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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 — Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina have been booted to the undercard in Thursday night's Republican primary debate as the number of main-stage candidates was cut to seven by stricter polling criteria. — Paul, who is struggling to gain traction …
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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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Politico, Political Wire and The Week
David Jackson / USA Today:
Paul, Fiorina bumped from next prime-time GOP debate
Paul, Fiorina bumped from next prime-time GOP debate
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump soars, Bush sinks in latest N.H. poll
Trump soars, Bush sinks in latest N.H. poll
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo Politics:
Bernie Sanders: Clinton is not as ‘inevitable’ as she once was — Sen. Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of taking an increasingly aggressive stance against him because she's nervous that he is beating her in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump pleads with FBI to go after Clinton for email scandal
Trump pleads with FBI to go after Clinton for email scandal
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Tax Plan Would Place 4% Surcharge on Incomes Over $5 Million
Clinton Tax Plan Would Place 4% Surcharge on Incomes Over $5 Million
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Politico, Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg.com
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Journalists: Stop Complaining About Sean Penn — Awakened from its holiday hibernation, the journalistic orthodoxy massed yesterday to attack Sean Penn and Rolling Stone for their 11,000-word story/interview with Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera—aka El Chapo.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major Setback — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed poised on Monday to deliver a severe blow to organized labor. — The justices appeared divided along familiar lines during an extended argument over whether government workers who choose …
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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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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale — Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model — The New Republic, the century-old magazine that was rocked a year ago by the mass exodus of its staff following an effort by its owner …
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Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Sale of the New Republic Spells a Political Story Of Democrats' Demise
Sale of the New Republic Spells a Political Story Of Democrats' Demise
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Father of Koch Brothers Helped Build Nazi Oil Refinery, Book Says — The father of the billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch helped construct a major oil refinery in Nazi Germany that was personally approved by Adolf Hitler, according to a new history of the Kochs and other wealthy families.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Fiorina Says People Are Tired Of Politicians Renouncing Their Canadian Citizenship — Rage against the professional political class. — Sean Rayford / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she finds …
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RedState
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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John H. Sununu / UnionLeader.com:
Another View — John H. Sununu: Don't drink the Trump Kool-Aid — Most of us know “Drinking the Kool-Aid” refers to a commitment to an idea without comprehending the implications of that commitment. We remember that this phrase derives from the horrible tragedy of 1978 where 900 followers …
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CNN:
Cologne aftermath: Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in wake of New Year's assaults — Backlash in Germany after gang sex assaults — (CNN)Gangs of men have attacked and injured two Pakistanis and a Syrian man in Cologne, Germany, in the aftermath of an unprecedented wave of mob sex assaults on women in the city on New Year's Eve.
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday that the issue of whether U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is legally eligible to run for the presidency because he was born in Canada is “fair game” on the Republican campaign trail. — “When you run for president of the United States, any question is fair game.
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: Republican Party Chairman Says Donald Trump Is Among ‘Varsity’ Candidates
Exclusive: Republican Party Chairman Says Donald Trump Is Among ‘Varsity’ Candidates
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Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
Michelle King is new superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District — Michelle King served as L.A. Unified's No. 2 administrator under the two previous superintendents before applying for the top job herself. — The Los Angeles Board of Education on Monday named Deputy Supt.
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CNN:
Exclusive: North Korea reveals alleged U.S. prisoner to CNN in Pyongyang — Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Is North Korea holding an American prisoner? That's what a man CNN spoke to in Pyongyang claims. — As tensions on the Korean peninsula continued to rise and Seoul and Washington officials discussed …
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Spinoff: Actor Shortlist Revealed (EXCLUSIVE) — Disney and Lucasfilm are inching closer to finding their young Han Solo for the upcoming untitled “Star Wars” spinoff. — Sources tell Variety that after seeing thousands of actors, execs have cut the list …
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BBC:
David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69 — Singer David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, has died of cancer at the age of 69. — A statement was issued on his social media accounts, saying he “died peacefully, surrounded by his family” after an “18-month battle with cancer”.
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Tim Jonze / Guardian:
Was David Bowie saying goodbye on Blackstar?
Was David Bowie saying goodbye on Blackstar?
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Bush super PAC seeks to blunt Rubio's momentum — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Jeb Bush's super PAC turned up the heat on Marco Rubio on Monday, unveiling a new $3 million-plus television spot to the Washington Examiner that accuses the Florida senator of being an immigration flip-flopper who supports amnesty.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Angry white women — Who knew white women had become so angry? — The anger animating the divide between the GOP establishment and the GOP grassroots is always presented in terms of angry white men. — It is impossible to ignore, as The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin noted last week …
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