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10:15 PM ET, December 16, 2015

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate  —  A key Senate Republican is looking into whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed classified information during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.  —  “I'm having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now …
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Joe Scarborough Notices Something During Debate That Has Him Convinced Trump, Cruz Made ‘Inside Deal’ Against GOP Establishment  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough speculated on Wednesday that GOP frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz may have made an “inside deal” against the Republican establishment.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along?  —  Marco Rubio was supposed to be the savior of the Republican establishment.  But after Tuesday's debate, maybe we should start asking ourselves if this is really a two-way race between Cruz and Trump.  —  That was a rough debate for Marco Rubio.
Rush Limbaugh:
Ted Cruz: Happy Conservative Warrior  —  RUSH: I thought Ted Cruz was outstanding last night.  Ted Cruz speaks like a traditional powerful, well-versed proud — unabashedly proud — conservative.  He is an articulate representative of conservatism and the conservative movement, and he is a happy warrior.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I really don't want Jeb's endorsement'
Discussion: Politico and Western Journalism
William Saletan / Slate:
Pretend they were your only choices for president. I know who I'd pick. Do you?
Discussion: Grist and Unfogged
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the GOP Debate Did (and Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fact Check: While Suggesting Rubio Lied, Cruz Misstates Own Immigration Record
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Ted Cruz Has a Problem
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Dana Loesch Explodes on ‘Godless Left’ in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem...and I'm Not Watching My Language'  —  Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.
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Philip Haney / The Hill:
Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists  —  There are terrorists in our midst and they arrived here using legal means right under the noses of the federal law enforcement agencies whose mission is to stop them.  That is not due to malfeasance or lack of effort on the part …
Los Angeles Times:
Obama will travel to San Bernardino to mourn victims of massacre  —  President Obama speaks on Islamic State in the Pentagon briefing room on Dec. 14.  —  President Obama will travel to San Bernardino on Friday to join in mourning the 14 victims of the Dec. 2 mass shooting that he has called …
Discussion: LAist, KTLA, The Week and twitchy.com
Isite Design / Wheaton College Home:
Wheaton College Statement Regarding Dr. Larycia Hawkins  —  In response to significant questions regarding the theological implications of statements that Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins has made about the relationship of Christianity to Islam …
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Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune:
Wheaton College suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
The Hill:
Fiscal deal winners and losers  —  The sweeping year-end tax and spending bills unveiled this week in Congress follow months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill.  —  The final legislation, at nearly 2,250 pages …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Budget Deal Raises Spending, and the Deficit, Through Tax Breaks
Discussion: Political Wire
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
What Congress Has Included In Its Massive Spending and Tax Bills
Discussion: Politico
Baltimore Sun:
Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray  —  A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter, after jurors told a judge it could not reach a verdict on any of the four charges against him.
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NBC News:
Judge Declares Mistrial of Baltimore Cop in Freddie Gray Case
Discussion: KFOR-TV
CNN:
Freddie Gray case: Hung jury in William Porter trial
Discussion: The Week, WSAV-TV and Daily Kos
Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas  — The placemat was created by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in collaboration with the Freshmen Dean's Office and were distributed in an undergraduate dining hall.  —  The Office for Equity, Diversity …
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Idrees M. Kahloon / Harvard News:
The Placemat Problem  —  In Annenberg Hall and at least …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace.  Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
FED RAISES RATES BY 25 BASIS POINTS, FIRST SINCE 2006
James DeHaven / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners  —  One of the country's largest and oldest journalism organizations has joined a growing chorus of reporters, readers and media watchdogs calling on the Las Vegas Review-Journal's new owners to reveal themselves.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The GOP's worst nightmare: A runaway convention  —  With the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas dramatizing again the divisions plaguing the GOP, the unfolding battle for the presidential nomination suggests the growing odds of a runaway convention that could choose an unelectable nominee …
ABC News:
Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban; Doubts About Stopping a Lone Wolf Run High (POLL)
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server  —  “To think that Mrs. Clinton could secure something like that in her home is ludicrous.”  —  Win Mcnamee / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas …
 
 
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
At Washington mosque, Sanders blasts Trump's ‘bigoted’ proposal for Muslims
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
UMass brass cash in despite budget woes
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Fox News:
Chattanooga shooting a ‘terror attack,’ FBI Director James Comey says
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Capitol Hill Sledding a Big Winner in Spending Deal
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Bloomberg Business:
Google to Make Driverless Cars an Alphabet Company in 2016
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Investigators at the Department of Veterans Affairs found …
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Jennifer Feehan / Toledo Blade:
Backlash hits Bowling Green paper over editor's termination
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New York Post:
Workers threw away $5M in diamonds from Midtown jewelry store
Discussion: Telegraph and Gothamist
Aaron M. Renn / City Journal:
The Fall of Rahm Emanuel
Washington Post:
Secret Service officer on leave in domestic incident fatally shot in D.C.
Discussion: WTTG-TV, DCist and Talking Points Memo
James Morgan / BBC:
Republican debate: Tweeters mock Trump's internet call
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