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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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Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Diverge in Approach to Their Hispanic Identity
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Fact Check: While Suggesting Rubio Lied, Cruz Misstates Own Immigration Record
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Did Ted Cruz Reveal Classified Information During The GOP Debate?
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Marco Rubio's Gordian knot
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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 …
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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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2016: The Trump Election — The best Republican debate of the year was also the last.
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Trump hits back: I don't want Jeb's endorsement anyway
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Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along?
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Fiorina Stands by Claim Ex-General Keane Was Pushed Out by Obama (Which Keane Refuted)
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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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Strike Two For Pair of New York Times Reporters — Today, FBI director James Comey said that the San Bernardino shooters never talked openly about violent jihadism on social media: “So far, in this investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period …
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White House praises sweeping omnibus, tax deal
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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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Wheaton College professor put on leave after wearing hijab in solidarity with Muslims
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Wheaton College suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
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The Paul Ryan Compromise — The new speaker's first big deal is just like all of the ones that infuriated conservatives under Boehner. — When Paul Ryan was handed the speaker's gavel in late October, he pledged to restore normal order to the People's House and eliminate the sort …
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What Congress Has Included In Its Massive Spending and Tax Bills
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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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The Placemat Problem — In Annenberg Hall and at least …
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Sheldon Adelson responds to speculation he bought Las Vegas paper — “I have no personal interest” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said Tuesday night, in his first public comments about the mysterious sale of Nevada's biggest newspaper.
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Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners
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Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter relied on a personal email account to conduct a portion of his government business during his first months at the Pentagon, according to White House …
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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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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.


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 …


“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 …

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 …


Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route — 1.8k Shares — Kuwait Airways is no longer selling tickets for flights between New York's John F. Kennedy airport and London's Heathrow, after the Transportation Department threatened legal action for its refusal to sell tickets to Israelis.
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