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Stage set for final GOP debate of 2015 — Watch CNN's coverage of the fifth Republican presidential debate live from Las Vegas on Tuesday, December 15. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET. — Washington (CNN)Nine candidates will appear in prime-time Tuesday night for the final Republican …
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Rand Paul remains on main debate stage — Rand Paul will be on the main stage at Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas after CNN apparently tweaked its criteria to add a ninth podium for the Kentucky senator, the network announced Sunday. — The candidates who will be on the main stage …
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Trump Leads National GOP Horserace, Cruz Surges Into 2nd Place
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Donald Trump: Hillary ‘killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton had killed “hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity.”
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Trump attacks Cruz: ‘A little bit of a maniac’ — GOP front-runner Donald Trump attacked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as unqualified to be president, arguing his fellow conservative insurgent has been too intransigent to get things done. — “I don't think he's qualified to be president,” …
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Fox News Poll: Cruz, Trump ahead in Iowa, Clinton holds caucus lead — Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are the top two candidates Iowa Republican caucus-goers say are the most qualified to handle the top two issues facing the country — the economy and national security.
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Cruz Soars to Front of the Pack in Iowa Poll; Trump Support Stays Flat

Last Slide — Cruz is now leading with two critical blocs …
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Trump: Hillary Says I'm Dangerous When 'She's The One That Caused So Many Deaths'
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A top Democratic opposition research group says it won't go after Marco Rubio — but why? — After an early career as a conservative operative dedicated to bringing down Bill Clinton, David Brock has emerged as one of the top guys in the world of Democratic-aligned fundraising, messaging, and opposition research.
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Podesta to donors: Cruz is likely GOP nominee
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Playing with fear — In America and Europe, right-wing populist politicians are on the march. The threat is real — From the print edition — POPULISTS have a new grievance. For many years, on both sides of the Atlantic, they have thrived on the belief that a selfish elite cannot …
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How Well Do You Know Religion? — Donald Trump's proposal …
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NY Times Editors Continue War on Reality — The Times editors - yes, the folks who recently linked to an Onion wanna-be for factual support - continue their editorializing on guns, and the issue is far too important to let tedious facts get in their way: — Despair Over Gun Deaths Is Not an Option
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Missouri police chief resigns after caging family's lost puppy at a gun range and shooting it — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Police Chief Andrew Spencer resigned this week after it was revealed that he shot and killed an innocent dog that was in a cage and meant no one any harm.
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Rubio Outlines Plan To End Marriage Equality — In the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court found that same-sex marriage is a Constitutional right protected by the 14th Amendment. — Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press, Marco Rubio pledged, as President, to change that.
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UNT police officer fatally shoots ax-wielding student near campus — The University of North Texas says Texas Rangers will help investigate an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead just off campus. The body of the man who was shot has been obscured in this photograph from Bink Ruckthongsook.
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U.S. Visa Process Missed San Bernardino Wife's Zealotry on Social Media — WASHINGTON — Tashfeen Malik, who with her husband carried out the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan.
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196 countries approve historic climate agreement — BREAKING NEWS: Negotiators from 196 countries approved a landmark climate accord on Saturday that seeks to dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for a dangerous warming of the planet.
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The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part.
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Carson doubles down on threat to leave the GOP — Ben Carson doubled down on his stance that he will leave the GOP if party elite are planning to mount a floor fight at the nominating convention. — “Well, one of the reasons that I got into this is because I heard the frustration in the people …