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10:55 AM ET, November 20, 2015

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Ed Payne / CNN:
Mali hotel attack: 3 dead after gunmen take captives at Radisson Blu in Bamako  —  (CNN)LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:  —  • [7:20 a.m. ET] Security forces have begun a counter-assault on the hotel in Mali's capital, said French President Francois Hollande, who said he'd been in touch …
Daily Mail:
Jihadists kill three as they go ‘floor to floor’ screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ during AK-47 rampage at Mali hotel and take 170 hostages before freeing those who could recite the Koran  — Radison Blu hotel under attack by jihadists armed with AK-47s and hand grenades in Malian capital of Bamako
Tiemoko Diallo / Reuters:
Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage  —  Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a luxury hotel full of foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako early on Friday morning, taking 170 people hostage, a senior security source and the hotel's operator said.
Isabelle Fraser / Telegraph:
Mali hotel attack: gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu as third body found at Paris terrorist lair - live
Discussion: Infowars and Agence France-Presse
New York Times:
Mali Hotel Is Attacked by Hostage Takers; at Least 3 Killed
Discussion: The Week
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Creates a ‘National Prayer Team’  —  Pray for Ted Cruz.  —  That appears to be among the chief tasks to be undertaken by the Cruz campaign's “national prayer team,” a group announced on Thursday and scheduled to begin its work next month.  —  Mr. Cruz, who has aggressively courted …
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NBC News:
Donald Trump Retakes Lead in GOP Race; Ted Cruz Makes Gains: Poll  —  In the Republican primary race, the newest NBC News/SurveyMonkey online poll shows Donald Trump has the frontrunner spot to himself, with 28% support among Republican and independent voters who lean Republican.
Katie Glueck / Politico:   How Ted Cruz is locking up the evangelical vote
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Donald Trump's Plan for a Muslim Database Draws Comparison to Nazi Germany  —  NEWTON, Iowa — Donald Trump “would certainly implement” a database system tracking Muslims in the United States, the Republican front-runner told NBC News on Thursday night.  —  “I would certainly implement that.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN reporter suspended after tweet on refugees  —  CNN global affairs correspondent Elise Labott has been suspended for two weeks, a source at CNN confirmed to POLITICO.  —  Earlier on Thursday Labott had tweeted about the House voting on a bill that would make it harder for Syrian refugees to enter the United States.
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CNN:
House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Farce Awakens  —  Erick Erickson, the editor in chief of the website RedState.com, is a serious power in right-wing circles.  Speechifying at RedState's annual gathering is a rite of passage for aspiring Republican politicians, and Mr. Erickson made headlines this year when he disinvited Donald Trump from the festivities.
New York Times:
Jonathan Pollard, American Who Spied for Israel, Released After 30 Years  —  WASHINGTON — Jonathan J. Pollard, the American convicted of spying on behalf of Israel, walked out of prison early on Friday after 30 years, the Israeli prime minister said, but the Obama administration had no plans …
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Associated Press:
Israeli PM Welcomes Pollard's Release
Discussion: Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After 30 Years in Prison, Jonathan Pollard to Be Freed — but Not to Israel
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Opens 25-Point Lead on Sanders in Bloomberg Politics National Poll  —  She also earns higher scores on commander-in-chief traits, including the ability to combat terrorism.  —  margarettalev  —  Hillary Clinton has solidified her lead nationally in the Democratic presidential nominating contest …
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Daily Mail:
Hillary hammers ‘obsession’ with the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ as she insists 'Muslims …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director: Snowden should be ‘hanged’ for Paris  —  A former CIA director says leaker Edward Snowden should be convicted of treason and given the death penalty in the wake of the terrorist attack on Paris.  —  “It's still a capital crime, and I would give him the death sentence …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Welcome to the Freak Show, Gawker.  You'll Fit Right In.  —  The media news of the week was the sudden reorientation of the news and gossip site Gawker.com to a site about politics.  Part of a larger story about layoffs and contraction of other outposts in the Gawker Media empire (io9 …
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Utah School Apologizes for Terrorism Poster Assignment  —  A Utah school apologized Thursday for a classroom assignment in which students were asked to create a propaganda poster for a group such as Islamic State to understand the goals and methods of terror groups.
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
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Dora Scheidell / fox13now.com:
Utah school apologizes for homework assignment to make propaganda poster for terrorist group
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Truth Revolt
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary selfie of Europe's first female suicide bomber shows the jihadi who never read the Koran, liked to drink and smoke and had a reputation for having lots of boyfriends  — She detonated her suicide vest packed with explosives after witness claims he saw her going to KFC
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP group plans most aggressive anti-Trump campaign yet  —  John Kasich has attacked Donald Trump relentlessly in debates and now his super PAC is planning to invest $2.5 million in the most aggressive takedown of the poll leader yet — on behalf of an increasingly anxious GOP establishment.
Kelly Winters / Facebook:
Improving the Experience When Relationships End  —  Community Support FYI is a new series of blog posts about how we work to keep the Facebook community safe, supported and connected.  —  Facebook is a place for sharing life's important moments, which for many people include their romantic relationships.
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Black Lives Matter and Michael Bloomberg: the oddest couple?  —  Neighbors and community members gathered at the scene where a man was shot and wounded by a Minneapolis Police officer early Sunday, Nov. 15.  —  When media outlets from the National Journal to Rolling Stone cover …
Discussion: Hit & Run
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
‘The Hunting Ground’ crew caught editing Wikipedia to make facts conform to film  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  A crew member from “The Hunting Ground,” a one-sided film about campus sexual assault, has been editing Wikipedia articles to make facts conform with the inaccurate representations in the film.
Discussion: Independent Journal and Vox Popoli
 
 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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