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2:50 PM ET, December 10, 2015

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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President  —  Senator Ted Cruz raised questions on Wednesday at a private fund-raiser about whether Donald J. Trump, his bombastic rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has the “judgment” to be president and mused about “strength …
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Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous  —  Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency …
Harvard University:
Harvard IOP Fall 2015 Poll  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Esten Perez  —  TRUMP, CARSON LEAD REPUBLICAN PRIMARY; SANDERS EDGING CLINTON AMONG DEMOCRATS, HARVARD IOP POLL FINDS  —  After Paris Terrorist Attacks, Solid Majority of America's 18- to 29- Year-Olds Support Sending U.S. Ground Troops …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Nightmare scenario for establishment: Trump or Cruz  —  Three candidates for the Republican nomination have broken away from the rest of the pack, and two of them — businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — give the GOP establishment nightmares.  —  That leaves the third member of the trio …
Discussion: Politico
CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump back on top, with Ted Cruz climbing into second  —  The Republican Race  —  Thirty-five percent of Republican primary voters support Trump, up 13 points since October, and his highest level of support in CBS News polling.  Ted Cruz (16 percent) has moved into second place …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The campaign from hell  —  Campaign 2016 is becoming the campaign from hell for both parties, and for an unhappy electorate that hungrily yearns for leadership that neither party is providing.  —  The election could well determine control of the presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Bush PAC attorney to Trump counsel: You may want to try learning election law
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Crisis of Republican Authority
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Has Opened the Door for Ted Cruz to Win
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
What Donald Trump and ISIS Have in Common
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Donald Trump Well-Known, but Not Well-Liked
Discussion: The Week and Politico
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
The coming Republican immigration civil war
Discussion: Instapundit
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:   Millennial Voters Favor Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and Ben Carson in 2016, Harvard Poll Finds
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White supremacist groups see Trump bump  —  The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts.  Stormfront, the most prominent American white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike.
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Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Landlord claims tenants illegally turned three-bedroom apartment in Queens into 10 bedrooms  —  ELMHURST, Queens — Eddie Shiew owns a three-story home in Elmhurst, Queens, as a rental property.  He recently rented the third floor, a three-bedroom apartment, to Burak Firik and Dogan Kimilli for $2,500 a month.
Discussion: Gothamist and WTVR-TV
Sarah Koenig / Serial:
Welcome  —  Hello, everyone.  We're back.  Yes, at last!  We've launched Season Two.  —  Our first season was about a murder case few people had heard about.  Season Two is a story a gazillion people have heard about: the story of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who walked off his post …
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Evan Vucci / Associated Press:
White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.  —  White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team …
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Ted Cruz nailed an endorsement from a well-known Christian conservative newsmaker Thursday, one more step toward locking up the influential evangelical conservative voting bloc in Iowa.  —  “At the end of the day, we truly believe that Ted Cruz is the most consistent …
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KYTV-TV:
Large quantity of cellphones bought raises red flags
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Like Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban  —  Despite an international uproar and condemnation by President Obama and nearly all of those running for the presidency, Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States has the support of a sizable majority of Republicans - and a plurality of all voters.
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Smithsonian Institution:
Wegmans Wonderplace  —  Wegmans Wonderplace welcomes curious kids ages 0-6 and their grownups to exercise their imaginations, wiggle their bodies, and explore with their hands.  Wonderplace is built around the enduring wonders of childhood, the things kids are naturally curious about—blocks …
Discussion: WCDC-TV
WCIV-TV | ABC News 4:
‘Suspension proceedings’ begin after photos of Citadel cadets in white hoods posted online  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘Disgusting’ For White House Spokesman To Make Fun Of My Hair  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that the White House press secretary's comment about his “fake” hair was “disgusting.”  —  Josh Earnest railed against Trump's proposed ban on Muslims earlier …
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
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NBC News:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Claims Country Has Hydrogen Bomb  —  BEIJING — North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has claimed his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a significant step forward from the less powerful atomic bomb.  —  The official Korea Central News Agency reported that Kim …
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Beau Yarbrough / sbsun.com:
Source: San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook had photos of a Rialto high school on cellphone  —  San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook had multiple photos of a Rialto high school on his cellphone, according to sources close to the investigation.  —  As a health inspector …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump has a plan to win ‘100 percent’ of the black vote and prove he's not a racist  —  Donald Trump has seized — and maintained — the political spotlight, in part by making coarse remarks about minority groups and capitalizing on nativist fears among his core supporters.
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
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Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws
Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:
Brown: Ohio concealed-carry bill work of ‘lunatics’
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Jimmy McMillan, Rent Is Too Damn High Candidate, Is Retiring From Politics
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen
 

 
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