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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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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.
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton responds to Trump's attacks on Bill
Hillary Clinton responds to Trump's attacks on Bill
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gabby Giffords to endorse Clinton amid gun feud with Sanders
Gabby Giffords to endorse Clinton amid gun feud with Sanders
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Alex Castellanos:
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the Missile Headed for Grandma's House
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the Missile Headed for Grandma's House
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Hit & Run and The Resurgent
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gun control feud between Clinton and Sanders escalates
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
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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 …
Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
The State of the Union will be digitized, live-streamed, tweeted and, oh yeah, broadcast
The State of the Union will be digitized, live-streamed, tweeted and, oh yeah, broadcast
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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 …
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Jon Pareles / New York Times:
David Bowie, the Legendary Musician, Has Died at 69 — David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personae, died Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday, according to his publicist.
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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,” …
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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 …
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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
El Chapo Speaks
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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.
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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.
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Reed Tucker / New York Post:
‘We were left behind’: The Benghazi soldiers tell all — The first shots exploded around 9:40 p.m. — On Sept. 11, 2012, a group of local fighters, AK-47s in hand, burst through the fortified front gate of a US outpost in Benghazi, Libya. — One very long night later …
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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