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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 …
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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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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 …
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Hey, Media, Try Again To Take Down Trump (and Cruz for Understanding the Trump Context) — Herd mentality running rampant with hypocritical and/or naive pundits trying to crush Donald Trump because he's committed to clobbering the bad guys, and putting the good guys first.
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Trump and Muslims, by the numbers — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Among the many criticisms of Donald Trump's ban-Muslim-immigration proposal is that it is based on bogus data. In his statement announcing the proposal, Trump cited a survey from Frank Gaffney's Center …
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Bloomberg Politics Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Likely GOP Primary Voters Back Trump's Muslim Ban
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Bush suggests Trump dealing to help Clinton win
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Fox News Poll: Trump, Clinton dominate primary races in South Carolina
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What Donald Trump and ISIS Have in Common — TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and career are the subject of Minority of One, a new documentary on HBO Sports.
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Trump: 'I'm doing good for the Muslims' — (CNN)Programming note: Watch Don Lemon's interview with Donald Trump on CNN Tonight at 10pm ET — Facing harsh criticism for his proposal to temporarily halt Muslim immigration to the U.S., Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was acting in the Islamic community's best interests.
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Muhammad Ali Hits at Trump and ‘Misguided Murderers’ Sabotaging Islam
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'Trump's not wrong - we can't wear uniform in our OWN cars': Five police officers claim Donald Trump …

Watch Donald Trump Dodge a Bald Eagle
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Opinion No, Scalia's comment about ‘less-advanced’ schools wasn't racist — Justice Antonin Scalia wasn't saying all blacks should attend inferior colleges. — Wednesday's oral argument in the Supreme Court over affirmative action at the University of Texas had barely concluded …
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Media Jumps The Gun, Attacks Scalia For Perfectly Reasonable Question
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Argument analysis: Now, three options on college affirmative action
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Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at “Slower” Colleges
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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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The man who bought the rifles: Who is Enrique Marquez? — FBI agents executed a search warrant at this Riverside home where resident Enrique Marquez is suspected of purchasing the guns used by the couple in the San Bernardino shooting rampage. — A 24-year-old Wal-Mart security guard …
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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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As It Fights ISIS, Pentagon Seeks String of Bases Overseas — WASHINGTON — As American intelligence agencies grapple with the expansion of the Islamic State beyond its headquarters in Syria, the Pentagon has proposed a new plan to the White House to build up a string of military bases in Africa, Southwest Asia and the Middle East.
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen — Ibrahim al Qosi, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, now serves as a leader and spokesman for al Qaeda in Yemen. — Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a new video featuring a former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani.
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Jimmy McMillan, Rent Is Too Damn High Candidate, Is Retiring From Politics — Jimmy McMillan, the whiskered political showman who became a viral Internet star when he ran for governor of New York in 2010 as a candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has announced his retirement from the political arena …

Trump postpones Israel trip — Donald Trump will postpone his trip to Israel and reschedule his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Republican presidential candidate tweeted Thursday. — “I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @netanyahu …
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UFC's Dana White says Holly Holm will wait for Ronda Rousey — Holly Holm punches Ronda Rousey during their championship bout at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. UFC leadership says Holm's next fight will be a rematch with Rousey. Holm's camp wanted a fight against Miesha Tate …
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Kendrick Lamar Vs. Bruno Mars: POTUS and FLOTUS' Favorite Songs, Movies and Moments of 2015 — We've all gotten glimpses into the private passions and pastimes of one of the most famous First Couples in American history, but now President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are opening …
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Colorado Shooting Suspect Declares 'I'm Guilty' in Court — COLORADO SPRINGS — Robert L. Dear Jr. was charged with 179 counts on Wednesday, including first-degree murder, in connection with the deadly shooting rampage last month at a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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Barbra Streisand to Women in Hollywood: “We Have to Join Forces” — “The more we support each other, the stronger we become,” said the performer, who received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at THR's Women in Entertainment event on Dec. 9. — At The Hollywood Reporter's 2015 Women …
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Truth Revolt and RedState