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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Thumps Trump in Latest Head-to-Head Poll — Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The far-right position that could doom Marco Rubio in the general election — In a Republican presidential field where Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson are topping the polls, Marco Rubio seems like the reasonable, electable choice that the establishment should love. — That may well be true.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump turns to general election mode
Trump turns to general election mode
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’
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The White House:
Address to the Nation by the President — **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How Obama Thinks About Terrorism — At the core of Barack Obama's terrorism speech on Sunday night lay a contradiction. He gave the address to convince an increasingly fearful nation that he takes the terrorist threat seriously. But he doesn't, at least not in the way his political opponents do.
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Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
After Obama speech, Trump asks: ‘Is that all there is?’
After Obama speech, Trump asks: ‘Is that all there is?’
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism
Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Dad: San Bernardino shooter agreed with ISIL, ‘obsessed with Israel’
Dad: San Bernardino shooter agreed with ISIL, ‘obsessed with Israel’
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Sarah Begley / TIME:
TIME Announces Shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year — Meet the eight final contenders — A shortlist of candidates chosen by TIME magazine's editors for the 2015 Person of the Year was revealed on NBC's TODAY show Monday morning. The eight contenders are, in alphabetical order:
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year — Ahead of rivals and world leaders — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the online readers' poll for TIME Person of the Year, topping some of the world's best-known politicians, activists and cultural figures …
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
Trump makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban in Chicago Suburb — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Second Amendment challenge to an Illinois ordinance that banned semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court lets local ban on assault weapons stand
Supreme Court lets local ban on assault weapons stand
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gun Advocates Rejected by Supreme Court on Assault Weapons
Gun Advocates Rejected by Supreme Court on Assault Weapons
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A House Divided — On July 28th, Mark Meadows, a Republican representative from North Carolina, walked to the well of the House and filed a motion to vacate the chair. It's an obscure parliamentary tool that allows any member of the House to trigger a vote to oust the Speaker.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House — WASHINGTON — On a recent Saturday afternoon, Paul D. Ryan texted Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma. Mr. Ryan, the new House speaker, was attending a University of Oklahoma football game and wondered where the Sooner-adoring Mr. Cole might be sitting.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Last Night — President Obama's Sunday night speech was about three-quarters of what the cynics and his critics expected. The lone bits of good news were the president's belated acknowledgement that the Fort Hood shooting was terrorism - not …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
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Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
How I'd Rein In Wall Street — SEVEN years ago, the financial crisis sent our economy into a tailspin. Over five million people lost their homes. Nearly nine million lost their jobs. Nearly $13 trillion in household wealth was wiped out. — Under President Obama, our economy has come a long way back.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino — The response of President Obama and his media allies to the terror attack in California should have liberals worried. — Has there ever been a better example of liberal overreach than the coverage that followed the shooting in San Bernardino?
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Speaker.gov:
Statement on The President's Oval Office Address — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama's Oval Office address on terrorism:
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Samantha Cowan / Yahoo! News:
Coca-Cola Pulls Offensive Ad, but the Damage Is Already Done — In an ad distributed by Coca-Cola Mexico, pretty, young white people do their holiday good deed by bringing bottles of soda to a remote village and build a wooden Christmas tree in the town square.
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CNN:
Poll: Most Americans Say Send Ground Troops to Fight ISIS — Washington (CNN)With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on ISIS and terrorism tonight, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds Americans increasingly displeased with the President's handling of terrorism and more willing to send U.S. ground troops into the fight against ISIS.
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Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Alvarez balks at charges in Ronald Johnson police shooting, says video shows gun — Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez details the dash-cam video and audio connected to the police shooting of Ronald Johnson. Alvarez announced Dec. 7, 2015, there will be no charges …
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
President Obama asks: “What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semiautomatic weapon?” — There was much in President Obama's speech tonight that I agreed with, but this part strikes me as wrong: … As I mentioned with regard to Sen. Feinstein's similar proposal …
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