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In Minnesota

The 2010 Independence Party candidate for governor is coming home to his original party roots and endorsing Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson for governor. (MPR News)

A special session of the Minnesota Legislature to provide disaster aid to storm and flood-damaged counties now appears unlikely. (MPR News)

National Republicans are spending more than half a million dollars on ads against Democratic Congressmen Collin Peterson and Rick Nolan. (MinnPost)

Meanwhile, Republican congressional candidate Stewart Mills will get a $600,000 assist from the American Action Network this fall. (MPR News)

Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald's allegations against the Republican Party were dismissed. (Pioneer Press)

National Politics

President Obama is prepared to use U.S. military airstrikes in Syria as part of an expanded campaign to defeat the Islamic State. (Washington Post)

Ahead of Obama's speech about his strategy to combat the Islamic State tonight, Minnesota's delegation has been weighing the pros and cons of more military action in the region. (MPR News)

In campaigns across the country, Republicans are seizing on what they call the Obama administration’s feckless response to Islamic State militants as part of a broader case to voters to turn against Democrats.  (Politico)

House Republicans rolled out a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 11 but also reshaping the budget landscape in a manner that tilts toward the GOP if it should win control of the Senate in November. (Politico)

Republican presidential hopefuls are quickly brushing up on their foreign policy experience ahead of 2016. (New York Times)