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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama, Democrats at odds before State of the Union address — Tensions between liberal Democrats and President Obama are bubbling up as the president heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver his final State of the Union address to a restless Congress.
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CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Americans divided on Obama job performance in final year — As President Obama prepares to give his last State of the Union address, the country is split on his job performance: 46 percent of Americans approve, while 47 percent disapprove. — His approval rating has hovered …
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Politico and Associated Press
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama goes it alone in his last State of the Union — What to Watch for in Obama's Final State of the Union — Barack Obama's final State of the Union won't have the traditional laundry list of requests for Congress — Washington (CNN)The White House says President Barack Obama's State …
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Daily Kos and FIRST FREEDOM
Meredith Shiner / Yahoo Politics:
Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of State of the Union
Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of State of the Union
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Politico
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Races to Close Enthusiasm Gap With Bernie Sanders in Iowa — DES MOINES — Iowa Democrats are displaying far less passion for Hillary Clinton than for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont three weeks before the presidential caucuses, creating anxiety inside the Clinton campaign …
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Politico, Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, Truth Revolt and Althouse
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The Hill:
Dem ‘nail-biter’ in early states — The Democratic presidential race is tightening just weeks before the Iowa caucuses, renewing the sense among some Democrats that Bernie Sanders could sweep the first two voting states and challenge Hillary Clinton over the long haul.
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Bloomberg Business, Bloomberg.com and Politico
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo Politics:
Bernie Sanders: Clinton is not as ‘inevitable’ as she once was
Bernie Sanders: Clinton is not as ‘inevitable’ as she once was
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Bloomberg Business, Politico, ABC News, KCCI-TV, Bloomberg.com, Political Wire and Liberal Values
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
War over gay marriage to play out at SOTU — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — President Obama's effort to stack the audience with those who support his causes at his last State of the Union Address is being rebuffed by conservatives inviting guests that challenged Obamacare and gay marriage.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kim Davis to attend State of the Union
Kim Davis to attend State of the Union
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Cincinnati.com and Vox
Amanda Stone / The White House:
Meet the Guests in the First Lady's 2016 State of the Union Box
Meet the Guests in the First Lady's 2016 State of the Union Box
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Vox, Al Jazeera English, Truth Revolt, CBS Boston and Towleroad
CNN:
Biden says Obama offered financial help amid son's illness — Washington (CNN)As his eldest son faced the prospect of resigning as Delaware's attorney general amid health concerns, Vice President Joe Biden received an offer that floored him: financial support from his boss, President Barack Obama.
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Politico, Political Wire, New York Times, The Week and Mashable
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina Cut From Next Republican Mainstage Debate — Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina have been cut from the next mainstage debate on Thursday. — According to a newly-announced lineup by debate host Fox Business Network …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Paul out of main debate, won't join undercard
Paul out of main debate, won't join undercard
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New York Times, Outside the Beltway and Hit & Run
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rand Paul, bumped from main debate stage, will boycott Thursday's undercard
Rand Paul, bumped from main debate stage, will boycott Thursday's undercard
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and The Week
Daily Mail:
RISE IN MIGRANTS LEAVING GERMANY FOLLOWING COLOGNE SEX ATTACKS — Germany has started sending a growing number of migrants back to Austria since the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne shocked the country. — Some of the departing migrants said they did not want asylum in Germany …
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Vox Popoli
Richard Alba / American Prospect:
Why Republicans Wouldn't Actually Repeal Obamacare — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan attend an unveiling ceremony for a bust of former Vice President Dick Cheney on December 3, 2015. — Last week, in a bold example of their governing prowess …
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Washington Post, BarbWire.com, Bloomberg View and The Hill
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Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin notifies feds he'll dismantle kynect
Bevin notifies feds he'll dismantle kynect
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Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg Business:
Chinese Gaming Billionaire Buys U.S. Gay Dating App Grindr — Beijing Kunlun Tech offers $93 million for 60 percent stake — Kunlun shares hit maximum daily limit in share trading — One of China's newly minted technology billionaires signed a deal to buy a controlling stake in Grindr …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Grindr Sells Stake to Chinese Company
Grindr Sells Stake to Chinese Company
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Business Insider and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final Message — In the video for David Bowie's “Lazarus,” released last week, the mythic singer and rock ‘n’ roll shape-shifter, ever thin but bordering on gaunt, is blindfolded and writhing in a hospital bed. “Look up here, I'm in heaven,” he sings.
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BostonGlobe.com, Mediaite, Guardian, The Verge, NPR, The Federalist and Florida Politics
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BBC:
David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69
David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69
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Vox, Telegraph, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The BRAD BLOG, Slantpoint, Rush Limbaugh and Instapundit
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Is This The End of ‘The New Republic’? — After spending ‘over $20 million’ on the political and cultural journal, Chris Hughes' decision to sell ‘TNR’ could mark its death knell. — In what some knowledgeable observers characterized as the death knell for a nearly 102-year-old American institution …
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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to overturn mandatory union fees — People participate in a Jan. 11 rally at the Supreme Court in Washington as the justices heard arguments in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Assn. — Reporting from Washington
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major Setback
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major Setback
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Colin A. Hanna / The Hill:
Executive actions used to enhance power of government — There he goes again. President Obama is shamelessly, cynically and hypocritically exploiting a mass shooting to advance his gun control agenda. The executive actions he proposed Tuesday would have had no preventive impact whatsoever …
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Hot Air
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Considered Secret Plan to Spark Palestinian Protests — Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton considered a secret plan created by her then-advisers to foment unrest among Palestinian citizens and spark protests in order to push the Israeli government back to the negotiating table …
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Liberty Unyielding, Hot Air, Pamela Geller, RedState, Front Page Magazine, Walid Shoebat and The Right Scoop
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to me if he wins’ — President Obama, on the eve of his final State of the Union address, rejected the message Donald Trump has capitalized on in his presidential campaign. — “The message that Donald Trump's putting out has had adherence a lot of times during the course of our history.
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