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5:40 PM ET, October 23, 2015

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Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Orders Across-the-Board Pay Cuts for Struggling Campaign  —  Bush's advisers, under pressure from their donors and from falling and stagnant poll numbers, came to the conclusion that a course correction was essential.  —  michaelcbender  —  MarkHalperin
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Carson surges to 9-point lead; Trump slides  —  Donald Trump is the biggest loser in the new Iowa Poll.  —  The pious Ben Carson has plowed past the braggadocious New York businessman to take the front-runner crown, unseating Trump as the most popular choice for president among …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush slashes pay, spending as campaign struggles  —  <p>Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a wholesale restructuring of his struggling campaign after suffering miserably in the polls despite massive spending and a deep donor network.</p><p>The campaign will cut payroll costs by 40 percent …
Lawrence Brinton / National Review:
Jeb Bush Is Toast
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Megyn Kelly to Jeb Bush: Will you drop out?
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Trump nomination looking more likely
Bloomberg.com news:
Ben Carson Reacts to His Lead in Iowa Polls
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Democrats' Iowa Dinner Will Have the Sizzle of a Convention
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb's Campaign Downsizes Staff At HQ And Cuts Payroll By 40 Percent
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
State Can't Verify Clinton Email Claim Made At Benghazi Hearing  —  The State Department said it can't confirm one of the assertions Hillary Clinton made at Thursday's House Benghazi Committee hearing from her tenure as Secretary of State.  —  One of the sticking points in Mrs. Clinton's testimony …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Conservative pundits were not impressed with the GOP's disastrous Benghazi hearing  —  Hillary Clinton is a top-tier politician who's been the subject of nearly constant national media scrutiny for more than 20 years.  She also happens to have worked at the House Judiciary Committee during …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
She Knew All Along  —  The House hearing on Benghazi reveals …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Long Twilight Struggle
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: DOJ closes IRS investigation with no charges  — The Justice Department is closing its two-year investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted tea party groups  — The IRS mishandled the processing of tax-exempt applications in a manner that disproportionately …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Lois Lerner will not face charges in Department of Justice investigation  —  The IRS did mishandle tea party and conservative groups' nonprofit applications, but their behavior didn't break any laws, the Justice Department said in a letter to Congress Friday that cleared the tax agency …
Taryn Luna / BostonGlobe.com:
Staples founder Thomas Stemberg dies at 66  —  Thomas G. Stemberg, who cofounded Staples Inc. and invented the office superstore, died Friday at his home in Chestnut Hill, two years after he was diagnosed with gastric cancer.  He was 66.  —  His death was confirmed by his son, Will Stemberg.
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NBC News:
Hurricane Patricia: Strongest Storm Ever Measured to Hit Mexico
Greg Botelho / CNN:
Patricia, strongest hurricane ever recorded, menaces Mexico
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Lincoln Chafee ends quixotic presidential bid  —  <p>Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee, always a long shot, dropped out of the race for his party's nomination on Friday morning. </p><p>"As you know I have been campaigning on a platform of Prosperity Through Peace," …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why Did Lincoln Chafee Even Run?
Discussion: Daily Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Lincoln Chafee ends Democratic bid for president
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Philadelphia 76ers Throw Shade at Presidential Candidate John Kasich After Insult
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Texans Owner Demands Houston's LGBT Opponents Refund His $10,000 Contribution  —  Earlier this month, billionaire Bob McNair, owner of the Houston Texans NFL team, donated $10,000 to the Campaign for Houston, a coalition working to defeat the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).
New York Times:
Conservative PACs Attack Republicans, Including Paul Ryan, and It Pays  —  WASHINGTON — The petitions that started surfacing online over a year ago were as incendiary as they were urgent, begging recipients to sign up to “Boot Boehner,” “Dump McConnell,” “Drop a Truth-Bomb on Kevin McCarthy” and “Fire Paul Ryan.”
Discussion: Jay Bookman and Althouse
Jon Burkett / WTVR-TV:
Teen faces assault charges for throwing baby carrot at middle school teacher  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A 14-year old girl could be charged with assault and battery after she threw a baby carrot at one of her former teachers.  School disciplinary documents allege a baby carrot was used …
 
 
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