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3:45 PM ET, November 18, 2015

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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Can't Place New England On A Map (PHOTO)  —  Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday expressed his support for a growing contingent of governors who are against allowing Syrian refugees into the United States — but he shared an incorrect graphic of the lower 48 states in the process.
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Challenges President Obama to ‘Come Back and Insult Me to My Face’  —  A fired-up Sen. Ted Cruz this morning challenged President Obama to a debate over Syrian refugees, lashing out at Obama over his Tuesday comments in the Philippines.  —  “I want to encourage you, Mr. President …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Refugee pause may be necessary  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, on Tuesday said it may be necessary to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.  —  Republicans immediately seized on Schumer's comment …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’
David Giambusso / Politico:
De Blasio escalates attack on Christie's refugee stance
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
CNN:
3 terrorist suspects killed, others held in raid in Saint-Denis, officials say  —  Saint-Denis, France (CNN)Three terrorist suspects have been killed in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an ongoing security operation linked to the deadly attacks that rocked the French capital five days ago, a police source said.
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Washington Post:
2 terror suspects dead after French police raid north of Paris
Fred Bever / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Trump More Firmly On Top In N.H.; Voters Split On Middle East Military Policy  —  Donald Trump is holding on to his lead in the latest WBUR poll of likely voters in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, while his closest rival, Dr. Ben Carson, appears to be fading.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bobby Jindal's presidential campaign was unrecognizable from the Bobby Jindal I knew
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Marco Rubio scores megadonor Frank VanderSloot
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Fla poll: Trump 36%, Rubio 18%, Carson 15%, Cruz 10%, Bush 9%
Daily Mail:
The Syrian passports to terror: EIGHT migrants have got into Europe with same papers as those found on stadium suicide bomber  —  The full scale of the trade in false passports that allows terrorists to slip into Europe was exposed last night.  —  It lets Islamic State fanatics who are bent …
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
Refugee ‘Religious Test’ Is ‘Shameful’ and ‘Not American’ ... Except that Federal Law Requires It
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The Koch intelligence agency  —  The political network helmed by Charles and David Koch has quietly built a secretive operation that conducts surveillance and intelligence gathering on its liberal opponents, viewing it as a key strategic tool in its efforts to reshape American public life.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: ‘Absolutely no choice’ but to close mosques  —  The United States will have “absolutely no choice” but to close down some mosques where “some bad things are happening,” Donald Trump said in a recent interview, explaining his rationale for doing so.  —  “Nobody wants to say this and nobody wants …
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Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state  —  Glen Casada: “We need to ... take them back to the ICE center and say, 'They're not coming to Tennessee, they're yours.' ”  —  A top Tennessee Republican lawmaker believes the time has come for the National Guard to round …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Our two Americas, in 1 map  —  Want to understand the bifurcated nature of our politics?  Try this map, released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission, that documents which party controls a majority of seats in each state's congressional delegation.  —  Pretty remarkable no?
Discussion: Newsalert
New York Post:
Student: I was suspended for having a consensual threesome  —  A Manhattan acting student is suing his arts college for suspending him after a consensual ménage à trois with two other students, according to court papers.  —  Plaintiff John Doe met Jane Doe during their freshman year …
Discussion: Gothamist
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Kerry: Recent Paris attack lacked ‘rationale’ of Charlie Hebdo strike  —  Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Tuesday there was a “rationale” behind the terrorist strike on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, unlike the recent “indiscriminate” ISIS attacks in Paris.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Kerry, after gaffe, says terrorist attacks can never be rationalized
Discussion: Townhall.com and Washington Post
WATE-TV:
Maryville toddler survives alone for several days after grandmother's death  —  MARYVILLE (WATE) - A Maryville toddler was taken to the hospital after police say she survived alone for several days after her grandmother died.  —  According to a Maryville Police Department report …
Discussion: WGN-TV and myfox8.com
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Ted Cruz Would Like to Know Why Obama Won't Insult Him to His Face  —  Standing outside of a private club for fancy men this morning, senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz made it clear that he is ready to buck with Barack Obama.  “If you want to insult me, you can do it overseas …
New York Daily News:
NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns in U.S.  —  The NRA — and their gun-loving Republican cohorts — are refusing once more to stop terrorists intent on getting armed in the U.S.A.  —  A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government's …
Leda Reynolds / Daily Express:
ISIS suspects posing as refugees arrested at airport clutching hand-drawn MAP to Germany  —  EIGHT people have been arrested at Istanbul's main airport amid fears they are Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists posing as refugees after they were found clutching a hand-drawn map plotting the route to Germany.
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic:
The Silicon Valley Suicides  —  The air shrieks, and life stops.  First, from far away, comes a high whine like angry insects swarming, and then a trampling, like a herd moving through.  The kids on their bikes who pass by the Caltrain crossing are eager to get home from school, but they know the drill.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Ben Ashford For / Daily Mail:
America's ‘enemies within’: How nearly SEVENTY have been arrested in America over ISIS plots in last 18 months - including refugees who had been given safe haven but ‘turned to terror’  — Increasing pressure from Republicans not to accept refugees from Syria on scale demanded by White House
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Our Bitter and Graceless President  —  We all know people of towering arrogance and we all know people of staggering incompetence, but Barack Obama is quite possibly the perfect package.  No one on the scene today combines these two qualities in quite the same way as Mr. Obama.
 
 
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Tampa Bay Times:
Rubio misses Paris hearing for fundraising; did attend classified briefing Tuesday
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
In Rise of ISIS, No Single Missed Key but Many Strands of Blame
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Did UT-Austin students who disrupted Israel Studies event violate campus code?
Discussion: KVUE-TV and Washington Post
Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel's speed cameras issue $2.4 million in bad tickets
Discussion: WGN-TV
New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Support of White New Yorkers, Poll Finds
Discussion: Gothamist
Susan Davis / The American Interest:
Could Democrats Break Ranks on the Refugee Fight?
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Congresswoman: Paris Attack A “Chilling Reminder” That We Need Tighter Gun Laws
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Democrats will vote no on Syria refugee bill
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Video: Turkey Fans Boo Moment of Silence for Paris Attacks, Then Break Out Into This Chant
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Feds fight to end phone secrecy after Paris attacks
 

 
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