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10:20 AM ET, January 1, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's top staffers resign in a delayed campaign shake-up  —  Two of Ben Carson's top advisers, including campaign manager Barry Bennett, quit Thursday following an internal power struggle, a sharp decline in the polls and a week of confusion about who would remain on the former neurosurgeon's presidential campaign team.
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Ben Carson Looks to Reset Amid Campaign Turmoil  —  Republican Ben Carson's presidential campaign is looking to reset in Iowa after reports of the resignations of two of his top advisers.  —  Campaign manager Barry Bennett and communications director Doug Watts have left, Watts said in a statement Thursday.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Top Carson staffers resign
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
A Shakeup in Ben Carson's Campaign: Top 3 Aides Resign
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Clinton emails: Billionaire Soros said he regretted backing Obama  —  George Soros, a billionaire Democratic donor, told a close Hillary Clinton ally that he regretted voting for President Obama over her in the 2008 Democratic primary, according to an email released Thursday by the State Department.
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
State Dept. set to release nearly 9,000 pages of Clinton emails
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Daymond Steer / Conway Live Server:
Clinton talks Iraq and Benghazi with the Sun ed board
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
White House Delays Imposing New Sanctions on Iran for Missile Program  —  No timeline for when new penalties may be imposed on Tehran  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has delayed its plan to impose new financial sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program, according to U.S. officials …
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Five Words?  Next Year Will Be Worse  —  It was a great year for the Obama administration's foreign policy .  .  . says the Obama administration.  The State Department even created a new hashtag to celebrate the White House's annus mirabilis—#2015in5Words.
Discussion: Power Line
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
Coming 2016: All-Out War On So-Called ‘Social Justice’  —  In 2016, battle lines will be drawn.  On one side, people of all colours, genders and orientations are rallying around the flag of freedom of speech.  On the other, a nasty set of authoritarians are rallying around a flag that identifies …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Michelle Fields / Breitbart:
Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win 'If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of Christ"  —  “If we awaken and energize the body of Christ- if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values- we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.
ABC News:
Federal Bureau Of Investigation News  —  Terror Threats in Munich, Germany and Rochester, New York  —  In Germany, police warn of possible imminent threat and a suspect in Rochester is charged with material support for ISIS.
NBC News:
ISIS Lover Emanuel Lutchman Planned New Year's Machete Attack:FBI  —  Federal officials in Rochester, New York, have arrested and charged a local man who was allegedly plotting a New Year's Eve machete attack on diners at a local restaurant in the name of ISIS.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers  —  President Barack Obama's bid to assert himself in his final year will begin with long-awaited executive actions on gun control, expected to be released next week, shortly after he returns to Washington.  —  The White House is putting finishing touches …
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Washington Post:
Even Europe's humanitarian superpower is turning its back on refugees  —  MALMO, Sweden — When the small, crumpled body of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the Aegean coast Sept. 2, Europe's humanitarian superpower sprang into action.  —  Sweden's prime minister headlined gala fundraisers …
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
If Carrie Fisher doesn't like being judged on looks, she should quit acting  —  Pity Carrie Fisher, who said she felt “pressured” to lose 35 pounds to reprise her role as Leia in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”  —  It's shameful of Hollywood to have done that.  —  One pictures similarly gruesome headlines for other entertainers.
Discussion: Guardian and Page Six
 
 
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James Risen / New York Times:
Pentagon Curbs Use of Psychologists With Guantánamo Detainees
Discussion: Washington Post
Dallas Morning News:
Could Texas be losing its appetite for the death penalty?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
O'Malley fails to qualify for Ohio ballot
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John C. Goodman / Townhall.com:
What You Need to Know About “The Big Short”
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
New Obama vacation costs uncovered; They now exceed $70 million
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Benghazi Soldier: ‘God And The Service Go Hand-in-Hand’
Discussion: BizPac Review
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Coachella Lands Two Big Reunions: Guns N' Roses and LCD Soundsystem
Discussion: The Verge, Mashable, Guardian, Jezebel and Maxim