Taking Back Donald Trump (VIDEO)
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Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Lamar Odom Fighting for His Life ... Found Unconscious at Nevada Brothel (UPDATE) — FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE — Found Unconscious at Nevada Brothel — EXCLUSIVE — 11:00 PM PT — Lamar is still in a coma and his heart is failing ... our source says he is having serious problems with his kidneys and lungs as well.
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KFOR-TV:
Families release shocking video of final moments of sons' lives to help others — Warning: Some viewers may find the video disturbing to watch. — SUSSEX, England - Two families in England are mourning the deaths of their sons following a fatal ‘mistake.’
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A Paul Ryan era in Congress? — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the chairman of the immensely powerful House Ways and Means Committee, he was the vice presidential nominee for Republicans in 2012 and now he's the protagonist in an unprecedented campaign by a large majority of House Republicans to draft him for Speaker.
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Democratic debate: Live updates — Welcome to the CNN live blog, where we'll be bringing you all the best moments from the first Democratic debate — on the stage, on social media and behind the scenes. — Your host for the evening is CNN political reporter Tal Kopan …
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Statement of Islamic Emirate concerning withdrawal from central areas of Kunduz city — On the 6th of Mizan of the current year, the valiant Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate in Kunduz province launched a well-organized operation on Kunduz city and within a few hours managed to break through enemy defense lines …
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban End Takeover of Kunduz After 15 Days
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the House Benghazi Committee Protected Obama — Yesterday the New York Times examined in some detail how a House inquiry to examine the tragic events of September 11, 2012, when extremists attacked two U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and killed four Americans, evolved into an investigation …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Ad by anti-Clinton group shows Chris Stevens' grave
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