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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson: I won't raise the debt ceiling as president — In a new interview with The Hill, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would not sign any budget deal that raised the debt ceiling if he is elected president. — Carson, who has surpassed Donald Trump in polls of Iowa voters …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kasich: 'I've Had It' With Trump, Carson — John Kasich is fed up with his competitors in the Republican primary. — “Do you know how crazy this election is?” he shouted during a pre-debate rally in Ohio on Tuesday. “Let me tell you something. I've about had it with these people.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Wins on Budget Deal as John Boehner Cleans Out the Barn — WASHINGTON — The budget agreement struck late Monday between the White House and Congress hands President Obama a major victory, vindicating his hard line this year against spending limits that he argued were a drag on the economy …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Budget deal faces last-minute protest by Republicans — <p>House Republicans are facing a last-minute uprising against Speaker John Boehner's budget deal, as dozens of GOP lawmakers are telling leadership they might vote against the package because of changes to crop insurance programs …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
This budget deal is what GOP surrender looks like — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — During the era of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, it's become popular in conservative circles to blast Republican leadership for surrendering. — These charges, in my view, were often not fair.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Budget deal includes Social Security, Medicare reforms
Budget deal includes Social Security, Medicare reforms
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Member Demands Speaker Candidates Oppose Budget Deal
Freedom Caucus Member Demands Speaker Candidates Oppose Budget Deal
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
A Letter To Rand Paul: Stop Using Fake Founding Fathers Quotes — Paul has once again written a book littered with easy-to-check historical inaccuracies. — Scott Olson / Getty Images — Dear Sen. Rand Paul, — Four months ago, we brought to your attention that your first two books …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rand Paul will filibuster debt ceiling bill — DENVER — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has called it a “slap in the face to conservatives.” Likely speaker of the House Paul Ryan has said the process that created it “stinks.” But Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is the first Republican to pledge outright …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Why aren't the GOP's presidential stragglers dropping out of the race?
Why aren't the GOP's presidential stragglers dropping out of the race?
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Resolution Introduced to Impeach IRS Commissioner — WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and 18 members of the Committee introduced a resolution to begin proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Resolution to Impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Introduced in The House
BREAKING: Resolution to Impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Introduced in The House
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Apple:
Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results — iPhone, Apple Watch & App Store Drive Revenue Growth of 22% — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit …
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit — Lately, Americans have argued both about their right to bear arms and whether the free exercise of religion allows businesses and state officials to claim exemptions from requirements that conflict with their religious beliefs.
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels — In a letter to organizers, BuzzFeed said it intended to withdraw from the conference if SXSW refuses to reverse its Monday decision canceling two panels related to gaming and online harassment due to threats of “on-site violence.”
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: We Don't Regulate Cars! Why Should We Regulate Guns? (VIDEO) — Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked on Tuesday why guns should be regulated in the U.S. if “we're not regulating the car.” — The comment took place during a discussion on the show “Outnumbered” …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
John Kasich: 'I've About Had It' With Fellow Republicans In The 2016 Race — Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday at a campaign rally that he's “about had it” with other GOPers in the 2016 race, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
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Wall Street Journal:
Walgreens Agrees to Buy Rite Aid for $9.4 billion — Deal creates drugstore giant amid a consolidating health-care industry — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to buy Rite Aid Corp. for about $9.4 billion, in a move that would create a drugstore giant at a time when companies …
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Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Hillary Clinton's take on VA crisis spurs backlash — Clinton says veterans are satisfied and VA woes are “not as bad as it has been made out.” — CONNECT — A declaration by Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton that the national crisis in care for American military veterans …
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Al Sharpton will not deliver eulogy at slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder's funeral — BY JENNIFER FERMINO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF — Rev. Al Sharpton announced on Tuesday that he will not give the eulogy for slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder at his funeral …
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Leo Hohmann / WND:
Islamic invasion pulls trigger: Europe now scrambles for guns — Many ‘now wish they had a 2nd Amendment’ — Leo Hohmann is a news editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several suburban newspapers in the Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, areas and also served …
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump's take on burkas: Islamic women might prefer them — Donald Trump joked Monday that women in the Islamic world might prefer to wear burkas because it lessens the need to apply make-up — “I saw a woman interviewed. They said 'We want to wear them, we've worn them for a thousand years.
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Liz Peek / The Fiscal Times:
How the FBI Could Derail Hillary Clinton's Presidential Run — James Comey - not Bernie Sanders — is the biggest challenge to Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions, a prospect that should keep the former Secretary of State up at night. The fiercely independent head of the FBI is directing …
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Tamar Adler / New York Times:
Betty Crocker's Joy of Looking … Photographs by MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI and TEXT BY TAMAR ADLEROCT. 27, 2015 — is a dish hard to make sense of: a shimmering vermilion ring of canned tomato sauce, held motionless by gelatin, concealing a coeur caché of canned asparagus …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina, Presidential Candidate, Available for Paid Speeches — Carly Fiorina is running for president - and also available for paid speaking gigs. — The former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO has “limited availability” for paid speeches, according to solicitations sent …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2 — At long last, Apple is adding a way for people to pay for purchases on iTunes beyond credit or debit cards — a move that points to the company sharpening its focus on marketing the iPhone to a wider set of users.
John Bolton / New York Post:
Obama just fell for a classic Russian ruse — Recent Russian efforts to magnify its Middle East influence have been accompanied by a seeming surge in Kremlin “reasonableness.” In fact, Russian calls for new Syrian elections and sharing intelligence with Western powers are nothing more than exercises in …
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Indecent Proposal — Khamenei haggles over the price of American surrender. — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—better known as the Iran nuclear deal—was officially adopted Sunday, Oct. 18. That's nine days ago. It's already a dead letter.
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New York Times:
Greenland Is Melting Away — This river is one of a network of thousands at the front line of climate change. — ON THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET — The midnight sun still gleamed at 1 a.m. across the brilliant expanse of the Greenland ice sheet. Brandon Overstreet, a doctoral candidate …
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