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10:40 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: Bloomberg.com news and Politico
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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
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 …
Discussion: USA Today, Shakesville and Hullabaloo
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 …
CNN:
Poll: 3-in-4 say Benghazi panel politically motivated  —  Washington (CNN)Most Americans say the way Hillary Clinton handled her email as secretary of state is an important indicator of her character, a reversal since March when it was first revealed she used a private email server to conduct government business.
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton's Long-Awaited Benghazi Testimony Set to Begin
Discussion: abc7news.com and Truth Revolt
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
Discussion: Liberaland and Vox Popoli
Lauren French / Politico:
Ryan to proceed with speaker bid
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
10 Freedom Caucus Members Publicly Reject Paul Ryan, Enough To Doom His Candidacy For Speaker
Discussion: The Slot
New York Times:
Freedom Caucus Majority Backs Paul Ryan for House Speaker
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.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Is So Different From Carson and Fiorina
Discussion: Booman Tribune and FiveThirtyEight
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Donald Trump Still Loved by Republicans Who Call Him Divisive and Sometimes ‘an Idiot’
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. and Kurdish Commandos Said to Raid ISIS Prison in North Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — American and Kurdish commandos raided an Islamic State outpost near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija, freeing prisoners there and capturing some of the militants themselves, Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
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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
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 …
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
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 …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Majority Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — A majority of Americans, 56%, believe that if more Americans carried concealed weapons after passing a criminal background check and training course, the country would be safer.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Clinton boxed out Biden  —  <p>Scratch Joe Biden off Brooklyn's list of worries. </p><p>The announcement Wednesday afternoon that Biden would not enter the presidential race removed another hurdle for Hillary Clinton, whose string of good fortune was kicked off by a strong Oct. 13 debate performance …
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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 …
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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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Reuters:
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The Local:
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
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Gail Heriot / Wall Street Journal:
Why Aren't There More Black Scientists?
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phila. woman gets 25 years for offering daughter, 6, for sex
Discussion: Independent Journal and Daily Mail
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CIA Director John Brennan emails
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
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