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Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries — Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. — The video, which appeared on a site used …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Refugee plan proceeding despite Paris attacks — President Obama still plans to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country over the next year, despite terrorist attacks in Paris, at top aide said Sunday. — “We're still planning on taking in Syrian refugees,” …
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday continued to call for Muslim refugees from Syria to be barred from entering the United States but opening the borders to displaced Christians, arguing there is not a “meaningful risk” that Christians will commit terrorist acts.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP governors reject Syrian refugees — At least eight Republican governors are moving to block Syrian refugees from entering their states after Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 130 people and wounded hundreds more. — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker …
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Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
Why ISIS Wanted Authorities To Find A Syrian Passport — As the dust settles on the Paris attacks, intelligence agencies are scrambling to gather information on the reported attackers. Passports collected on-scene have helped identify the nationalities of a few of the attackers, most of whom are from the European Union.
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Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama — MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Sunday announced he is refusing Syrian refugees relocating to Alabama. — “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama rejects calls for change in anti-ISIL strategy — President Barack Obama on Monday pushed back against calls for a dramatic rethink in the operation against the Islamic State, ruling out U.S. ground troops despite the “terrible and sickening setback” of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
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Esther Castillejo / ABC News:
Growing Number of States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees in Wake of Paris Attacks
Growing Number of States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees in Wake of Paris Attacks
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Slams Republicans: “Not American” To Only Accept Christian Syrian Refugees
Obama Slams Republicans: “Not American” To Only Accept Christian Syrian Refugees
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Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
Governors of Michigan, Alabama reject resettlement of Syrian refugees in their states
Governors of Michigan, Alabama reject resettlement of Syrian refugees in their states
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria
U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Gov. Bobby Jindal Issues Executive Order To Halt Syrian Refugee Resettlement In Louisiana
Gov. Bobby Jindal Issues Executive Order To Halt Syrian Refugee Resettlement In Louisiana
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama scolds those calling for ‘religious test’ of Syrian refugees
Obama scolds those calling for ‘religious test’ of Syrian refugees
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Governor Of Alabama Says His State Will Refuse Syrian Refugees
Governor Of Alabama Says His State Will Refuse Syrian Refugees
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What Will Come After Paris — The terrorist attacks in Paris …
What Will Come After Paris — The terrorist attacks in Paris …
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Daniel Byman / Slate:
What the Paris attack tells us about ISIS—and will the United States be next?
What the Paris attack tells us about ISIS—and will the United States be next?
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fearing Fear Itself — Like millions of people, I've been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror. It's the natural human reaction. But let's be clear: it's also the reaction the terrorists want. And that's something not everyone seems to understand.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
ISIS Is Not Waging a War Against Western Civilization … At least Marco Rubio didn't answer the attacks in Paris by demanding that the United States accept only Christian refugees. He left that to Ted Cruz. — But given the Florida senator's reputation in GOP circles as a foreign-policy wonk …
Washington Post:
9/11 hero's husband returns award given to late wife after Caitlyn Jenner gets same award — Yanan Wang — After the 9/11 attacks, no one disputed that Moira Smith was a hero. The 38-year-old police officer led over a hundred bleeding people out of the World Trade Center, one after another …
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Larry Celona / New York Post:
Husband of 9/11 hero sends award back over Caitlyn Jenner
Husband of 9/11 hero sends award back over Caitlyn Jenner
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Botches Wall Street Questions — Hillary Clinton should have seen that Wall Street shot coming. Instead, she compounded the damage. — The former secretary of state was off to a sound outing in Saturday night's debate against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland.
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton's Wall Street Donors Say More Than 9/11 Built Their Bond
Clinton's Wall Street Donors Say More Than 9/11 Built Their Bond
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz — He has more cash than any other Republican candidate. He is organized in every county in the first four voting states. And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next. — Now, not three months from primary season …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Iowa hardliner Steve King endorses Ted Cruz
Iowa hardliner Steve King endorses Ted Cruz
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Alison Elkin / Bloomberg.com news:
Trump Calls for ‘Study’ of Mosques After Paris Terror Attacks — “You're going to have to watch and study the mosques because a lot of talk is going on at the mosques,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says on MSNBC when asked what should be done to protect U.S. citizens.
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Calling in to MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday, Republican presidential …
Calling in to MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday, Republican presidential …
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Stephane De Sakutin / The Huffington Post:
French Interior Minister Wants ‘Dissolution’ Of Some Mosques
French Interior Minister Wants ‘Dissolution’ Of Some Mosques
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Politico:
The Belgian radicals' den — Paris investigation leads to run-down Brussels neighborhood notorious for jihadi recruitment. … “We don't have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.” — A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government's reaction to the links discovered between …
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Stephen BattaglioContact / Los Angeles Times:
John Dickerson keeps Democratic debate on track despite last-minute shuffle — CBS News political director John Dickerson had just finished his first rehearsal Friday for the Democratic primary debate when the words “this just in” came through his earpiece.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
News About Ed Kilgore, Don't Freak Out — I have some news to share: chief Political Animal blogger Ed Kilgore has accepted a new job, at New York magazine. Friday is his last working day here at the Washington Monthly. — This is obviously a blow to our readers, including me …
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan's anti-Muslim comments — It was not a red-letter day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Though he led a late rally, many of his passes went wide, and the Packers were trounced by the Detroit Lions, giving that team just its second victory of the season.
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Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’? — How Saturday night's debate displayed a party both at odds with reality and the popular will when it comes to terrorism. — Saturday night's Democratic presidential debate offered the country a moment of clarity that exposes just how brittle …
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