Morning Round-Up 9-25

Feature of the Day: Who is al-Shabab?

Morning Headlines

Domestic

Associated Press

1. Senate Moves Toward Test Vote on Obamacare
2. APNewsBreak: Feds Review Asiana’s Post-Crash Plan
3. Dispute Over Newtown 911 Tapes Tests New Conn. Law

Politico

1. A Texas-size divide between John Cornyn, Ted Cruz
2. Ted Cruz’s marathon talk
3. The questions Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe don’t want to answer

Reuters

1. Obamacare’s average monthly cost across U.S.: $328
2. Exclusive: Hundreds of U.S. security clearance records falsified, federal cases show
3. Consumer groups sue U.S. over delay in backup camera rule

Wall Street Journal

1. Cruz’s Defiant Stand Is Also a Lonely One
2. Senate Democrats Seek a Shorter Spending Measure
3. Resurgent Liberals Put Heat on Obama

Washington Post

1. Democrats see GOP shutdown threat as opening for 2014 election gains
2. How would a shutdown affect national security?
3. Believing in Hard Work, and getting it in return

Washington Times

1. News media’s revolving door to Obama White House blurs news of objectivity
2. Internal Senate email warns lawmakers not to sign up for Obamacare yet
3. Freeze! Global gun grab treaty ‘dead in the water,’ Inhofe says (9-24)

International

Associated Press

1. Shabab: 137 Killed in Kenya Mall Attack
2. Iran’s President Tones Down Anti-Israel Rhetoric
3. Pakistan Struggles to Help Quake Victims; 210 Dead

Reuters

1. Renewed push at U.N. for Syria resolution followed by peace talks
2. India-U.S. ties lose shine over economic differences
3. Death toll from earthquake in Pakistan rises to 327

Wall Street Journal

1. Iran Applies Brakes to U.S. Mideast Plans
2. Rouhani Says Iran is Ready for Nuclear Talks, With Conditions
3. U.S. Takes New Look at Africa Threats

Washington Post

1. Death toll at 130 in Mexican floods, mudslides
2. Egyptian minister postpones dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood
3. UN chemical weapons investigators to return to Syria Wednesday

Top Conservative Stories of the Day:

The American Conservative

1. The CIA’s Deadly Cultural Ignorance
2. American Exceptionalism Revisited

The Blaze

1. Ted Cruz Begins Anti-Obamacare Speech on Senate Floor: I Will Speak ‘Until I Am No Longer Able to Stand’ (9-24)
2. Chris Matthews Loses It Over Ted Cruz’s Anti-Obamacare Senate Speech: ‘He Is A Problem For Our Republic’ (9-24)

Breitbart

1. Bozell to GOP: You Fund it, You Own It
2. Secretary Kerry Will Sign UN Arms Trade Treaty

 The Daily Caller     

1. Obama attacked for favoring Middle Eastern oil
2. Obama says goal is to win House majority in 2014

CNSNews.com

1. Cruz to Press: ‘That Is Not Responsible Reporting’
2. Bill Clinton Praises European Company for Not Profiting on Its Health Insurance Business

National Review

1. Cruz’s Marathon Floor Speech: Live Updates
2. Three Defunding Myths

Washington Free Beacon

1. Afghan Interpreter Has Visa Revoked
2. FDA Spending $182,814 to ‘Better Understand’ Social Media

Top Liberal Stories of the Day:

The Daily Beast

1. Ted Cruz’s Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions
2. Exclusive: White House Struggles To Replace Janet Napolitano at DHS

Huffington Post

1. Obamacare Premiums Report Shows Low Prices for Uninsured With Wide Variation
2. Obamacare Ad Wars Not All That Warlike Right Now

Talking Points Memo

1. Cruz Still Speaking More Than 17 Hours Later
2. Sorry, Ted

ThinkProgress

     1. Five Key Takeaways From Obama’s United Nations Speech