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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with GOP mega-donor but says 'I don't want his money' — LAS VEGAS — Republican front-runner Donald Trump was set to meetprivately here Tuesday with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who remains a much sought-after donor in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
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Terrorism Dominates Republican Debate But So Do Personal Attacks — Terrorists aren't the only targets in the last Republican presidential debate of 2015. — michaelcbender — McCormickJohn — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump's protester problem — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — LAS VEGAS — “It's like Obama in reverse! Obama in reverse!” said an excited Donald Trump supporter visiting from Tennessee who came to the Republican front-runner's debate-eve rally in an enormous convention room off the Vegas Strip.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Rally Erupts In Chaos And Ugly Confrontation
Trump Campaign Rally Erupts In Chaos And Ugly Confrontation
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Rubio ridicules ‘ridiculous’ Obama climate deal
Rubio ridicules ‘ridiculous’ Obama climate deal
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Trump audience member yells Nazi salute as protester removed from Las Vegas rally
Trump audience member yells Nazi salute as protester removed from Las Vegas rally
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
The spotlight — and target — is on Cruz in the last GOP debate of 2015
The spotlight — and target — is on Cruz in the last GOP debate of 2015
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Matthew J. Dowd / Wall Street Journal:
Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
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Edward Morrissey / The Week:
Can Ted Cruz topple Donald Trump in Tuesday's big GOP debate?
Can Ted Cruz topple Donald Trump in Tuesday's big GOP debate?
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
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John Locher / BuzzFeed:
Trump Supporter Yells “Light The Motherf**ker On Fire” As Protester Is Dragged Away At Rally
Trump Supporter Yells “Light The Motherf**ker On Fire” As Protester Is Dragged Away At Rally
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Donald Trump to meet with Sheldon Adelson in Vegas
Donald Trump to meet with Sheldon Adelson in Vegas
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Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’ — A 17-year-old student was struck and killed while crossing the street at Avenue 60 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park. (Hailey Branson-Potts) — A 17-year-old student was struck and killed …
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say
All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say
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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
LAUSD Closes All Schools Due to Emailed Threat of Violence That May Be Hoax
LAUSD Closes All Schools Due to Emailed Threat of Violence That May Be Hoax
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Jenna Morton / WQAD-TV:
Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job — It's a picture that's been shared around the world. Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money. — In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.
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Daily Mail:
‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's Christmas Hawaii trip is too expensive to justify — Barack Obama has been savaged by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Obamas have dog problem in White House — Michelle Obama says White House dogs Bo and Sunny will be getting “lots of new toys and treats” for Christmas despite some bad habits. — “They have been very good dogs,” Obama said of the pair of Portuguese Water Dogs. “I mean, Sunny can be naughty.
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New York Times:
The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care — These maps look nothing alike. Their big differences are forcing health experts to rethink what they know about health costs across the country. — Medicare spending per capita
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Santorum ‘Islam Is Different’ When It Comes To Religious Freedom — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says that “Islam is different” and that freedom of religion does not extend to “Sharia law” or to the “political and governing structure” that he claims goes hand in hand with Islam.
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Jeff Patterson / WFLA-TV:
VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old boy who has been arrested more than 20 times was arrested again on Monday. St. Petersburg police say he stole a car from an 89-year-old man.
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Camille Paglia / Spiked:
Feminist trouble — It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia - cultural critic, academic and the author of several acclaimed books including, most recently, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars - has ever pulled a punch. Since she burst on to the cultural scene in the 1990s …
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Fox News:
Sources: Review affirms Clinton server emails were ‘top secret,’ despite department challenge — EXCLUSIVE: An intelligence community review has re-affirmed that two classified emails were indeed “top secret” when they hit Hillary Clinton's unsecured personal server despite a challenge …
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Views of Government's Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low — Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence — Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public's concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Jeb Bush's $35 Million: The Least Effective TV Ad Campaign in Presidential History? — It's maybe too early to completely write off Jeb Bush's struggling presidential campaign. — But it isn't too early to declare that the $35 million - and counting - that Bush and his allies have spent …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: Doing Brain Surgery On Children Has Prepared Me For War — Asked by GOP debate moderator Hugh Hewitt whether he would be willing to order airstrikes that would kill thousands of innocent children, Ben Carson compared making such a call to the experience of operating on a child, as he did as an acclaimed pediatric neurosurgeon.
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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
Women Say Their Hair Is Falling Out In Chunks After Using Wen Hair Products — Women say a popular hair care line created by a celebrity stylist in Los Angeles is making them go bald, with hundreds of people joining a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer. — Instagram: @wenbychazdean Murphy Rosen LLP
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Sophia Rosenbaum / Page Six:
Paris Hilton moving to Switzerland for millionaire beau … Paris Hilton wants to trade in her “Simple Life” — for a Swiss one. — The hotel heiress is making moves to permanently call Switzerland home so she can continue living with her millionaire Austrian boyfriend in the town of Schwyz, a well-known tax haven.
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