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1:50 AM ET, January 11, 2016

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire  —  Three weeks until the first presidential nominating contest, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are running neck and neck in Iowa, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also locked in a tight race in the Hawkeye State.
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - January 10, 2016  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday, he's defying political gravity and every prediction of his imminent collapse.  —  DONALD TRUMP:  —  And who's going to pay for the wall?  —  CROWD:  —  Mexico!  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  And he now says he's in this race for the long run.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Althouse
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton responds to Trump's attacks on Bill
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gabby Giffords to endorse Clinton amid gun feud with Sanders
Discussion: Bloomberg.com and The Week
Alex Castellanos:
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the Missile Headed for Grandma's House
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Resurgent
CBS News:
Gabby Giffords to endorse Hillary Clinton
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Refinery29
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Gun control feud between Clinton and Sanders escalates
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Last State of the Union Address Aims to Set Tone for '16 Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — For the final time, President Obama will mount the rostrum in the House chamber on Tuesday to deliver a State of the Union address.  But this time, aides said, he will not bring with him a long list …
Discussion: The Week and NBC News
Brent Baker / NewsBusters:
CNN's Cooper Lets Slip: White House Press Corps ‘Agrees’ With Obama  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Ooops.  CNN's Anderson Cooper seemingly let slip on Thursday night what anyone who has a watched a presidential press conference already knows, but journalists are usually loath to admit …
Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
The State of the Union will be digitized, live-streamed, tweeted and, oh yeah, broadcast  —  On Tuesday night, President Obama will deliver his sixth and final State of the Union address.  And as details trickle out about what it will include, it's clear that the administration is focused equally on both the message and the medium.
Discussion: Medium, Wired and Bloomberg.com
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Vegas billionaire donor keeps GOP candidates guessing  —  Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson has joked privately that he belongs to a divided household: He likes Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and his wife Miriam likes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.  —  But the truth, more than half a dozen sources close to Adelson say, is more complicated.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
ABC severs debate partnership with Union Leader  —  ABC is cutting off their partnership with the New Hampshire Union Leader for the Republican primary debate on Feb. 6, an ABC spokesperson has confirmed.  —  The paper was set to have a co-branding relationship for the debate …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Economist: GOP may win 47 states in general election  —  Supply-side economist Arthur Laffer is predicting Republicans will win the White House in a landslide this year, regardless of the nominee.  —  “I would be surprised if the Republicans don't take 45, 46, 47 states out of the 50,” …
Kim Willsher / Observer:
‘I went to join Isis in Syria, taking my four-year-old.  It was a journey into hell’  —  Sophie Kasiki is one of the few women to escape from Raqqa, the stronghold of Islamic State  —  Sophie Kasiki stared at the photograph of a young English-speaking boy in a camouflage uniform …
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Mail
Ollie Gillman For / Daily Mail:
Sean Penn LED authorities to El Chapo: Actor under investigation after meeting with world's most wanted drug lord while he was on the run in Mexico - unwittingly guiding officials to his lair  — Sean Penn met with El Chapo while he was on the run in Mexico last year and the actor is now under investigation
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Sean Penn / Rolling Stone:
El Chapo Speaks
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul: Cruz eligibility may reach SCOTUS  —  Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday pressed questions about GOP presidential rival Ted Cruz's eligibility to be president, saying he believes that the issue will have to be resolved by the Supreme Court if Cruz gets elected president.
USA Today:
Gas prices could drop toward $1 a gallon  —  In some gas stations around the country, the price of a gallon of regular has dropped below $1.42.  AAA and GasBuddy, two organizations that follow gasoline prices, say that gasoline prices below $2 will not be unusual in most of the United States.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Trump praises ‘maniac’ North Korean dictator for consolidating power by slaughtering family members  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  GOP front runner Donald Trump praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un for maintaining an iron grasp on autocratic power by slaughtering opponents, including his uncle.
 
 
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