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3rd Democratic debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant — Three Democratic candidates participated in tonight's ABC presidential primary debate at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.
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Ex-DNC head: Kasich-Rubio ticket would scare me most — Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) general chairman Ed Rendell says his party's scariest opposition in 2016 would be a GOP presidential ticket comprised of Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
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‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON DECEMBER 20, 2015 and it will be updated. ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on ABC's THIS WEEK, debate night showdown — the key moments from the final face-off of 2015.
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Politico, The Week and hillaryclinton.com

Hillary Clinton: ISIS is “going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.” — No evidence for Hillary Clinton's claim that ISIS is using videos of Donald Trump as recruiting tool — During a Democratic presidential debate …

Trump, Sanders call each other liars — Donald Trump took to the talk shows Sunday to push back on attacks lobbed at the Republican presidential front-runner by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic debate Saturday night.
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14 key moments from the Democratic debate — There were only three candidates on the stage in the latest Democratic presidential debate, but each had plenty of big moments as they argued about taxes on the middle class, intervention abroad and the safety of their campaign data.

The POLITICO Wrongometer — POLITICO's analysis of where the Democratic field stretched the truth, steered around some inconvenient facts, or just plain got it wrong. — Hillary's bold new education plan? Not so bold — Hillary Clinton said during tonight's presidential debate …
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight
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Here's what happened with NGP VAN, the Sanders Campaign, and the Clinton Campaign
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New York Times, Mashable and Politico

Amid DNC dust-up, Sanders raises $1 million in a single day, campaign associate says
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Independent Journal

Data Breach Takes Back Seat to Fights Over Foreign Policy and Finance in Democratic Debate
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Politico, Outside the Beltway, ABC News, Slate, Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post

Transcript for Democrats Debate What Should Take Priority: Ousting Assad or Fighting ISIS?
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O'Malley: Clinton ‘Shamefully’ Used 9/11 To Hide ‘Cozy’ Wall Street Ties
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CBS poll: Cruz still ahead in Iowa — Ted Cruz maintains a strong lead over Donald Trump in Iowa, according to the results of a poll released Sunday. — The Texas senator, in the CBS poll, grabbed the support of 40 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa.
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Trump's lead grows in post-debate poll
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Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too — If the U.S. wants “a really crazy president” like Putin, vote Trump. — NEW YORK — Donald Trump's candidacy for president of the United States may be a joke to some, but no one will be laughing if he is actually elected.
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Trump: Fellow Republicans are ‘jealous as hell’ of Putin's praise
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What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column — There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat. Pregnancy by flu shot? Six days of total darkness? In the past 82 weeks, I'm prettyyyy sure I've seen just about everything.
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Fake bomb diverts Air France flight en route to Paris — NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan authorities are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in a lavatory.
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Hundreds protest release of New Delhi rapist — NEW DELHI — Hundreds of protesters gathered in the heart of the Indian capital on Sunday to protest the release of the juvenile who was convicted of raping a young woman in a moving bus three years ago. — Authorities released the rapist …
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U.S. Support of Gay Rights in Africa May Have Done More Harm Than Good — LAGOS, Nigeria — Suspicious neighbors and landlords pry into their private lives. Blackmailers hunt for victims on the social media sites they use to meet other men. Police officers routinely stop them to search …
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