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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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton reclaims NH lead; Trump still up big — PPP's new New Hampshire Democratic poll finds that Hillary Clinton's moved back into the lead in the state. She gets 41% to 33% for Bernie Sanders with Joe Biden at only 11%, Martin O'Malley at 4%, and Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb each at 2%.
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RedState, Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Ann Coulter / The Hill:
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it — Neurotically ignoring the fact that Donald Trump's position on immigration has catapulted him to the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, the media diminish his soaring poll numbers with a scrolling series of rationalizations.
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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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:
Ryan Willing to Run for U.S. House Speaker as ‘Unity’ Candidate — Ways and Means chairman demands assurances from hard-liners — Leadership turmoil weighs on Congress as fiscal deadlines near — Representative Paul Ryan said he'd be willing to run for speaker of the U.S. House …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike
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Politico, Bloomberg Business, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos, Bloomberg View and The Daily Caller
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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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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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 — WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has still not announced whether he will run for president, but he sought on Tuesday morning to dispel at least one criticism that might dog him on the campaign trail …
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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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic presidential primary
Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic presidential primary
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NPR, US News, LiberalAmerica.org and Ben Swann's Truth In Media
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Webb exits the Democratic presidential primary
Webb exits the Democratic presidential primary
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Defense One, New York Times, Shakesville and ABC News
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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Washington Post, Fox News Insider, The PJ Tatler, Daily Wire, Joanne Jacobs, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
S.F. middle school delays election results because winners not diverse enough
S.F. middle school delays election results because winners not diverse enough
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, EAGnews.org, The Daily Caller, Independent Journal, WIVB-TV and Mediaite
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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Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, RedState, New York Times, The Week, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and BuzzFeed
Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti's South L.A. forum ends abruptly because of Black Lives Matter protesters — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti faced throngs of hostile protesters at a community meeting Monday night as chaos descended on a gathering that had been intended as a forum for him to improve his fraught relationship …
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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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ESPN:
Former Louisville recruit about his visit: ‘It was like I was in a strip club’ — 6m - MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker floats impeachment for Clinton — A Republican lawmaker is floating impeachment for Hillary Clinton, should the Democratic presidential candidate lock up her party's nomination and go on to win the White House. — Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said in a phone interview …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’
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Mark Tran / Guardian:
Justin Trudeau anointed by Richard Nixon - at four months old — Former US president offered a toast to ‘the future prime minister of Canada’ during a state visit to Ottawa in 1972 — Even as a baby, great things were expected of Justin Trudeau, who has just been elected Canada's prime minister, ending a decade of conservative rule.
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Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway, neo-neocon, Power Line and Taylor Marsh
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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
Jeremy Brilliant / WALV-TV:
Suspect no longer at IU after attack on Muslim woman — The 19-year-old IU sophomore accused of attacking a Muslim woman in Bloomington over the weekend is no longer a student at IU as a result of the incident, according to a university spokesperson. — Triceten Bickford, 19 …
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Associated Press, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and WTTV CBS4Indy
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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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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Drug Policy Alliance, Common Dreams and Hit & Run
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Massive Solar Power Plant Emits 46,000 Tons of CO2 — President Obama once praised it as a shining example of America's clean energy future. “With projects like this one,” he said at the site of a solar plant just before construction started, “we're putting Americans to work producing clean, home-grown American energy.”
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