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12:35 AM ET, October 26, 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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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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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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Ross Douthat / New York Times: Marco Rubio, the Unusual Front-Runner

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

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

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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

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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Eric Bradner / CNN:

Sanders: I am not ‘shouting’ at Hillary Clinton — Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders says his criticism of Hillary Clinton's “shouting” on gun control has nothing to do with her gender. — “What can I say — that's just not the case,” the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential contender …

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Bernie Sanders goes on the attack at Iowa Democratic 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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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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CBS News:

Biden and wife on his decision not to run — Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, describe the family moment when he told them he would not run for president — In their only television interview since he declared he would not run for president, Vice President Joe Biden …

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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:

Vice President Biden — Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, appear in their first television interview since the vice president announced he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination — The following script is from “Vice President Biden” which aired on October 25, 2015.

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

Confused Tenn. pastor: Imprison women for abortions because that's what we do to bald eagle murderers — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Tennessee Pastor Ben Bailey of Gospel of Christ Ministries asserted over the weekend that women who had abortions should at the very least face fines …

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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

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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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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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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