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3:15 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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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Ted Cruz Has a Problem  —  Up until last night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100%'s refusal to attack Donald Trump was defensible.  Without question, it was smart politics, as his rise in the polls would attest.  But it was also defensible on the merits as a guy who is a solid conservative in good standing …
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
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cruz Blusters and Trump Sulks at Tense Republican Debate  —  Someone needs to explain carpets to Ted Cruz.  —  They're continuous stretches of material, usually rectangular, sometimes round.  They're not staggered, interrupted, with stops, starts, holes and sharp jags so that they smother …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
CNN Republican debate: Winners and losers  —  Washington (CNN)Republican presidential candidates sought to cement — or improve — their standings in a debate Tuesday night that comes less than two months before the first votes of the election season are cast.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Towleroad
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Chris Christie just made the GOP race a lot more interesting  —  After being in the minors for two debates, Chris Christie graduated to the main stage of the Republican clash for the presidential nomination Tuesday night.  And he made the most of it.  —  The governor of New Jersey …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Fifth Republican Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered
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 …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: ‘No evidence’ Calif. shooters supported jihad on social media  —  The FBI said on Wednesday that suspected San Bernardino, Calif., shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik did not express their support for jihad publicly on social media, potentially undercutting efforts to ramp up surveillance of foreign travelers' online presences.
Washington Post:
FBI: San Bernardino attackers didn't show public support for jihad on social media
Washington Post:
Congress reaches year-end deal on taxes and spending  —  Congressional leaders on Tuesday night reached agreement on a year-end spending and tax deal that would prevent a government shutdown and extend a series of tax breaks that benefit businesses and individuals, according to lawmakers.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Qualms in both parties over massive tax and spending package
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Free Beacon
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Congress reaches deal on 2016 spending bill to fund federal government
ABC News:
Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban; Doubts About Stopping a Lone Wolf Run High (POLL)
Michael Allen / Opposing Views:
Chris Christie Says He'd Shoot Down Russian Plane In No-Fly Zone, Risk War (Video)  —  During the Dec. 15 GOP debate, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said that he would shoot down a Russian plane (video below).  —  CNN host Wolf Blitzer asked Christie a hypothetical question about downing …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Rand Paul Didn't Win, But He Raised the Most Important Questions of the Debate
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul tries to revive Bridgegate scandal
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Monthly
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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James Morgan / BBC:
Republican debate: Tweeters mock Trump's internet call  —  As the candidates in Tuesday's Republican debate grappled over how to tackle the growing threat of the Islamic State group (also known as Isis), Donald Trump calmly reassured them “the answer is simple”.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and whorunsGov
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump pledges allegiance to GOP, rules out independent bid
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 …
Washington Post:
5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant  —  Nine Republican candidates are participating in tonight's 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina …
Washington Post:
Secret Service officer on leave in domestic incident fatally shot in D.C.  —  A member of the uniformed division of the U.S. Secret Service who had been suspended in a domestic incident in April was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Washington, a spokeswoman for the federal law enforcement agency confirmed.
Discussion: DCist
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Students practice calligraphy by writing “There is no god but Allah”  —  The Riverheads High School calligraphy assignment (Courtesy The Schilling Show)  —  A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah.
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
 
 
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David Neumark / Wall Street Journal:
The Evidence Is Piling Up That Higher Minimum Wages Kill Jobs
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
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