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In Republican Debate, Candidates Battle Sharply on Immigration — MILWAUKEE — After weeks of personal sniping, the Republican presidential candidates clashed sharply over immigration and other policies in their debate here on Tuesday, with Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former Gov. Jeb Bush …
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Trump leads in post-debate online polls — Donald Trump may have put in a less-combative performance during the fourth GOP debate Tuesday night aired by Fox Business, he remained atop several unscientific online polls after the event. — Trump took 38 percent of the vote in the Drudge Report poll …
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The Week and Political Wire

The 11 most explosive moments of the GOP debate — The Fox Business News moderators are keeping themselves out of the crosshairs, but the Republican debate on Tuesday night still had plenty of memorable moments. Below are some of the best: — 1. Trump's back.
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ABC News, Bloomberg Business, The Hill, Bloomberg.com news, abc7chicago.com and Taylor Marsh


Republican Candidates Have Trouble Making the Case for Change — They have forgotten why Obama’s America is so terrible. … Early in the fourth Republican debate, Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker, one of the debate moderators, asked Carly Fiorina a question that cut at the heart …

5 takeaways from the GOP debate — Tuesday night's Republican debate in Milwaukee wasn't as much a neat romp as the previous three - but it represented a vital team-building exercise for a party that seemed to be pulling itself apart at the raucous Oct. 28th CNBC scrum.
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New York Times, Economist, Breitbart, Political Wire, ABC News and Bloomberg.com news

The fourth Republican debate transcript, annotated — Eight Republican candidates are facing off in Milwaukee, in the fourth round of Republican debates of the 2016 presidential election: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush …
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ACASignups.net, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Week, Roosevelt Institute and Mother Jones

Insiders: Rubio wins, Kasich bombs
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Tales from the Trail, Bloomberg Business and Trail Blazers Blog


Carly Fiorina Met With Putin in a Green Room, Despite Zinging Trump for Doing So
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Liberaland, Associated Press, The Week, Politico, Roll Call, Bloomberg.com news and abc7chicago.com

Trump, Carson continue to lead GOP field; Jeb Bush dips to 3% support
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Public Policy Polling, Vox, Roll Call, Hot Air and ABC News


MU journalism faculty voting to remove Click's courtesy appointment — COLUMBIA — Faculty in the Missouri School of Journalism were voting Tuesday to revoke a courtesy appointment for Melissa Click, an assistant professor in MU's Department of Communication.
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Missouri assistant professor under fire for dramatic confrontation with journalist caught on video
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Washington Post

Dean David Kurpius Comments on Student's Coverage of Protest on Carnahan Quad

FOX Business Network & Wall Street Journal GOP Debates — Tune in here LIVE on November 10th starting at 7 pm to watch the Fox Business debate — without authentication!
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GOP Candidates Stiff-Arm Minimum Wage Raise at Debate
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Politico


EXCLUSIVE: You'll Never Guess Who Ronda Rousey Is Backing for President — Here's a hint: It's NOT Donald Trump. — Google Plus — As Bernie Sanders prepares to enter the primary-season Octagon against arch-rival Hillary Clinton, he can take some comfort in the fact that the world's …
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RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story, BizPac Review, TIME, Jezebel, Mashable, BuzzFeed, Independent Journal, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller


Attorney General Tells Daily Fantasy Sports to Stop Taking Bets in New York — The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets in New York, saying that their games constituted illegal gambling …


Cuomo to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 for All New York State Employees — ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Tuesday that he would unilaterally establish a $15 minimum wage for all state workers, making New York the first state to set such a high wage for its public employees.
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Mother Jones and Eschaton
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Nationwide minimum wage protests begin in L.A.
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Detroit Free Press, ThinkProgress, Orlando Sentinel, Campaign for America's Future and KTLA


Al Gore Declines to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President — If Hillary Clinton is counting on an endorsement from her husband's former vice president, she'll have to wait for it. — Al Gore, who served two terms with former President Bill Clinton, politely but firmly declined when PEOPLE asked …
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MilitaryTimes, Progressives Today, Politico and Talking Points Memo


Lobbyists Use GOP Debate Ads to Smear Agency Investigating Their Client — Viewers of the Fox Business Network-hosted Republican presidential debate this evening will repeatedely see an advertisement that casts a relatively obscure consumer protection agency as a power-hungry government office …
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DownWithTyranny!, Hullabaloo, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress and Wall Street Journal


10 Falsehoods That Netanyahu Told During His Appearance At CAP — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden on Tuesday as part of his latest visit to the United States, during which he's attempting to appeal to both conservatives and progressives.
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BuzzFeed and New York Times


Surge in robberies on Capitol Hill alters residents' routines, lifestyles — Sarah Pitluck, a Capitol Hill resident who was robbed in the neighborhood, walks her dogs Lenzi, left, and Pedro. A man grabbed Pitluck's phone out of her hand and scratched her chest and neck. Police have not made an arrest in the case.
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The PJ Tatler

The Truth about President Reagan — Recently, the Washington Post published two columns attacking our book Killing Reagan. We believe the hostile criticism is both misguided and disingenuous and is motivated by a small group of Reagan loyalists who are vehemently opposed to any objective look at the 40th President.
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Power Line and Mediaite


Editorial It's time to stop the whining about charter schools — Whining about charter schools won't make them go away. Yet Los Angeles Unified board member Scott Schmerelson is proposing the equivalent of that with a resolution that comes before the board Tuesday taking a symbolic position …
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Diane Ravitch's blog