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10:00 AM ET, October 27, 2015

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Poll Watch: Ben Carson Edges Ahead Nationally in Times/CBS News Poll — Ben Carson has taken a narrow lead nationally in the Republican presidential campaign, dislodging Donald J. Trump from the top spot for the first time in months, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Tuesday.

Discussion: Political Wire, Washington Post, Guardian, Towleroad, Althouse, NBC News, The Week, SaintPetersBlog, The Hill and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

CBS News:

CBS/NYT Poll: Ben Carson edges out Donald Trump — Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now narrowly leads the Republican field in the race for the nomination in the latest national CBS News/New York Times Poll. — Twenty-six percent of Republican primary voters back Carson, giving him a four-point edge over Trump (22 percent).

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Weekly Standard, CNN, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, CBS New York, Daily Mail, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: Ben Carson Pulls Ahead Of Donald Trump — NOTABLES —BEN CARSON ERASES DONALD TRUMP'S NATIONAL LEAD IN NEW POLL: Yesterday it was Iowa. Today it's nationwide. Just a day after Ben Carson blew open a double-digit lead over Trump in the state of Iowa, a new poll shows …

Discussion: Doug Ross and AMERICAblog News

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
3 sentences that explain just how clueless establishment Republicans are about 2016

Discussion: Vox Popoli, New York Times, The PJ Tatler, Bloomberg View and Hot Air

David Jackson / OnPolitics:
Jeb Bush and George W. Bush chide Donald Trump

Discussion: Erick on the Radio and addictinginfo.org

Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Jeb: Brother's response to 9/11 was ‘awe-inspiring’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and Associated Press

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Carson opens up 14-point lead over Trump in Iowa

Discussion: The Week, Scared Monkeys and PoliticusUSA

Jeremy Turnage / WIS-TV:

Video shows confrontation between Spring Valley student and school resource officer — Spring Valley High School officials and Richland County sheriff's deputies are investigating after a video supposedly taken at the high school shows a confrontation between a female student and the school's resource officer.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, FITSNews, addictinginfo.org, Raw Story, Hit & Run, NBC News, The Week, FOX31 Denver, WTVR-TV and Mediaite

Aaron Johnson / Heavy.com:

Deputy Ben Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — Email Follow — Deputy Ben Fields. — A South Carolina sheriff's deputy is in hot water after a video was posted online Monday showing him violently throwing a high school student from her desk in a classroom.

Discussion: Shakesville, Fox News Insider, Raw Story, Fighting the Tides, addictinginfo.org and No More Mister Nice Blog

WLTX-TV:
Video Surfaces of Incident at Spring Valley High

Discussion: NPR and Talking Points Memo

Jaeah Lee / Mother Jones:
Disturbing Video Shows School Cop Body Slam and Drag a Black Female Student

Discussion: WLTX-TV and FITSNews

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:

Conservatives already trashing new budget deal — <p>The ink isn't even dry on a tentative two-year budget agreement, but conservatives in Congress are already pouncing. </p><p>GOP leaders from both ends of the Capitol met privately with their rank-and-file Monday evening to outline …

Discussion: NBC News, Political Wire, Bloomberg Business, PoliticusUSA, ABC News, The Hill and Talking Points Memo

Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:

Congressional leaders, White House reach two-year budget deal — House Republican leaders introduced legislation just before midnight on Monday, finalizing a two-year budget agreement between Congressional leaders and the White House. The introduction sets up a vote as early as Wednesday …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Political Insider blog and TaxVox

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Congress and White House Reach Tentative Budget Deal

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Reuters, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Morning Consult, The Week, Balloon Juice, Mother Jones, Associated Press, CNN, Politico, AMERICAblog News, Shakesville and Daily Kos

Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Takes Jab at Bernie Sanders's ‘Shouting’ Remark — Hillary Rodham Clinton has seized on remarks Senator Bernie Sanders made in the first Democratic debate that “all the shouting in the world” would not keep guns out of the wrong hands, suggesting that Mr. Sanders used those words because of Mrs. Clinton's gender.

Discussion: National Review, Washington Free Beacon, alicublog, NPR and Shakesville

William Saletan / Slate:
Hillary Clinton Is Smearing Bernie Sanders as a Sexist

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Balloon Juice and Washington Free Beacon

Candida Moss / The Daily Beast:

Exclusive: Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby Boss for Illicit Artifacts — One of America's most famously Christian businesses is amassing a vast collection of Biblical antiquities. The problem is some of them may have been looted from the Middle East. — In 2011, a shipment of somewhere between 200 …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, Mediaite and Daily Mail

Diana Fakhouri / hillaryclinton.com:

Texts from Hillary and 4 other DIY Hillary Clinton costumes for Halloween — What's in Hillary's closet? A lifetime of looks. — From her simple beginnings in Park Ridge, Illinois, to her statement-making years as secretary of state, Hillary has always showcased her signature style.

Discussion: Instapundit, Althouse, Daily Mail, Mediaite and OnPolitics

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Ted Cruz's plan to pick off the competition — <p>GLENWOOD, IOWA — It was a rainy morning when Ted Cruz arrived for the first of five stops on his Iowa schedule. He could barely squeeze in the door. So many people were stuffed in the three-room coffee shop that some opted to stand outside …

Discussion: Political Wire and Towleroad

Christine Hauser / New York Times:

Prized Horse Is Led Out of Stall and Butchered in Florida — Just before 7 a.m. Sunday, Deborah H. Stephens, a renowned American equestrian, arrived at her horse barn in Palmetto, Fla., to check on some paperwork and prepare for the day's lessons. — Suddenly, one of the barn workers appeared …

Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Mail

Hugh Forrest / South by Southwest 2016 Music …:

Strong Community Management: Why We Canceled Two Panels For SXSW 2016 — On Monday, October 26, SXSW Interactive made the call to cancel two sessions for the 2016 event: “SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community” and “Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games.”

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Re/code, Raw Story, Engadget, Mashable, Guardian, The Verge and New York Times

Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:

Newspaper Blames “Designer Error” For Calling OSU Homecoming Parade Deaths “Shootings” — On Saturday, a car plowed through a crowded intersection during Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade. Four people were killed and dozens were injured, and the driver of the car, Adacia Chambers …

Discussion: Fox News and Scared Monkeys

Sarah Boseley / Guardian:

Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes - WHO — UN health body says bacon, sausages and ham are among top five most carcinogenic substances along with cigarettes, alcohol, asbestos and arsenic — Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer …

Discussion: PBS NewsHour, Vox, Reuters, Mother Jones, BBC, Cancer Research UK, NBC News, NPR, Slantpoint, Wall Street Journal, Common Dreams, EcoWatch, ThinkProgress and The Verge

Kyung Lah / CNN:

Shifting the blue line: Why a black woman is joining LAPD — Police departments struggle to recruit new candidates — Los Angeles (CNN)Asia Hardy grips the training gun, her arms raised, edging slowly toward the suspect. “Slowly come down to your knees. Don't move!” she orders.

Discussion: Truth Revolt, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and NPR

David Roberts / Vox:

The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee — Last Thursday, the nation watched with a mix of amusement and horror as the House Benghazi committee spent 11 hours grilling Hillary Clinton on a bizarre farrago of issues, many of which bore only tangential connection to the Benghazi attack.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Watchdog.org, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, The Daily Signal and PoliticusUSA

J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:

Mother of Slain Benghazi American Explodes on Andrea Mitchell Reports: 'You Can't Understand!' — Last week we reported on a passionate CNN appearance by Patricia Smith, the mother of one of the American victims of the Benghazi attacks, Sean Smith. Today she made an appearance on MSNBC …

Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Banter

Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:

Roland Martin Calls Out ‘Despicable Coward’ Bill O'Reilly for #BlackLivesMatter Coverage — “They are lying to their audience and painting a picture that is shameful and despicable,” TV One host tells TheWrap about Fox News and its star — Bill O'Reilly's coverage of the #BlackLivesMatter …

Discussion: Guardian, The Huffington Post and Mediaite

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Washington Post:

What Americans blame most for mass shootings (Hint: it's not gun laws) — As Democrats look to make gun violence a core issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds wide agreement that gun violence is a problem but bitter and stark division on whether …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Pirate's Cove, Townhall.com, Hot Air and Liberty Unyielding

Cory Bennett / The Hill:

Facebook accused of ‘secretly lobbying’ for cyber bill — Facebook is “secretly lobbying” for a major cyber bill set for a final Senate vote Tuesday despite growing opposition to the bill among tech companies, according to a digital rights advocacy group fighting against the measure.