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2:40 PM ET, October 20, 2015

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Eli Stokols / Politico:
George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz  —  <p>Inside a sleek Denver condominium, George W. Bush let a hundred donors to his brother's campaign in on a secret.  Of all the rival Republican candidates, there is one who gets under the former president's skin, whom he views as perhaps Jeb Bush's …
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CNN:
Poll: Trump, Carson dominate GOP field as Fiorina falters  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Ben Carson now stand alone at the top of the Republican field, as Carly Fiorina's brief foray into the top tier of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president appears to have ended, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Fiorina's support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll  —  <p>Carly Fiorina's time near the top of the Republican polls may have come to an end, as another national<a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/ 2015/images/10/19/rel11b.-.republicans. pdf"> CNN/ORC poll</a> out Tuesday suggests.
Ann Coulter / The Hill:
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump: I think I'll pass on Playboy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Jim Webb drops out of Democratic race  —  <p>Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announced Tuesday that he will drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><p> "I fully accept that my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and the nominating base of the Democratic Party …
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Associated Press:
Webb drops Democratic presidential bid, weighs possible independent run  —  In this June 30, 2015 file photo, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb speaks in Baltimore.  —  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, ripping both major parties for …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’  —  <p>Hillary Clinton "will be remarkable" during her testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi later this week, Chelsea Clinton predicted Tuesday. </p><p>"I think every opportunity my mom has …
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.
Discussion: WNEP-TV and abc7news.com
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment  —  And its chairman, Trey Gowdy, just got caught red handed  —  The House Select Committee on Benghazi has had glaring credibility problems from its inception.  Even if you ignore the thicket …
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Todd Magel / KCCI-TV:
Bill Clinton, Katy Perry to attend free rally, concert for Hillary
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Canada Lurches to the Left  —  Canada's election on Monday was something much bigger than a local Canadian story.  It's another indicator of how Bill Clinton/Tony Blair-style liberalism is veering sharply to the left across the English-speaking world.  Along with the surge of Bernie Sanders …
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Justin Trudeau and Liberal Party Prevail With Stunning Rout in Canada
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
The Note: Joe Biden Prompts (In)Decision Frenzy  —  NOTABLES  —TESTING OUT THE MESSAGE?  Biden's supporters have acknowledged the odds would be stacked against him — starting so late with no money, no campaign organization and way behind in the polls.
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ABC News:
Clinton Rebounds in Democratic Race, Gaining Against Sanders and Biden Alike (POLL)
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
Brian Maloney / Media Equalizer:
WaPo accidentally publishes Biden candidacy story, abruptly yanks
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has his work cut out for him in passing a bill to raise the $18.1 trillion debt ceiling.  —  The lame-duck Speaker needs to win 30 Republican votes to lift the government's borrowing limit …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Los Angeles Times
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Paul Ryan's reluctance could spark Speakership scramble
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Juan Williams / The Hill:   GOP right wing acts like its own party
Michael D. Young / FOX6Now.com:
“Wouldn't wish this on anyone:” Bucks forward claims he was racially profiled at jewelry store  —  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson is claiming he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay on Monday, October 19th.  The claim resulted in Whitefish Bay police …
Discussion: WHNT-TV
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.
Greg Moran / The San Diego Union-Tribune stories:
ICE bosses accused of sex parties  —  Complaint alleges San Diego office was used to recruit swingers … Internal affairs investigators for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are questioning employees in San Diego about allegations that a supervisor has been using government …
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NBC News:
ICE Probes Claims Employee Invited Co-Workers to Swinger Sex Parties
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. principal delays vote results, saying winners aren't diverse  —  When San Francisco middle school principal Lena Van Haren saw which kids on her campus had been elected to the student council, she was disturbed at the lack of diversity among the winners.  There were no Latino or black candidates chosen for the top four spots.
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Ktviintern / FOX2now.com:
Man shuts down cheating ex with one word text message  —  ORANGE COUNTY, CA - A man found out his ex-fiancée was cheating on him and ended his 5-year long relationship.  He got the last word when she started text messaging him, trying to rekindle their love.
Discussion: WTVR-TV and WGN-TV
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg.com news:
Mike Murphy of Right to Rise Explains His Theory That Jeb Bush Is Still the Candidate to Beat  —  When Mike Murphy in June took the helm of his longtime friend and client Jeb Bush's super-PAC, Right to Rise USA, he disappeared from the media, part of a concerted effort not to draw attention away from the candidate.
Brad Plumer / Vox:
The math on staying below 2°C of global warming looks increasingly brutal  —  Here's a capsule summary of the big UN climate talks this year:  —  1) The good news: Every country is submitting a detailed pledge to curb greenhouse gas emissions.  —  2) The bad: Those pledges, added together …
Discussion: National Review
Candice Smith / WWBT-TV:
Glen Allen HS apologizing after racist song plays at football game  —  By Ashley Monfort  —  Henrico County Public schools administrators are now investigating after a racially explicit song was played at the homecoming football game on Friday against Richmond's John Marshall High School, which is predominantly African American.
Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org and Raw Story
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Axelrod: I Only Went To D.C. After Obama Said I Could Still Tell Him To Go F**k Himself
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Whooping cough cases spike in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods
Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti's South L.A. forum ends abruptly because of Black Lives Matter protesters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
New breast cancer guidelines: screen later, less often
Leonard Steinhorn / The Hill:
Likability shouldn't matter when electing a president
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Bobby Jindal ponders skipping next debate
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
For Offenders Who Can't Pay, It's a Pint of Blood or Jail Time
Discussion: VICE, The Week, NOLA River and NPR
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Author: Hillary flooded Amazon with negative reviews of my book
Discussion: Daily Mail and BizPac Review
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump backtracks on Afghanistan war: Not a mistake
Tom McGeveran / Politico:
Washington Post pulls Biden campaign launch story after ‘glitch’
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