TODAY'S TALKING POINTS 10-29-15

TODAY'S TALKING POINTS

GOP candidates faced off on CNBC. Donald Trump may be a lot more tweetable than other candidates, but Twitter declared Sen. Marco Rubio and his “presidential vibe” the winner.

Carly Fiorina proved that she has a fuzzy relationship with the truth when talking about women, but maybe not as fuzzy as Ben Carson's relationship with a shady dietary supplement company. The biggest losers of the debate weren’t even on the stage; the journalists moderating the political sparring were slammed for asking unfocused and vapid questions that just served to start fights.

Republicans officially nominated Rep. Paul Ryan to be the next House speaker. The search for a new speaker has been an emotional roller coaster since John Boehner resigned and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy threw his hat in the ring, only to promptly remove it. But members of the GOP set the path in motion yesterday for a full vote that would make Ryan the most powerful Republican in federal government.

It was a big day for a past House speaker too: Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty in his hush-money case to making "illegally structured bank withdrawals" to reportedly hide sexual misconduct he committed decades earlier. He could get up to six months in prison.

The South Carolina officer caught on camera slamming a student was fired. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the student who was thrown and dragged by Deputy Ben Fields during a violent arrest was not “blameless,” but Fields took it too far. Meanwhile, Fields' attorney said his actions were "justified and lawful."

Here's how the U.S. got in the habit of putting cops in schools in the first place.

The FDA just approved a drug that uses herpes to fight cancer. The first-of-its-kind drug helps treat the deadliest form of skin cancer, which 74,000 Americans are expected to get this year. The bad news? A single course will reportedly cost $65,000 — and it hasn’t been proven to extend life.

Nepal elected its first female president. Bidhya Devi Bhandari is only the country’s second president since Nepal became a democratic republic in 2008. If that seems surprising, get this: Nepal has been actively working to move away from a male-dominated society, so much so that their constitution requires either the president or vice president to be a woman.