A.M. Links: Carson Beats Trump in New National Poll, House Republicans Offer Tentative Budget Agreement, Baltimore Cops Get Body Cameras

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  According to a new national poll, Ben Carson is now beating Donald Trump among Republican primary voters.

• House Republicans have offered a tentative two-year budget agreement. Will it avert a government shutdown?

• Police officers in Baltimore are now wearing body cameras.

• "Cops in a northern California town are to be equipped with nunchucks—the weapon mastered by Bruce Lee—in order to 'more compassionately gain compliance' from suspects."

• The Pentagon is considering embedding U.S. troops in the Iraqi military to battle ISIS.

• Wal-Mart has applied for permission to test the use of drones for home delivery and pickup.

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