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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/Marist Polls Show Donald Trump Running Strong in Iowa, NH — Donald Trump is running strong in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to two new NBC News-Marist polls. — Trump leads the Republican presidential field in New Hampshire, getting support from 21 percent of potential GOP primary voters.
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: GOP voters want more Trump — Story highlights — (CNN)Most Republican voters want Donald Trump to remain in the race for president, and he's the candidate GOP voters are most likely to say they want to see on the debate stage, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.
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Associated Press, Yahoo Politics, Guardian, Washington Monthly, WTVR-TV and Taylor Marsh
Adam Sneed / Politico:
Lindsey Graham dumps his flip phone after Donald Trump flap
Lindsey Graham dumps his flip phone after Donald Trump flap
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The Week
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Donald Trump surging in New Hampshire, Iowa
Donald Trump surging in New Hampshire, Iowa
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Outside the Beltway
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare repeal vote fails in Senate — The Senate on Sunday voted down a Republican effort to repeal Obamacare, the GOP's first attempt to get rid of the president's health law since the party took control of the chamber in January. — The effort fell 49-43, exactly along party lines …
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Politico:
Senate smackdown: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee efforts squelched by leaders — The rift between Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz widens. — Ted Cruz arrives for the Sunday Senate session on Capitol Hill. Ted Cruz just wanted a roll call vote on Sunday. Instead, he got a smackdown.
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New York Times, Political Wire, The Last Tradition and Power Line
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz girds for McConnell showdown in rare Sunday session
Robert Wilde / BREITBART.COM:
Huckabee: Obama Marching Israelis to ‘Door of Oven’ — Presidential aspirant and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee joined Breitbart's editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow in an interview on Saturday. — Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday, the governor demonstrated his keen ability …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Rick Perry: Let us take our guns to the movies — Rick Perry talks guns, Lafayette theater shooting 02:13 — (CNN)Rick Perry said in an interview Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, earlier this week shows why gun-free zones are “a bad idea” …
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Slantpoint, Deadline, Daily Mail, Yahoo Politics and The Week
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Smoking Gun: MPAA Emails Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ — If you talk to the reporters who work for various big media companies, they insist that they have true editorial independence from the business side of their companies.
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Chicago Tribune:
Chief Keef's hologram concert shut down by police in Hammond — Rapper Chief Keef appeared — via hologram — at a Hammond music festival Saturday night, but his performance was shut down by police within minutes. — The concert, planned as a benefit for a toddler and a friend of the rapper's …
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New York Times, Washington Post and Engadget
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Woman who shot alleged attacker may have slain a serial killer, police say — A woman in Charleston, W.Va., may have saved her own life and the lives of many other women, as well, when she shot and killed an alleged attacker in her home last week. — Neal Falls showed up at the woman's home …
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Twitchy
Nolan Finley / Detroit News:
Democrats' handout strategy is failing — Democrats hope to prevail in the 2016 elections by pounding the income gap. But at least one major group on the short end of that equation isn't buying that the handout party has the right answers. — Blue collar white voters believe …
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Instapundit
Guardian:
Snoop Dogg briefly held in Sweden on drug suspicions — US rapper forced to take a urine test after police in Uppsala pull over his car following a concert in the city — US rapper Snoop Dogg was briefly arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of using illegal drugs, police have said.
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TMZ.com, Hollywood Life, Daily Mail and Mediaite
William F. B. O'Reilly / Newsday:
Democrats tiptoe into dangerous territory … CARTOON — Matt Davies' latest cartoon: Single insurer?
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Cindy Carcamo / Los Angeles Times:
Judge blasts ICE, says immigrant children, parents in detention centers should be released — A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in holding facilities should be released, finding their detention “deplorable” and in grave violation of an earlier court settlement.
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Fox News, ImmigrationProf Blog and NPR
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