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2:55 PM ET, February 2, 2012

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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows  —  A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses.  —  Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …
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Donald Trump / CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney  —  Posted by CNN Political Director Mark Preston  —  Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney for president, sources with knowledge of the endorsement tell CNN.  —  Trump will make the announcement Thursday in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Trump guarantees an endorsement circus, likely backing Romney  —  We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign.  The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sources: Trump to endorse Newt  —  Word started leaking out in Las Vegas earlier that Donald Trump's “major announcement” is to back Newt Gingrich, and sources are confirming it to POLITICO.  —  The announcement is expected to come at an 11:30 a.m. press conference tomorrow that The Donald is holding.
KLAS-TV 8 News Now:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Endorse Newt Gingrich Tomorrow
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Donald Trump to endorse Mitt Romney
Trip Gabriel / The Caucus:
Gingrich's Flashy New Endorsement Is Not to Be
Discussion: msnbc.com
Donald Trump / CNN:
Trump set to endorse Romney
Discussion: Hot Air and HotAirPundit
Shley Parker / The Caucus:
A Trump Endorsement — to Romney?
ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Set To Endorse Mitt Romney In Las Vegas
Discussion: Business Insider
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In  —  An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …
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Bri Taylor / Gather:
Susan G. Komen Hacked: Website Displayed Political Message Briefly  —  Was breast cancer research and fundraising giant Susan G. Komen hacked?  It appeared that way when Wednesday night, when those who logged into the sight were greeted with an unorthodox message, likely a result of their changing policies involving Planned Parenthood.
David Nather / Politico:
Susan G. Komen founder: We won't ‘bow down’  —  Susan G. Komen for the Cure is speaking out about its controversial decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood, with its founder claiming the decision has been “mischaracterized” and vowing to resist “political pressure.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood?  —  My colleague Jeffrey Goldberg has done some reporting on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood because the organization was under congressional investigation.  According to his sources …
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood says Komen decision causes donation spike
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ  —  At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible.  Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.”  —  Source: cache.daylife.com  —  President Barack Obama has been taking lumps …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ  —  A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted …
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Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans, attorney general fight over gun sting
Discussion: TalkLeft and Business Insider
Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried  —  To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound.  The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney?  —  Inside the left's little-noticed, relentless, brutally effective campaign to tear down the Republican front-runner in advance of the general election.  —  Tuesday's installment of the left's crusade to destroy Mitt Romney began like this …
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney tries to explain remark about “very poor”
Discussion: The Agonist
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider  —  RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.
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Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Ron Paul declines CPAC invitation
Discussion: FishbowlDC and HotAirPundit
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter  —  At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa.  —  According to folklore, Phil's sighting …
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Tina Susman / Nation Now:
Groundhog Day confusion: More winter, says Phil; nope, say rivals
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
What does Obama do all day?  —  What does he do all day?  Are you impressed with the impression of President Obama left by Ryan Lizza's “Obama Memos” piece in the New Yorker?  His decision-making method-at least as described in the piece-seems to consist mainly of checking boxes on memos his aides have written for him. ...
Steven Rattner / Politico:
Mitt Romney pushes the envelope on his taxes  —  By now, every literate American is probably familiar with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's 14 percent federal tax rate, the result of most of his income coming via capital gains.  —  Romney should be grateful to fellow Republicans for that low tax rate.
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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Volt sales fall in January  —  Washington- General Motors extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt vehicles sales in January.  —  GM sold just 603 Volts - above its sales in January 2011, but far below GM's best-ever sales month …
Christopher Wanjek / Yahoo! News:
Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say  —  A spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down.  But it also makes blood pressure and cholesterol go up, along with your risk for liver failure, obesity, heart disease and diabetes.  —  Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact …
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
5.6 Million Americans Have Switched Their Banks In The Last 90 Days  —  Back in November, the Occupy Wall Street movement inspired “Bank Transfer Day,” a day for Americans fed up with the actions of the nation's biggest banks to move their money to a different institution.
Rasmussen Reports:
Arizona GOP Primary: Romney 48%, Gingrich 24%, Santorum 13%, Paul 6%  —  Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a big lead over his rivals in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the Republican primary race in Arizona.  The state's Republicans vote on February 28.
 
 
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GOP highway spending bill ‘the worst,’ Ray LaHood says
Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner, Eric Cantor call ‘truce’
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Historic Senate vote clears way for gay marriage in state
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
RNC not supporting Gingrich's quest for Florida delegates
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Jon Lovett / The Atlantic Online:
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David Catanese / Politico:
Bowles won't run for governor
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Ann Coulter:
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