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South Carolina, Nevada CNN polls find Clinton far ahead — (CNN)With Hillary Clinton behind in New Hampshire and holding on to a narrowing margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa, new CNN/ORC polls in Nevada and South Carolina suggest Clinton holds strong support in the two states that could prove to be a firewall for her.
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Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Democratic race — The Democratic race — Just days before the first Democratic candidate debate, Hillary Clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders by 19 points in the Democratic race for the nomination nationally. Forty-six percent would vote for her.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Dems pay high price for union support — What will it take for Hillary Clinton to lock down union endorsements? — At this week's Democratic debate in Las Vegas, there will be competition for one whale of an endorsement - that of the AFL-CIO. — The backing of two other big unions …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN expects ‘significantly smaller’ ratings for Dem debate — <p>The Republican and Democratic fields are like night and day, and no event will make that more apparent than Tuesday's first Democratic debate in Las Vegas, hosted by CNN and Facebook.</p><p> With only five candidates …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump handicaps the Democratic debate
Burgess Everett / Politico:
POLITICO Huddle: WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR RYAN TO RUN — Cotton wants Cheney as speaker — Ex-Im makes comeback — BENGHAZI PANEL'S LATEST DRAMA — PLAYING HARD TO GET: How do you get the reluctant man from Janesville to run for speaker? Jake Sherman reports there's but one way: Get the whole House GOP on board.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans open door to weakening the filibuster — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is opening the door to changing the filibuster in response to growing pressure from Republicans angered that Democrats have blocked legislation from reaching the White House.
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The two big problems hurting House Republicans
The two big problems hurting House Republicans
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Face Decisions That Could Shape Politics for Years to Come
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Face Decisions That Could Shape Politics for Years to Come
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
OK, Let's Fight
CBS News:
President Obama — Steve Kroft questions President Obama on topics including Russia's incursion in Syria, ISIS and the 2016 presidential race — The following is a script from “President Obama” which aired on October 11, 2015. Steve Kroft is the correspondent.
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New York Times:
Clinton Emails Became the New Focus of Benghazi Inquiry — WASHINGTON — When the House select committee investigating the 2012 attacks on American government outposts in Benghazi, Libya, was created, Democrats immediately criticized it as a partisan effort to damage the political fortunes of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Benghazi committee blasts CNN for interview with former staffer — Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, went after CNN on Sunday after the network aired an interview with a former staffer who said the committee's Benghazi work is a “partisan investigation” targeting Hillary Clinton.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
D.N.C. Officer Says She Was Disinvited From Debate After Calling for More of Them — Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said she was disinvited from the first Democratic presidential primary debate in Nevada after she appeared on television and called for more face-offs.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
The wild card at the Democratic debate could be the guy no one's talking about — If there's a chance for a wild card on the stage at Tuesday's lead-off Democratic debate, the smart money's on former senator Jim Webb of Virginia. — Running an unconventional presidential campaign …
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Ryan Osborne / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Cowboys-Patriots postgame brawl leaves one fan shot, another in custody — One man shot after the Dallas Cowboys game He was airlifted to area hospital — Fight apparently broke out after Cowboys game … ARLINGTON — A shooting victim was taken to the hospital and a suspect …
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
New statement from Martin Baron on The Post's Jason Rezaian — Statement from Martin Baron, Washington Post executive editor:
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I was all set to go wild’ on Carson — Donald Trump says he was ready to go after Ben Carson for questioning his faith, but decided to hold back after his GOP primary rival apologized. — “I was all set to go wild, now I can't go wild,” Trump said on Fox News' “MediaBuzz” on Sunday.
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Billy Cox / Extra:
Orphaned sisters reunite while working on same floor at Sarasota hospital — SARASOTA — When the police pulled 5-year Pok-nam Shin out of school, the little girl who now goes by Holly Hoyle O'Brien asked the only question that mattered: Where's my daddy? — Her mother had died without leaving Pok-nam a single memory.
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Fox News:
Oregon school suspends 8th-grader over battlefield cross T-shirt — An Oregon middle school cracked down last week on a student who showed up in a battlefield cross T-shirt that said, “Standing for those who stood for us.” — Eighth-grader Alan Holmes' T-shirt imagery of a rifle …
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Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
Black Americans Would Have Been Better Off Renting Than Buying — The first several years of the 21st century were relatively good ones for the housing market—at least on the surface. Homeownership climbed to around 70 percent, and all that demand meant lots of new construction and increasing home equity for existing owners.