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3:40 PM ET, October 16, 2015

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Democrats, Republicans and Wall Street Tycoons  —  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had an argument about financial regulation during Tuesday's debate — but it wasn't about whether to crack down on banks.  Instead, it was about whose plan was tougher.  The contrast with Republicans …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Clinton campaign blasts Benghazi panel for announcing Abedin testimony  —  <p>Hillary Clinton's campaign on Thursday night slammed the House Select Committee on Benghazi for publicly announcing the Friday appearance of her top campaign organizer before the panel, dismissing it as …
Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Appears Before House Benghazi Committee  —  Republican-led committee says its focus is on 2012 attack  —  Clinton to testify in public hearing before committee Oct. 22  —  Long-time Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is being interviewed Friday behind closed doors …
Discussion: Politico
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Hillary's cash flow issue  —  <p>Hillary Clinton narrowly edged out Bernie Sanders in third quarter fundraising, but she was in a class all by herself when it came to blowing through campaign cash, according to a POLITICO analysis of reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.</p><p …
David Nather / BostonGlobe.com:
Bernie Sanders rejects CEO Martin Shkreli's campaign donation
Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
New Huma Abedin E-mail Address Discovered ahead of Benghazi Committee Appearance
Discussion: Hot Air
NBC News:
NBC Online Poll: Clinton Wins Debate, Re-energizes Core Backers  —  Hillary Clinton's performance in Tuesday night's debate resonated strongly among members of her party, with more than half—56%—saying she won the debate.  Just 3% of Democrats who watched or followed coverage of the debate …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Top Biden aide lays out potential 2016 platform  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden would run an optimistic and unscripted “campaign from the heart” based on restoring middle-class opportunity, one of his top political advisers said Thursday …
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
Discussion: Instapundit
Nick Gass / Politico:
Millennials warming to Sanders, cooling to Clinton
Discussion: The Week and Bloomberg Business
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau
New York Times:
Obama's Comments on Clinton Emails Collide With F.B.I. Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Federal agents were still cataloging the classified information from Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal email server last week when President Obama went on television and played down the matter.
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John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Insurrection Erupts at the Democratic National Committee  —  Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's autocratic ways in setting the debate schedule in Hillary's favor, insiders say, alienated many of her colleagues.  And the problem may get worse.  —  jheil
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Ben Brumfield / CNN:
Joseph's Tomb site catches fire in spate of Palestinian-Israeli violence  —  (CNN)Fire broke out at the compound housing Joseph's Tomb overnight, a religious site venerated by Jews, the Israel Defense Forces said.  Palestinian forces dispersed alleged Palestinian arsonists and put out the fire.
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NBC News:
Palestinians Set Fire to Joseph's Tomb Ahead of ‘Day of Rage’
Jerusalem Post:
Joseph's Tomb set ablaze by Palestinian rioters
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County mudslides trap numerous cars; I-5 closed to traffic  —  The emergency message crackled over the car radio, warning listeners of looming flash floods.  —  Wayne Foss of Lancaster dismissed it without a second thought and continued on his way to an afternoon business meeting in nearby Lake Hughes.
Discussion: Rare and The Week
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Los Angeles Times:
Drivers flee as mudslides engulf nearly 200 vehicles near Tehachapi; more rain coming
Discussion: KTLA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
CNBC caves to Trump's demands for next GOP debate  —  <p>CNBC, moving to accommodate Republican frontrunner Donald Trump's demands for the Oct. 28 presidential debate, has agreed to limit the program to two hours total and to allow candidates to give opening and closing statements.</p><p …
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus fears the worst for his party in the event of a loss in 2016.  —  During an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner Thursday …
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Crist to announce bid for Congress next week  —  Former Florida governor Charlie Crist is set to announce his bid for Congress during a Tuesday press conference in St. Petersburg.  —  A release from Kevin Cate, an adviser to Crist's failed 2014 bid for governor, says Crist will make a “major announcement.”
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run  —  President Barack Obama passed on a chance to weigh in or give an indication on Friday as to whether Vice President Joe Biden is going to pursue a run for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  “I'm not going to comment on what Joe's doing or not doing.
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg.com news
Chris Perez / New York Post:
McDonald's all-day breakfast has been a disaster  —  They're in no way “lovin' it.”  —  McDonald's franchisees say the launch of all-day breakfast has been a disaster — griping that it has slowed down service, lowered average bills and sparked chaos in the kitchens.
Discussion: Eater
Washington Post:
What Bill O'Reilly's new book on Ronald Reagan gets wrong about Ronald Reagan  —  Bad sources and old misconceptions persist in “Killing Reagan”  —  “Killing Reagan,” by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, is supposed to be a book of new scholarship on the Reagan presidency.
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Wire
Eric Levenson / Boston Globe:
After Confederate flag battle, South Carolina senator questions Mass. banner  —  South Carolina officials voted this summer to remove their state's Confederate flag after a devastating, racially-charged mass murder in a Charleston church.  —  While explaining his support of that decision on Thursday …
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
After firestorm, pork roast is back on the menu at federal prisons  —  After a week of controversy surrounding its abrupt removal of pork dishes from the national menu for federal inmates, the government did an about-face Thursday and put pork roast back on the prison bill of fare.
 
 
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Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
Steve McCoy let go from NewsRadio 106.7 after trumped-up Trump interview
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
GOP's debt-limit pressure grows
Discussion: Daily Kos and Jay Bookman
Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:
Tom Coburn Slams “Cruz Effect”: Less Faith In Congress, “Disappointment In The Hinterlands”
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog
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A Toddler Has Shot Someone Every Week In 2015, Washington Post Reports
Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact / Los Angeles Times:
Texas city abruptly cancels meeting on police tasing and arrest of councilman
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Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Gov't Tells Texas Rancher His Land No Longer Belongs to Him …
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in Hamas' October 7 attack
 
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