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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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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 …
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.
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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.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I really don't want Jeb's endorsement' — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday was highly dismissive when asked about reports that Republican rival Jeb Bush had considered withholding his hypothetical general election endorsement - not because he doubted the possibility …
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Politico and Western Journalism
Rush Limbaugh:
Ted Cruz: Happy Conservative Warrior
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Politico, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
William Saletan / Slate:
Pretend they were your only choices for president. I know who I'd pick. Do you?
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump hits back: I don't want Jeb's endorsement anyway
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The Hill, Political Wire and Hot Air
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the GOP Debate Did (and Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
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abc7.com, Politico and Bloomberg Business
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fact Check: While Suggesting Rubio Lied, Cruz Misstates Own Immigration Record
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The Right Scoop, Bloomberg View and National Review
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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Hit & Run, Independent Journal and ABC News
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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 …
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Washington Free Beacon, Israel Matzav, Townhall.com, Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
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 …
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LAist, KTLA, The Week and twitchy.com
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: ‘No evidence’ Calif. shooters supported jihad on social media
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Fox News, UPI, Washington Post, Little Green Footballs and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Wheaton College professor put on leave after wearing hijab in solidarity with Muslims
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Telegraph, RedState, Daily Herald and Washington Post
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
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Political Wire
Bloomberg Business:
Congress Reaches Fiscal Agreement Ending U.S. Oil Export Ban
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Al Jazeera America, The Hill, Forbes, EcoWatch, addictinginfo.org, ThinkProgress, Common Dreams and Hullabaloo
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
What Congress Has Included In Its Massive Spending and Tax Bills
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Politico
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 …
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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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American Spectator, Common Dreams, Above The Law, U.S. Uncut, Western Journalism and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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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Washington Post, Slate, New York Times, Independent Journal, Mother Jones, BBC, KTLA, Forbes, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, Tim Duy's Fed Watch, ABC News, Bloomberg View, Outside the Beltway, Canada Blog …, Common Dreams, Slantpoint, NPR, The Week, abc13.com, Center for Economic … and Associated Press
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
FED RAISES RATES BY 25 BASIS POINTS, FIRST SINCE 2006
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Bloomberg View, Alt-M, Hit & Run and neo-neocon
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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Gawker, Mother Jones, Techdirt, Mediaite, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sheldon Adelson responds to speculation he bought Las Vegas paper
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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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