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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump calls for ‘shutdown’ of Muslims entering US — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump wants to halt all Muslim immigration to the United States. — In a statement from his campaign, Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States until elected leaders …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims From Entering U.S. — Donald J. Trump called on Monday for the United States to bar all Muslims from entering the country until the nation's leaders can “figure out what is going on,” an extraordinary escalation of his harsh rhetoric aimed at members …
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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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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US — NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a “complete and total shutdown” on Muslims entering the United States. — Trump says in a statement released by his campaign Monday …
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DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION — (New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, — Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Calls For ‘Total’ Shutdown Of Muslim Immigration To The U.S. — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump released a statement Monday calling for “a total and complete shutdown” of Muslims immigrating into the United States in light of recent terrorist attacks. — “Without looking …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News suspends two commentators for profanity while criticizing Obama — Two Fox News commentators were suspended on Monday for using profanities while criticizing President Obama on Monday. — Ralph Peters, a Fox News “strategic analyst,” called the president a “total pu—” who “doesn't want to hurt our enemies.”
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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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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Cruz surges ahead of Trump and Carson in Iowa
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz on the rise in Iowa
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The far-right position that could doom Marco Rubio in the general election
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Josh Fatzick / The Daily Caller:
Here's How Donald Trump Just Punked Jeb Bush Again — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has been trying to get under the skin of Jeb Bush since the campaign started, and in his latest effort, Trump re-directed a seemingly Bush-related website to his own campaign website.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush's Pot Joke Did Better Than Donald Trump's Most Retweeted Tweet Of 2015
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump threatens top Bush donor with defamation suit over ‘hater’ ads
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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
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DNAinfo New York:
VIDEO: Woman Eats Pizza While Walking Away From Fatal Fort Greene Crash — FORT GREENE — Surveillance video appeared to capture a woman calmly munching on a slice of pizza moments after an unlicensed driver hurtled onto a curb and fatally struck a 30-year-old woman Sunday on Fulton Street.
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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
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
ACLU: “With Major Reform,” No-Fly List Could Be Used To Stop Gun Purchases — An officer from the Transportation Security Administration checks travel documents for passengers traveling through Reagan National Airport on November 25, 2015. — Win Mcnamee / Getty Images
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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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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
ISIS has targeted refugee program to enter US, Homeland Security chairman says — Intelligence officials have determined that Islamic extremists have explored using the refugee program to enter the United States, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee said on Monday.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lynch recalibrates message on hateful speech — Attorney General Loretta Lynch Monday appeared to recalibrate remarks she made last week that suggested the Justice Department could investigate speech deemed hostile towards Muslims. — “Of course, we prosecute deeds and not words,” …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Zombie nativity scene draws $500 a day fine from town as Christian protesters descend — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — An Ohio man is under fire from local authorities for setting up a zombie nativity scene against town wishes, Fox 19 reports.
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