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Dan Merica / CNN:
Another GOP congressman says Benghazi panel meant to hurt Clinton  —  Las Vegas (CNN)Another Republican lawmaker says the House Select Committee on Benghazi is meant to go after the reputation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  —  Rep. Richard Hanna, R-New York …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republican: Benghazi probe ‘designed to go after’ Hillary
Discussion: Mediaite
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Obama to Announce Halt of U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — The United States will halt its military withdrawal from Afghanistan and instead keep thousands of troops in the country through the end of President Obama's term in 2017, Mr. Obama will announce on Thursday …
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama expected to announce new plan to keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Rand Paul, It Is Time to Take Your Campaign Out Back and Shoot It  —  “Go home to Kentucky, Senator, and save your Senate seat before Kentucky's voters take the incompetence of your Presidential campaign as a reflection on you and your Senate campaign.”  —  What is the most endearing moment …
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Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Ron Paul Gives Fiery Testimony in Trial of Two Indicted Top Aides
Discussion: Raw Story, Slantpoint and MSNBC
New York Times:
The Grown-Ups Take the Stage at the Democratic Debate  —  It was impossible not to feel a sense of relief watching the Democratic debate after months dominated by the Republican circus of haters, ranters and that very special group of king killers in Congress.
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Washington Post:
After years of hesitation, Democrats rally around calls for gun control
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Puts Public Campaign Events on Hold for 2 Weeks  —  Republican presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson has put his public campaign events on hold for two more weeks to go on book tour for his new tome “A More Perfect Union” and catch up on fundraising events.
Jason MeisnerContact / Chicago Tribune:
Lawyers for Dennis Hastert could reveal Thursday if plea deal reached … Lawyers for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert could tell a federal judge Thursday if they have reached a plea deal with prosecutors that would keep bombshell allegations of hush-money payments from ever being aired in a public trial.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hastert would serve prison time under federal deal
Wall Street Journal:
FBI, Justice Department Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Business Model  —  FBI agents have been contacting customers of DraftKings to ask them about their experiences  —  The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are probing whether the business model …
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New York Times:
Cash Drops and Keystrokes: The Dark Reality of Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Games
Discussion: The Week
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Obama's effort to ‘nudge’ America  —  The government tried using behavioral science to shape people's behavior.  Here's what happened.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Fraidy Reiss / New York Times:
America's Child-Marriage Problem  —  IN the United States today, thousands of children under 18 have recently taken marital vows — mostly girls married to adult men, often with approval from local judges.  In at least one case, a 10-year-old boy was legally married.  —  How is this possible?
Discussion: Unfogged
Politico:
Jeb cuts back  —  Eager to show cost consciousness, the Bush campaign's “high life has ended.” … On the first day of a two-day Iowa swing back in August, Jeb Bush flew from Davenport to Ankeny in a private plane.  The next day, after he spent more than four hours bounding around …
Gov. Bobby Jindal / Associated Press:
It's time to retire the filibuster  —  In an episode of “The West Wing,” fictitious Senator Howard Stackhouse filibusters President Bartlet's signature health care legislation, in order to increase funding for autism research.  Realizing his intentions are worthy, the White House sends support …
Discussion: RedState
Heba Amin:
“Arabian Street Artists” Bomb Homeland: Why We Hacked an Award-Winning Series  —  What's wrong with Homeland's political message?  The very first season of “Homeland” explained to the American public that Al Qaida is actually an Iranian venture.  According to the storyline …
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Hillary Clinton's Take on Banks Won't Hold Up  —  The Democratic frontrunner seems to be counting on America's ignorance about the 2008 crash  —  The inaugural Democratic debate Tuesday night was a strange show.  It felt like two different programs.  —  One was a screwball comedy starring …
Michael D'Antonio / Politico:
The Quiet Power Behind the Trump Throne  —  Ivanka Trump is her father's most influential adviser, his most powerful surrogate—and his total opposite.  —  Getty  —  You will not find a wall adorned with framed magazine covers in Ivanka Trump's office.  For that sort of thing you'll …
Discussion: CNN, Althouse and Daily Mail
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
People are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basis this year  —  This week a 2-year-old in South Carolina found a gun in the back seat of the car he was riding in and accidentally shot his grandmother, who was sitting in the passenger seat.  This type of thing happens from time to time …
Daniella Rivera / KTVA-TV:
Woman believed to be on spice disrobes, trashes East Anchorage Subway  —  The woman accused of trashing an East Anchorage Subway Tuesday night has been identified as 35-year-old Nikki Abrell, authorities say.  —  She is charged with third-degree criminal mischief, harassment and resisting arrest …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Clinton wins, Sanders scores  —  At some point during Tuesday night's Democratic debate, many people in living rooms across the country undoubtedly turned to each other with the same basic thought about Hillary Clinton: Oh, so that's why she's the front-runner.
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Texas Republican's idiotic tweet: Jewish Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist - just like the Nazis
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Treasury moves up debt limit deadline to Nov. 3  —  The Treasury Department has moved its deadline for Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit to Nov. 3, giving lawmakers even less time to prevent a possible default on the nation's debt.  —  In a letter to lawmakers …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Earliest Known Draft of King James Bible Is Found, Scholar Says  —  The King James Bible is the most widely read work in English literature, a masterpiece of translation whose stately cadences and transcendent phrases have long been seen, even by secular readers, as having emerged from a kind of collective divine inspiration.
 
 
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Rahm Emanuel reaps the whirlwind of Democratic rule
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Eliot A. Cohen / The American Interest:
Inadvisable  —  What is the point of making strategic recommendations …
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Doug Stewart / FOX CT:
‘She loves us’: Nephew speaks out on aunt's lawsuit brought against him
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Report: ‘Crony Capitalism’ Hurts the U.S. Economy
Leonard Dewaele / PLOS:
Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia
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Guns ‘n’ Moses: Why more Jews are packing heat
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Are Democrats back-benching the ‘war on women’?
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Abortion at the Supreme Court's Door
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
France's top weatherman sparks storm over book questioning climate change
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Mr. McCain's Irresponsible Remarks About Sgt. Bergdahl
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GOP leaders ask for suggested changes to House rules
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