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7:45 AM ET, October 25, 2015

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Bush at 91: Irritated and Invigorated by '16 Race — He has given up his “C.S.I.” reruns, consuming campaign coverage on Fox News — intently but fretfully — when he is perched in front of the television in his Houston home. — He reads three print newspapers daily …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA

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 …

Discussion: bradford-delong.com and Raw Story

Kristina Wong / The Hill:

Trump mocks Jeb, Rubio on their home turf in Florida — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday mocked fellow contenders Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at a rally in their home state of Florida. — Trump teased Bush, a former Florida governor …

Discussion: Associated Press and SaintPetersBlog

David Jackson / USA Today:

Jeb Bush says he is making campaign ‘adjustment’ — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jeb Bush says he's not reducing his presidential campaign, he is simply refocusing it with an eye toward the early caucus and primary states. — “We've made an adjustment in our campaign,” Bush said Saturday …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Banter, Daily Mail, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, Slantpoint, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Politico

Will Femia / MSNBC:

Jeb Bush on rumored campaign death spiral: ‘Blah, blah, blah’ — Jeb Bush responded to suggestions that recent cuts in his campaign staff and spending are an indication that his under-performing campaign is beginning to run out of steam. — A Bush campaign memo summarizing …

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and PoliticusUSA

Ashley Killough / CNN:
In shadow of campaign shakeup, Bush tears into Trump

Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Grills Jeb Over His Double Standard On Benghazi And 9/11 (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Daily Banter and addictinginfo.org

The Advocate:

Man arrested after trying to record Jefferson Sheriff Newell Normand and his breakfast club; sheriff suspects David Vitter behind it — The arrest could have been ripped from a Hollywood script, playing out on the eve of a statewide election. But was it a drama or a comedy?

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and RedState

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Vitter rivals pounce after private investigator's arrest

Discussion: Political Wire

WVUE-TV:
Private investigator arrested after allegedly trying to record Sheriff Newel Normand

Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, New Orleans Times-Picayune and Talking Points Memo

MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:

Bernie Sanders Blasts Clinton Record on Gay Rights, Keystone, Free Trade — Senator Bernie Sanders delivered his sharpest criticism to date of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton tonight at the Iowa Democratic Party's historic Jefferson-Jackson dinner. — The Vermont senator …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

Damien Gayle / Guardian:

Caitlyn Jenner ‘wanted limelight of female Kardashians’ - Germaine Greer — Comments by Australian-born feminist about US sex-change star are likely to further alienate campaigners who object to writer's views on transsexuals — Germaine Greer has accused sex-change star Caitlyn Jenner …

Discussion: BarbWire.com and Althouse

Anita Gates / New York Times:

Maureen O'Hara, Irish-Born Actress Known as Queen of Technicolor, Dies at 95 — Maureen O'Hara, the spirited Irish-born actress who played strong-willed, tempestuous beauties opposite all manner of adventurers in escapist movies of the 1940s and '50s, died on Saturday at her home in Boise, Idaho.

Discussion: Mashable and The PJ Tatler

Kate Zernike / New York Times:

Obama Administration Calls for Limits on Testing in Schools — Faced with mounting and bipartisan opposition to increased and often high-stakes testing in the nation's public schools, the Obama administration declared Saturday that the push had gone too far, acknowledged its own role …

Discussion: Guardian

Jimmy Carter / New York Times:

A Five-Nation Plan to End the Syrian Crisis — I HAVE known Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, since he was a college student in London, and have spent many hours negotiating with him since he has been in office. This has often been at the request of the United States government during …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Clinton: Veterans Affairs scandal not a ‘widespread’ problem — Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton says the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) scandal is not as “widespread” of a problem as coverage would indicate. — She said the problem is real, but cautioned that …

Discussion: Hot Air and Independent Journal