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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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Meet the Press - October 25, 2015 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday the new frontrunner in Iowa. Ben Carson surges ahead of the pack, shocking the pundits and getting under Donald Trump's skin. — DONALD TRUMP: — I'm Presbyterian. I mean Seven Day Adventists I don't know about. — CHUCK TODD:
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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” …
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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.
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Republicans Prefer an Outsider Candidate, AP-GfK Poll Finds
Republicans Prefer an Outsider Candidate, AP-GfK Poll Finds
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Donald Trump seeks a sharp contrast with Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist faith
Donald Trump seeks a sharp contrast with Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist faith
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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.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
How Republicans saved Hillary Clinton. Again. — For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign labored listlessly under a cloud of doubt after revelations that she had a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state. — Then Republicans, as they have so often do …
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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 …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton: Veterans Affairs scandal not a ‘widespread’ problem
Clinton: Veterans Affairs scandal not a ‘widespread’ problem
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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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CBS News:
Clinton on top in Iowa, gains in New Hampshire — Bolstered by Iowa Democratic caucus-goers who say she won the recent debate, Hillary Clinton now has an edge over Bernie Sanders in Iowa. She's up three points there, after re-allocating the supporters of Vice President Joe Biden.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders Throws Out Script as He Jabs at Clinton
Sanders Throws Out Script as He Jabs at Clinton
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Blasts Clinton Record on Gay Rights, Keystone, Free Trade
Bernie Sanders Blasts Clinton Record on Gay Rights, Keystone, Free Trade
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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.
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Adam Sneed / Politico:
Cummings: Dems will stay on Benghazi committee
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 …
Chicago Tribune:
66 protesters arrested at police chiefs convention … Protesters demanding a decrease in police funding and more money for black communities chained themselves together and were arrested outside a police chiefs conference at McCormick Place Saturday, according to police and protesters.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cruz: America ‘one more liberal justice’ away from irrevocable damage — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says the U.S. of today will become unrecognizable if “one more liberal justice” is appointed to the Supreme Court. — “One more liberal justice and our right to keep and bear arms is taken away …