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7:15 AM ET, November 18, 2015

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Claire Phipps / Guardian:
Paris attacks: police hunt ‘ninth suspect’ as Germany on alert after Hanover bomb threat - live  —  And a bit more from Obama: … People did not “resort to fear and panic” after the Boston marathon bombing, he said: … Share  —  November 17, 2015  —  21:29
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’  —  President Obama is lashing out at Republican politicians who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S., accusing them of being “scared of widows and orphans.”  —  Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines …
Discussion: ABC News, EveryJoe, Raw Story and RedState
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump: Obama sending refugees to Republican states  —  The Obama administration is deliberately sending Syrian refugees to states led by Republican governors, Donald Trump alleged Tuesday.  —  Trump, who was speaking to conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, said of the refugees …
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
Here's a map of every state refusing to accept Syrian refugees  —  In the wake of Friday's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, more than half of all US governors have said they won't allow Syrian refugees to resettle in their state.  —  As of Tuesday afternoon, 26 governors had issued statements saying …
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees  —  In an interview for Bloomberg's “With All Due Respect,” the Republican candidate stressed the United States shouldn't allow in refugees “if there's any kind of concern.”  —  michaelcbender  —  Jeb Bush said he wouldn't ban Syrian refugees …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain slams Cruz's call for religious test for refugees  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday panned the idea of favoring Christian refugees from Syria over Muslims, delivering a rebuttal to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a GOP presidential candidate.  —  McCain said using a religious test …
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Christie on refugees: Not even 5-year-old orphans
CNN:
White House, governors discuss Syrian refugees
Discussion: WREG-TV and Moe Lane
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say  —  Ben Carson's remarks on foreign policy have repeatedly raised questions about his grasp of the subject, but never more seriously than in the past week, when he wrongly asserted that China had intervened militarily in Syria and then failed …
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Ben Carson's campaign slams bombshell New York Times report as ‘affront to good journalistic practices’  —  One of Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson's foreign-policy advisers questioned the candidate's grasp of Middle East events in an interview with The New York Times, prompting a quick rebuke from the campaign.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Carson camp: New York Times took advantage of ‘elderly gentleman’
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump takes 9-point lead over Carson  —  Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination, a new poll says.  —  Trump is ahead of Carson by 9 points as the top pick among likely Republican primary voters next year, according to the University of Massachusetts survey.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday named Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when asked about his possible running mate in 2016.  —  “Ted Cruz is now agreeing with me 100 percent,” he said when asked about his vice presidential pick, according to Lifezette.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bobby Jindal drops out of White House race  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday he is ending his presidential bid, saying “this is not my time.”  —  Jindal had struggled to gain traction as he centered his campaign on Iowa, a state with a large pool of evangelical voters …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Inevitable: Bobby Jindal drops out of presidential race
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Bobby Jindal Quits Republican Presidential Race
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
John Kerry's Freudian slip  —  John Kerry said this today: … (Emphasis added)  —  You don't have to be a psychiatrist to detect a Freudian slip in Kerry's statement that there was “perhaps even a legitimacy” to the Charlie Hebdo attack.  Charles Krauthammer was a psychiatrist and he detects it.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Kerry sees ‘rationale’ in Charlie Hebdo murders, unlike Friday's attacks in Paris
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Week
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
John Kerry Justifies Charlie Hebdo Slaughter
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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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Kasich Proposes New Government Agency To Promote Judeo-Christian Values  —  As part of a broad national security plan to defeat ISIS, Republican Presidential candidate John Kasich proposed creating a new government agency to push Judeo-Christian values around the world.
CNN:
2 Air France flights diverted due to bomb threats  —  (CNN)Two Air France flights headed from the United States to Paris were diverted Tuesday night due to bomb threats, officials said.  —  Both flights landed safely.  —  Flight 65, headed from Los Angeles to Paris, was diverted …
Discussion: NBC News, EveryJoe and The Week
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Jessica Stern / Politico:
The Islamic State Paradox  —  The more we fight it, the more its appeal grows.  —  The French strikes on Islamic State positions following the Paris attacks point up the peculiar dual nature of this protean Salafi jihadist organization, whose ruthlessness, ability to capture and hold territory …
Discussion: The Great Debate
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
What Americans thought of Jewish refugees on the eve of World War II … The results of the poll, illustrated above by the useful Twitter account @HistOpinion, were published in the pages of Fortune magazine in July 1938.  Fewer than 5 percent of Americans surveyed at the time believed …
Bobby Jindal / Facebook:
I cannot tell you what an honor it has been to run for President of the United States of America.  My parents came to this country 45 years ago searching for freedom and a chance.  —  When I was born, we lived in student housing at LSU, and never in their wildest dreams did they think their son …
Will Dobbs-Allsopp / Morning Consult:
Republican Leaders: Planned Parenthood Could Get Dropped From Reconciliation  —  Two of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) top lieutenants opened the door Monday to dumping language attached to an Obamacare repeal attempt that would defund Planned Parenthood.
Discussion: RedState
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP presses ahead with Planned Parenthood defunding
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Clare O'Connor / Forbes:
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
SEIU endorses Clinton
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE The pot-smoking Paris suicide bomber: Ex-wife reveals ‘blood brother’ …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Cruz's vulnerability
Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Committee Member: Clinton Made Hearing Long So GOP Would “Look Cruel”
Discussion: Daily Kos