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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Republican presidential debate: 8 takeaways — Story highlights — (CNN)The top 10 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination only had a few minutes each on Thursday to capture the attention of voters tuning in to the first big-league Republican presidential debate.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
The GOP debate: 7 takeaways — The first Republican debate of 2016 turned out to be an empty-calorie joy ride. — Takeaway 1: Jeb Bush was meh. Getty — That was fun. Now what? — The first Republican debate of 2016 was an empty-calorie joy ride, thanks to Donald Trump …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
A Foxy, Rowdy Republican Debate — The first question to Chris Christie was about the nine credit downgrades that New Jersey had suffered since he became its governor. — Ben Carson was reminded of his domestic-policy blunders, of his foreign-policy blunders, of a whole raft of loopy statements …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly ‘behaved very nasty to me’ — CLEVELAND — Donald Trump says he didn't get a fair shake. — Speaking in the spin room behind the debate stage, Trump said the questions he received from the moderators Thursday night “were far tougher” than those asked of the other candidates.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump: Fox News Questions “Not Nice,” “Inappropriate” — CLEVELAND — Donald Trump criticized the questions asked by Fox News in the opening presidential primary debate on Thursday, calling them “inappropriate” and saying that Megyn Kelly “behaved very badly.”
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Trump Alters the Way the Rest of the Field Is Perceived — Donald Trump brought the circus to town. Credit where it's due; when confronted with past name-calling, he killed with that “Only Rosie O'Donnell” line. He makes everyone else look boring; he also makes everyone else look responsible, polite and grown-up.
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Jessica Valenti / Guardian:
Republican debate: Donald Trump still focus of campaign after sprawling fight - live updates — Google has released its search data from during the debate, and the winner is ... the same man who's been winning search traffic for weeks, Donald Trump. — The most searched for candidates between 9-11pm ET:
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump makes it clear that he plays by his own rules — CLEVELAND — From the first moment of Thursday night's Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump showed that he won't be playing by anybody's rules but his own. — He refused to say he would support the eventual Republican nominee …
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Best, Classiest Debate Ever — Best debate ever, right? — But entertainment value aside, there were a handful of foundational clarifications about the candidates, if not the race itself. Quickly: — Donald Trump: Mark Hemingway joked: … And holy cow is that dead-on.
Washington Post:
Trump roils first debate among GOP contenders
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John Althouse Cohen / Jaltcoh:
Live-blogging the first major Republican debate of the 2016 presidential race
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Chuck Schumer / Medium:
My Position on the Iran Deal — Every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high and both sides of the issue are vociferous in their views. — Over the years, I have learned that the best way to treat such decisions is to study …
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New York Times:
Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall — WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer, the most influential Jewish voice in Congress, said Thursday night that he would oppose President Obama's deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. — “Advocates on both sides …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Schumer Planning To Break With Obama, Oppose Iran Deal — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Senior Enterprise Editor, The Huffington Post — Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the chamber's third-ranking Democrat …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot. — Carly Fiorina was the only woman on stage at the so-called “Happy Hour” debate on Thursday night. She was also the only one of the seven candidates who made clear that she deserves more attention — and a more prime spot in the debates — as the campaign continues.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Fiorina stands out in Republican ‘happy hour’ debate — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina stood out Thursday in the first GOP primary debate, taking shots at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton while showing off her foreign policy acumen. — Fiorina, the only woman among …
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Ed Kilgore / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News Had Its Own GOP Debate Agenda: Narrow Down The Field — The Republican Party has famously missed most of the markers set out for it in the RNC's so-called “autopsy report” in March of 2013. The party hasn't gotten behind comprehensive immigration reform.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump wins the Internet
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Democrats tweet sexist attack on Carly Fiorina
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Carly Fiorina Attacks Jeb Bush For ‘Foolish’ Comment on Women's Health
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Ends With 'We Can't Do Anything Right'
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Judge asked to seize USB flash drive containing Hillary Clinton's email — A federal judge is being asked to seize the USB flash drive that holds copies of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private emails. — Conservative legal activist Larry Klayman on Wednesday filed a motion …
James Miklaszewski / CNBC:
Russia hacks Pentagon computers: NBC, citing sources — NBC News is reporting Russia has hacked computers at the Pentagon, with CNBC's Sue Herera. — U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system …
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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Hack ‘Most Sophisticated’ Ever
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