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New York Times:
Paul Ryan Says He Would Serve as Speaker if Republicans Unite — WASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan said for the first time Tuesday that he would be willing to serve as speaker if all factions of House Republicans could unite behind him. — Mr. Ryan addressed his colleagues and called …
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Bloomberg Business:
Paul Ryan's Demands for House Speaker Race Meet Early Resistance — Lawmaker seeks change to dissidents' tool for removing speaker — Leadership turmoil weighs on Congress as fiscal deadlines near — Representative Paul Ryan said he'll run for U.S. House speaker if Republicans unify behind …
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Politico, Hot Air, VICE, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and The Hill
Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Speaker Ryan's Conditions — It looks like Paul Ryan will do the job, but he'll do it on his own terms. — He laid them out at a Republican-conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, telling his colleagues he wants the bickering to end. That means, Republicans said as they exited the meeting …
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Mother Jones, Althouse and Washington Post
Roll Call:
Paul Ryan Sets Conditions for Speaker Bid — Paul D. Ryan needs convincing the GOP conference has his back — and he's given lawmakers a Friday deadline to persuade him to take the speaker's job. — The Wisconsin Republican told colleagues he will run for speaker if he can win broad support …
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Jay Bookman and RedState
CNN:
Ryan willing to serve as speaker, but with conditions — Paul Ryan willing to be U.S. House speaker — Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans he is willing to serve as speaker and will make a decision within the week — Washington (CNN)Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans on Tuesday …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid offers surprise support for Ryan as speaker — <p>Harry Reid just gave Paul Ryan an unwelcome endorsement for speaker. </p><p>The Democratic leader offered his surprise backing for Ryan (R-Wis.) to assume the House speakership, saying he hopes Ryan runs and wins the job because he's …
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Algemeiner.com, Mediaite, The Last Refuge, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan will run for House speaker, under certain conditions
Paul Ryan will run for House speaker, under certain conditions
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Outside the Beltway, TIME and RedState
Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL) — Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, not only in vote preferences but in expectations as well — a remarkable feat for the non-politician who's surprised …
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Bryan Busovicki / National Review:
A Clear Choice on National Security — In the latest episode of the reality show that is Donald Trump's campaign, he has blamed my brother for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation. — That Trump echoes the attacks of Michael Moore and the fringe Left against my brother is yet another example …
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Fox News, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The Week, RedState, The Daily Caller, New York Times and BuzzFeed
Ann Coulter / The Hill:
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar … Less than 24 hours after Ahmed Mohamed met President Obama, his family decided it's time to leave America for good. — The 14-year-old Texas boy who was arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that authorities said resembled a bomb will soon be living in Qatar.
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Avi Selk / The Scoop Blog:
Ahmed Mohamed will move to Qatar — After finally meeting President Obama last night, Ahmed Mohamed and his family plan to leave the United States for the foreseeable future. — Schools from across the country have made offers to Ahmed since he was arrested at Irving's MacArthur High last month …
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Slate, Associated Press, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Mashable, Dallas Morning News, Trail Blazers Blog, New York Times and Yahoo
WPLG-TV:
Dog shot by Florida City police officer — Animal rescue volunteer says dog shot 3 times in head — Author: Amanda Batchelor, Senior Digital Editor, abatchelor@local10.com — Neki Mohan, Reporter, Anchor, nmohan@Local10.com — FLORIDA CITY, Fla. - — A woman from Florida City …
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WTKR-TV and The Free Thought Project
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Holy cow does it sound like Joe Biden is running for president — At a tribute to Walter Mondale on Tuesday morning, Joe Biden said this: … Um, okay. This is the same Joe Biden who is currently in the final days — we think — of making up his mind about running for president.
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Biden Says He Didn't Oppose Raid That Killed Bin Laden
Biden Says He Didn't Oppose Raid That Killed Bin Laden
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The Week, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider and Weekly Standard
John Nichols / The Nation:
Justin Trudeau Just Showed American Democrats How to Win the Next Election — Promises to tax the rich and to make infrastructure investment a priority—along with an embrace of diversity—beat the right in Canada. — By — Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau gives his victory speech …
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Mark Tran / Guardian:
Justin Trudeau anointed by Richard Nixon - at four months old
Justin Trudeau anointed by Richard Nixon - at four months old
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Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway and neo-neocon
Ian Hanchett / BREITBART.COM:
Trump: Revoke Passports For Those Who Go To Fight For ISIS, Would ‘Look At’ Closing Certain Mosques' — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated he would revoke passports from people who go overseas to fight for ISIS and “You're going to have to certainly look at” closing mosques …
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Algemeiner.com and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Brian Entin / WPTV:
Police union president says Gardens PD is not being transparent about Corey Jones shooting — UPDATE: Palm Beach Gardens police held a news conference Tuesday evening. — EARLIER: — The president of the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association is upset with Palm Beach Gardens Police leaders …
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
S.F. middle school delays election results because winners not diverse enough — On Oct. 6, Everett Middle School welcomed a special visitor. As students cheered and clapped, Chelsea Clinton walked across the San Francisco academy's wooden stage and hugged Everett's mascot, a humongous brown and white owl.
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New York Times:
New York Police Officer Dies After Being Shot in East Harlem — A police officer died after he was shot in the head while chasing a gunman in East Harlem on Tuesday, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said. — The officer was shot around 8:30 p.m. near Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive and 120th Street, the police said.
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New York Post, The Week and Washington Times
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Panicked establishment gets ready for war against Trump — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.
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George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:
Unexpected Asteroid to Zip Past Earth On Halloween — We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween. A rather large asteroid—discovered less than three weeks ago—is set to to fly past the Earth at a distance not seen in nearly a decade.
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fox8.com, Slantpoint, New York's PIX11, Shakesville, abc7news.com and American Spectator
Southern Poverty Law Center:
SPLC ethics complaint: Alabama judge forced defendants with court debt to give blood or go to jail — The SPLC filed a judicial ethics complaint against an Alabama judge who forced people unable to pay court fines and fees to give blood or face jail time. — Perry County Circuit Judge …
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Business Insider, WIAT-TV and New York Times
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Anti-Abortion Activist: Having Multiple Sex Partners ‘Is Almost Like Rape’ — The guest on today's edition of the “WallBuilders Live” radio program was Carol Everett, who reportedly spent several years “selling abortions to other women” before renouncing legal abortion and opening an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center in Texas.
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Liberaland and Raw Story
Emily Smith / Opposing Views:
Man Sends Video Of Ex-Girlfriend Masturbating To Her Little Brother In Act Of Revenge Porn — A jealous ex-boyfriend sent a sex video of his former girlfriend to the woman's 10-year-old brother in a tasteless revenge porn attack. — U.K. man Gary Whicker, 22, split with his girlfriend …
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Liberaland and Independent Journal
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Federal ruling protects pot dispensaries that follow state law — Congressional action prohibits federal drug enforcers from shutting medical marijuana dispensaries that comply with state law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Monday in a potentially precedent-setting case.
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Washington Post, Drug Policy Alliance, Common Dreams and Hit & Run
JTA / Jerusalem Post:
Protesters in Malmo chant ‘slaughter the Jews’ — Sweden to become first European country to recognize ‘Palestine’ - Israel needs to reshape its relations with Sweden — “These are extremely troubling instances of a grotesque but nevertheless very real - and murderous - incitement,” says ambassador to Sweden.
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Jihad Watch, The Daily Caller and Pamela Geller