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2:05 PM ET, October 25, 2015

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Shaquille Brewster / NBC News:
Ben Carson: I Would ‘Love’ to See Abortion Law Overturned  —  Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would “love” to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, making abortion illegal nationwide, with almost no exemptions.  —  “I'm a reasonable person and if people can come …
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Donald Trump Won't Apologize to Ben Carson Over Religion Comments  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won't apologize to Ben Carson for comments he made about his religion.  —  Trump, who trails Carson in two polls released in Iowa last week, said he “just didn't know” …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Associated Press:
Republicans Prefer an Outsider Candidate, AP-GfK Poll Finds  —  A huge majority of Republican voters prefer an outsider candidate to one with experience in Washington, and most see political rookies Donald Trump and Ben Carson as possible general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
CBS News:
Trump, Carson lead GOP in Iowa; Trump keeps big lead in NH, SC  —  The Republican nomination fight continues to be dominated by political newcomers Donald Trump and Ben Carson.  In Iowa, Carson has moved up to tie Trump.  —  In South Carolina and New Hampshire, there is Donald Trump with a large lead, and then there is everyone else.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Donald Trump seeks a sharp contrast with Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist faith
Discussion: Des Moines Register and Althouse
Adam Sneed / Politico:   Carson: I'm not super low energy, just soft-spoken
Melissa Cronin / Gawker:
Chris Christie, Sipping a Smoothie, Was Kicked Off an Amtrak Car For Screaming on His Phone  —  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is having a bad morning.  —  First, he nearly missed his 9:55 Amtrak train from DC to New York.  Then, he didn't get the seat he wanted on the train.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cummings at the crossroads  —  Rep. Elijah Cummings is at a political crossroads.  —  The 64-year-old Maryland Democrat is mulling whether to run for the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski who will not seek reelection in 2016 after nearly 30 years in office.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Megyn Kelly Flips Out Over Positive Hillary Clinton Benghazi Coverage From Media  —  I wrote the other day that Megyn Kelly was one of the only Conservative pundits who thought Trey Gowdy's Benghazi hearing was successful.  And on Friday night, she continued her beliefs by attacking the media …
Adam Sneed / Politico:
Cummings: Dems will stay on Benghazi committee  —  <p>The top Democrat on the House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks in Libya said on Sunday Democrats won't leave the panel in protest.</p><p>"We have decided to stay on the committee because somebody has to be in the room to defend the truth …
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Bernie Sanders goes on the attack at Iowa Democratic dinner  —  <p>DES MOINES — Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a pass on her “damn emails,” but he's giving her hell on just about everything else.</p><p>On Saturday night, at the high-stakes Democratic Jefferson-Jackson dinner …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders Throws Out Script as He Jabs at Clinton  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Dramatically highlighting his contrasts with Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders used his speech to the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson dinner Saturday night to make his sharpest and most aggressive critiques of the Democratic front-runner thus far.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Blasts Clinton Record on Gay Rights, Keystone, Free Trade
Investor's Business Daily:
IRS' Lois Lerner Skates; An Ugly Precedent Is Set  —  The Law: The Justice Department declined to file charges against IRS enforcer Lois Lerner, who singled out Tea Party groups for scrutiny on political grounds.  With no accountability, it's now open season on dissidents.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Marco Rubio, the Unusual Front-Runner  —  FOUR years ago this week, I boldly predicted that Mitt Romney would inevitably be his party's nominee.  —  It was admittedly not really the boldest of predictions.  But at the time the press corps was obsessed with the revolving door of non-Romney …
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Team Bush in a Fog  —  As Ed Kilgore noted on Friday, Jeb Bush's campaign is facing tough times right now.  It has been widely reported that the Bush family and Jeb's major donors are getting together in Houston this weekend and its not entirely clear whether their time will be spent rallying …
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New York Times:
Bush at 91: Irritated and Invigorated by '16 Race
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
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Nicholas Watt Chief / Guardian:
Tony Blair makes qualified apology for Iraq war ahead of Chilcot report
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Ralph VartabedianContact / Los Angeles Times:
Special Report $68-billion California bullet train project likely to overshoot budget and deadline targets
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Obama fuels the flames of the anti-cop movement
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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
A Five-Nation Plan to End the Syrian Crisis
Discussion: Daily Kos
MSNBC:
Transcript: Rachel Maddow interviews Hillary Clinton
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
Anita Gates / New York Times:
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Damien Gayle / Guardian:
Caitlyn Jenner ‘wanted limelight of female Kardashians’ - Germaine Greer
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