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11:25 AM ET, November 18, 2015

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Refugee pause may be necessary  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, on Tuesday said it may be necessary to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.  —  Republicans immediately seized on Schumer's comment …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’  —  President Obama is lashing out at Republican politicians who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S., accusing them of being “scared of widows and orphans.”  —  Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines …
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Republican leaders seek ‘pause’ in Syrian refugees; plan legislation soon  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans under the new leadership of Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., are racing to pass legislation this week that would halt a federal program for resettling Syrian refugees in the U.S.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain slams Cruz's call for religious test for refugees  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday panned the idea of favoring Christian refugees from Syria over Muslims, delivering a rebuttal to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a GOP presidential candidate.  —  McCain said using a religious test …
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:   Mistrusting Obama on ISIS—and Refugees
CNN:
3 terrorist suspects killed, others held in raid in Saint-Denis, officials say  —  Saint-Denis, France (CNN)Three terrorist suspects have been killed in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an ongoing security operation linked to the deadly attacks that rocked the French capital five days ago, a police source said.
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Daily Mail:
FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE  — The attacks began at 9.20pm at the Stade de France where the French football team was hosting Germany in an international friendly.  — The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium.
Daily Mail:
Sick taunts of the Paris mastermind: Abdelhamid Abaaoud boasted of freely crossing Europe's borders …
Discussion: Slantpoint and Vox Popoli
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say  —  Ben Carson's remarks on foreign policy have repeatedly raised questions about his grasp of the subject, but never more seriously than in the past week, when he wrongly asserted that China had intervened militarily in Syria and then failed …
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Fred Bever / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Trump More Firmly On Top In N.H.; Voters Split On Middle East Military Policy  —  Donald Trump is holding on to his lead in the latest WBUR poll of likely voters in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, while his closest rival, Dr. Ben Carson, appears to be fading.
Jessica Stern / Politico:
The Islamic State Paradox
Discussion: The Great Debate
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Ben Carson's campaign slams bombshell New York Times report as ‘affront to good journalistic practices’
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Jindal dropping out: I'm not unhappy to see them go  —  Despite Bobby Jindal's constant barbs at him throughout the course of his now-kaput campaign, Donald Trump said Wednesday that “ultimately,” the Louisiana governor was “very nice” to him.  —  “Well, he was, you know, a little nasty with me.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Josh Earnest clashes with Fox's Elisabeth Hasselbeck over Paris response
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The Koch intelligence agency  —  The political network helmed by Charles and David Koch has quietly built a secretive operation that conducts surveillance and intelligence gathering on its liberal opponents, viewing it as a key strategic tool in its efforts to reshape American public life.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
John Kerry's Freudian slip  —  John Kerry said this today: … (Emphasis added)  —  You don't have to be a psychiatrist to detect a Freudian slip in Kerry's statement that there was “perhaps even a legitimacy” to the Charlie Hebdo attack.  Charles Krauthammer was a psychiatrist and he detects it.
Discussion: The Federalist and BuzzFeed
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Dartmouth's disgrace, Hanlon edition  —  My first term at Dartmouth I took a great freshman seminar with Professor Peter Bien on Politics and the Novel.  We read A Passage to India, Under Western Eyes, The Secret Agent, Guard of Honor, Freedom or Death, The Trial, and a few others.
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Monica Showalter / Investor's Business Daily:
A Creepy, Coercive Turn For Campus Protests
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Two U.S. flights to Paris diverted by bomb threats; innocent Muslims ejected from Baltimore plane for ‘watching the news’; bomb squad in Chicago and ‘firebomber racist’ targets mosque  — Two Air France flights headed to Paris were diverted after bomb threats - both flights landed safely
Discussion: CNN and The Week
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Reuters:
Turkey fans boo minute's silence for Paris victims  —  Turkish fans booed during the minute's silence for the victims of the Paris attacks before their national team drew 0-0 with Greece in a friendly international soccer game on Tuesday.  —  The mark of respect was observed at matches across Europe …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NPR
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Video: Turkey Fans Boo Moment of Silence for Paris Attacks, Then Break Out Into This Chant
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday named Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when asked about his possible running mate in 2016.  —  “Ted Cruz is now agreeing with me 100 percent,” he said when asked about his vice presidential pick, according to Lifezette.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump takes 9-point lead over Carson  —  Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination, a new poll says.  —  Trump is ahead of Carson by 9 points as the top pick among likely Republican primary voters next year, according to the University of Massachusetts survey.
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Trump or Carson? Republican Insiders Consider the Inconceivable
Discussion: Booman Tribune and FiveThirtyEight
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic:
The Silicon Valley Suicides  —  The air shrieks, and life stops.  First, from far away, comes a high whine like angry insects swarming, and then a trampling, like a herd moving through.  The kids on their bikes who pass by the Caltrain crossing are eager to get home from school, but they know the drill.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Claire Phipps / Guardian:
Paris attacks: police hunt ‘ninth suspect’ as Germany on alert after Hanover bomb threat - live  —  And a bit more from Obama: … People did not “resort to fear and panic” after the Boston marathon bombing, he said: … Share  —  November 17, 2015  —  21:29
 
 
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