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6:30 PM ET, December 3, 2015

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Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was married, appeared to be living ‘American Dream,’ co-workers say  —  Fourteen people were killed when two attackers opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.  —  As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Treats San Bernardino Attack as Possible Terrorism Case  —  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The married couple suspected of killing 14 people at a social services center had built more than a dozen pipe bombs and stockpiled thousands of rounds of ammunition, officials said Thursday …
CNN:
San Bernardino: At least 14 people killed in mass shooting; 2 suspects identified  —  San Bernardino, California (CNN)Two suspects died in a gun battle with police Wednesday hours after authorities say they burst into a holiday party at a center for people with developmental disabilities and killed 14 people.
Los Angeles Times:
White House plans executive action to expand background checks for gun sales  —  President Obama speaks in the Oval Office about Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and 17 wounded.  —  White House officials are seeking a way to use executive authority to close …
Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
GOP presidential candidates offer prayers — not solutions on gun control — after San Bernardino massacre  —  Prayers aren't working.  —  Another mass shooting prompted another round of silence Wednesday from GOP presidential candidates on the issue of gun control.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Guns: Time to Call the Liberal Bluff?  —  Last week the left attacked Republican leaders who stayed silent about the shooting at the Planned Parenthood abattoir in Colorado Springs, but yesterday, as Scott notes below, the left attacked Republicans who expressed condolences and prayers for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting.
Fox News:
Police identify 2 suspects in California massacre; terrorism not ruled out  —  A Southern California county government employee and his wife killed 14 people and wounded 17 others at a San Bernardino office building in a precision assault Wednesday morning before they were killed in a shootout with police in the afternoon.
Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino suspects' huge cache of bullets and bombs enough for ‘another attack,’ officials say
Discussion: LAist
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year
Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Pelosi: No right to moments of silence without action on gun violence
New York Times:
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting
NBC News:
Attackers Planted Bomb Similar to Boston Marathon Design
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Allah isn't fixing this [With Comment by John]
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Christie can't lose  —  Nine months ago a savvy political junkie told me Chris Christie would soon announce a presidential campaign, simply because he had to.  —  Making our way through the nation's capital, my cab driver made his case: running was the only way for the New Jersey governor to clean up his image and come out ahead.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A coming GOP bloodbath  —  The Republican front-runner in the presidential campaign, who does more to define the GOP brand than any politician in America, has made the following destructive contributions to Republican politics during his White House bid:  —  He insulted heroic POWs by saying …
Discussion: Politico
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Behind McConnell's campaign to win over Cruz  —  Mitch McConnell is close to pulling off a feat that at first seemed impossible: Coax Ted Cruz and antagonistic conservative groups to back his strategy to repeal Obamacare.  —  For weeks, Cruz, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate and chief McConnell nemesis …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Senate Dems to force votes on gun control  —  Senate Democrats are planning to offer a series of gun control amendments during the Thursday vote-a-rama on the chamber's highly anticipated budget bill.  —  A group, led by the chamber's No. 2 Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed and PoliticusUSA
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP rejects Dem gun amendments
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
After grumbling, Trump says he will participate in CNN debate  —  Donald Trump said Thursday that he is unexcited about the upcoming primary debate and irritated by CNN's coverage of his campaign, but confirmed that he will appear at the network's GOP forum scheduled for Dec. 15 in Las Vegas.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Takes Aim On Iron Dome  —  Marco Rubio, the Florida senator running for president, ended his prepared remarks at Thursday's Republican Jewish Coalition presidential forum in Washington with a veiled shot at some of his rivals for the GOP nomination.  “I have been a staunch supporter …
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Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz's Syria ‘Dog’
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
At Jewish GOP Group, Lindsey Graham Harangues White House Rivals
Discussion: Jezebel
The Hill:
Ryan vows to offer ObamaCare replacement plan in 2016  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday he plans to roll out a long-awaited replacement plan for ObamaCare in 2016, lifting healthcare reform to the top of the House GOP's agenda in a presidential election year.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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Lauren French / Politico:
Ryan hopes his agenda can buoy GOP at the polls
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Gun Industry Executives Say Mass Shootings Are Good for Business  —  Behind closed doors, speaking with investors and Wall Street analysts, the gun industry views mass shootings as an opportunity to make lots of money.  —  Ordinary people are despairing about the frequency of tragic events …
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New York Times:
How Often Do Mass Shootings Occur? On Average, Every Day, Records Show
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
In historic decision, Pentagon chief opens all jobs in combat units to women  —  Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Thursday that he is opening all jobs in in combat units to women, a landmark decision that ends a three-year period of research with a number of firsts for female service members …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Carter opens all military combat jobs to women
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
Paul J. Van Blarcum / Facebook:
ATTENTION LICENSED HANDGUN OWNERS  —  In light of recent events that have occurred in the United States and around the world I want to encourage citizens of Ulster County who are licensed to carry a firearm to PLEASE DO SO.  —  I urge you to responsibly take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm.
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Coldplay to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show  —  Band to withhold new ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ album From Spotify  —  British rock band Coldplay will headline the halftime show at the National Football League's Super Bowl 50 in February, according to people familiar with the matter.
 
 
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
We've had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here's why.
Discussion: Vox and Hit & Run
Daily Mail:
Five THOUSAND bullets and a dozen pipe bombs: The deadly cache amassed by radicalized US Muslim …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
CBS News:
President Obama defends his strategy against ISIS
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Carson stumbles on Hamas, says something more like hummus
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Emanuel, release the video of the Ronald Johnson police shooting
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. police shoot suspected stabber in Bayview District
 Earlier Items: 
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
At Jewish Summit, Trump Says He's A Good Negotiator Like ‘You Folks’
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
President Obama On California Attack 'We Don't Know Why They Did It' - Could Be ‘Workplace Violence’
BBC:
Oscar Pistorius verdict changed to murder
Discussion: NPR
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Blaming White Americans First
 

 
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Financial Times:
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