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7:35 PM ET, October 25, 2015

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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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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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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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CNN:

STATE OF THE UNION — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): One on one with Donald Trump, the front-runner showing a crack in the armor, as he slips beneath Ben Carson in Iowa.

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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 …

Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Donald Trump Won't Apologize to Ben Carson Over Religion Comments

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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Donald Trump seeks a sharp contrast with Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist faith

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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump

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Associated Press:
Republicans Prefer an Outsider Candidate, AP-GfK Poll Finds

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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 …

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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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

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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
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

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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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Adam Sneed / Politico: Cummings: Dems will stay on Benghazi committee

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 …

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Jethro Mullen / CNN:

Tony Blair says he's sorry for Iraq War ‘mistakes,’ but not for ousting Saddam — Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS, on CNN in the U.S. at 10 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, features an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the war in Iraq and post-war Iraq.

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Nicholas Watt Chief / Guardian:
Tony Blair makes qualified apology for Iraq war ahead of Chilcot report

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Greg Suskin / WSOC-TV:

Officials arrest man after almost 10,000 stolen guns found in Chesterfield Co. house — Deputies in Chesterfield County seized thousands of stolen guns Friday hidden inside a home near Pageland. — Authorities said they received a tip, got a search warrant and found almost 10,000 guns.

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NBC News:

NBC News Exclusive: Video Purports to Show Anti-ISIS Raid That Killed American — A new video purports to show Thursday's raid in Iraq in which dozens of ISIS hostages were freed and an American commando was killed. — The video, exclusively obtained by NBC News from Jordan-based news outlet Arab24 …

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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Helmet camera footage shows joint U.S. Delta Force-Kurdish raid to rescue Islamic State hostages

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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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Raheem Kassam / BREITBART.COM:

WATCH: 500 Sunni Islamists March For Jihad In Copenhagen, Shots Fired At 2500-Strong Shia March 24 Hours Later — Roughly 500 members of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) gathered in Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen on Friday, calling for Shariah law for European countries …

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