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11:15 AM ET, October 22, 2015

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Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Three questions Benghazi Republicans should ask — and why they probably won't  —  South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy's Special Committee on Benghazi has been now thoroughly outed — not by Democrats but by his fellow Republicans.  —  First House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg.com news
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Ever a Voracious Student, Prepares for Benghazi Hearing  —  For days, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been sequestered inside her red brick home in Washington, poring over events that happened more than three years ago and half a world away.  —  Her preparations for the hearing …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Proof That The Benghazi Investigation Is Totally Unlike Any Other, In Two Charts  —  On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will testify in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Republicans will try to prove that the former secretary of state mishandled …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton enters Benghazi showdown on offense  —  Hillary Clinton is sailing into the Benghazi hot seat with the momentum in her favor.  —  The Democratic presidential front-runner's polling has rebounded over the last month, ever since House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton's Long-Awaited Benghazi Hearing Begins
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘Supermajority’ of House Freedom Caucus to back Paul Ryan's speaker bid  —  Hard-line conservatives cleared a path late Wednesday for Rep. Paul Ryan to become House speaker, heralding a possible end to weeks of Republican leadership turmoil.  —  The decision to support Ryan …
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Ann Coulter / Official:
SAVE US FROM PAUL RYAN AND THE KEMP BOYS  —  After Paul Ryan helped Mitt Romney lose the 2012 election by doing the impossible — losing a debate to Joe Biden — he went on an intimate tour of poverty.  It was a journey so personal, Ryan brought reporters, writers and documentary producers with him.
Discussion: Liberaland and Vox Popoli
Lauren French / Politico:
Ryan to proceed with speaker bid
New York Times:
Freedom Caucus Majority Backs Paul Ryan for House Speaker
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
10 Freedom Caucus Members Publicly Reject Paul Ryan, Enough To Doom His Candidacy For Speaker
Discussion: The Slot
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Wants To Preserve His Work/Family Balance While Making It Harder For Poor Parents
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Carson surges past Trump in Iowa poll  —  <p>Ben Carson has surged past Donald Trump in Iowa, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican caucus participants out Thursday. </p><p>The retired neurosurgeon leads the Republican field with 28 percent, while Trump has fallen behind with 20 percent.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton-Sanders Fight Gathers Strength in Iowa: Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Poll  —  The top Democrats split Biden supporters.  Likely caucus-goers aren't fazed by Clinton's e-mail issue.  And Sanders has an Iowa problem—and it's not socialism.
Discussion: RedState, Politico and ABC News
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CNN:
First on CNN: American killed as hostages rescued in Iraq, sources say  —  Hostage rescue attempt conducted in Iraq  —  An American was killed in an overnight operation to rescue Kurdish hostages in Iraq, two U.S. officials told CNN on condition of anonymity Thursday.
Discussion: WSAV-TV
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Jeb Bush: Supergirl is ‘pretty hot’  —  North Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN)After nearly an hourlong discussion on serious policy, Jeb Bush was thrown a softball Wednesday night while speaking at an event in Las Vegas:  —  Who is your favorite Marvel superhero?  —  25 photos: Badass women of sci-fi
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Subordinate seduced me — then got me fired: executive  —  A lawsuit claims that Tila Azeem (main) set Citi's Head of Global Prime Finance, David James Murphy (inset) by telling her bosses that he sexually harassed her.  —  A former Citigroup executive says a young female underling set …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Fox News:
Police say suspect confesses to road rage shooting that killed New Mexico 4-year-old  —  Albuquerque police said late Wednesday that a suspect had confessed to a road rage shooting that killed a four-year-old girl on Interstate 40.  —  Authorities said Tony Torrez, 32, had been charged with murder …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Poll: More Americans oppose stricter gun control  —  The religious case for gun control in America  — About seven in 10 Americans believe it is important for most Americans to support proposed changes to gun laws before those changes are implemented  —  Washington (CNN) …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Majority Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Is So Different From Carson and Fiorina  —  Three candidates who have never held political office — Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina — have combined to amass a majority of support in G.O.P. primary polls.  Not coincidentally, a majority of Republican voters say they would prefer …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and FiveThirtyEight
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Donald Trump Still Loved by Republicans Who Call Him Divisive and Sometimes ‘an Idiot’
Ellen Bresler Rockmore / New York Times:
How Texas Teaches History  —  A TEXAS high school student and his mother recently called attention to a curious line in a geography textbook: a description of the Atlantic slave trade as bringing “millions of workers” to plantations in the American South.  McGraw-Hill Education …
Jayne Fagan / MoveOn.Org:
MoveOn to Host Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum in November  —  Chafee, Clinton, Lessig, O'Malley, and Sanders have been invited to engage with the 8-million-member strong MoveOn community on key progressive issues.  —  MoveOn.org Political Action announced today that it will host …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
DNC gives blessing to Black Lives Matter presidential town hall — but won't add debate
 
 
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