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3:40 PM ET, January 12, 2016

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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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Quinnipiac poll: Sanders surges to retake lead in Iowa  —  Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in a major Iowa poll for the first time since September, the latest sign the Democratic primary race is tightening between the two candidates.  —  The Vermont senator wins 49 percent of likely caucusgoers …
CNN:
Biden praises Sanders on income inequality, calls Clinton ‘relatively new’ to the fight  —  Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden offered effusive praise for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday, lauding Hillary Clinton's chief rival for doing a “heck of a job” …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump/Cruz Close in Iowa; Birther Issue Could Hurt Cruz; Sanders Gaining on Clinton  —  PPP's newest Iowa poll continues to find a very close Republican race in the state- Donald Trump's at 28% to 26% for Ted Cruz, 13% for Marco Rubio, 8% for Ben Carson, and 6% for Jeb Bush.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Takes Slim Lead Over Hillary Clinton in New Iowa Poll
Discussion: Latino Rebels and 6abc.com
Ilya Sheyman / MoveOn.Org:
The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie (with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History)
Discussion: RedState and Grist
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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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.
Sean Rayford / Associated Press:
Ben Carson Calls For Investigation Of Muslim Guests Attending State Of The Union  —  Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is criticizing President Barack Obama for allowing representatives of a Muslim civic group to attend the State of the Union address, saying their actions are “not pro-American.”
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama goes it alone in his last State of the Union
Discussion: RedState, FIRST FREEDOM and Daily Kos
CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Americans divided on Obama job performance in final year
Discussion: Speaker.gov and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Obama has a good record to brag about tonight, but people still hate the government
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Brutalism of Ted Cruz  —  In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart.  This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term.  But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law.  Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Problems With Media Confusion Over Ted Cruz's Quoting Of Scripture
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Has Started Playing ‘Born In The USA’ At Rallies To Taunt Cruz  —  Now that he has raised questions about Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) Canadian birth and American citizenship, Donald Trump has started playing Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the USA” before campaign rallies, according to reports in The Weekly Standard and the Texas Tribune.
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Mary Brigid McManamon / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president  —  Mary Brigid McManamon is a constitutional law professor at Widener University's Delaware Law School.  —  Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.
Richard D. Kahlenberg / New York Times:
Strong Unions, Strong Democracy  —  IF the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday are any guide, the ruling bloc of conservative justices appears ready to render a decision later this year that would significantly weaken public sector labor unions.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida “Jury Recommendation” Death Sentencing Scheme
Elizabeth Doran / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Whitesboro residents vote to keep controversial ‘racist’ village seal  —  The controversial Whitesboro village seal, which residents voted Monday night to keep.  (Provided photo)  —  Whitesboro residents voted Monday night to keep the village's controversial seal, rather than replace it with a new image.
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Speisa:
German police: It's an Arab rape game called Taharrush, and now it has come to Europe  —  After the NYE mass assaults against women in several European cities, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, BKA, now say that the Arab “rape game” Taharrush has established itself in Europe.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Law enforcement should handle campus rape  —  Bernie Sanders called for all rape accusations on college campuses to be handled through law enforcement, a controversial stance that puts him at odds with many advocates.  —  Decrying rape and sexual assault on campuses as an “epidemic …
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
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 …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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The Local:
‘We told you so,’ Eastern Europe tells Germany
Discussion: Vlad Tepes
CNN:
ISIS member behind deadly Istanbul blast, PM says  —  Read more about this story at CNN Turk.  —  Istanbul (CNN)The suicide bomber who killed at least nine foreigners on Tuesday in a popular central Istanbul tourist area belonged to ISIS, officials said — an attack that shows the group's nerve, reach and capacity for terror.
Discussion: Washington Post and ThinkProgress
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Cindy Adams / Page Six:
George Miller will never make another ‘Mad Max’ movie  —  MORE FROM:  —  Ricky Gervais: “I never want to emcee the Oscars.  So stiff and uptight.  Boring as s - - t.  Not my gig.  But hosting the Golden Globes is a fun night.  You have a drink.  Everyone's loose.
Discussion: Guardian, Screen Rant and Comicbook.com
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin notifies feds he'll dismantle kynect  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act.  —  The decision drew immediate fire …
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Richard Alba / American Prospect:
Why Republicans Wouldn't Actually Repeal Obamacare
Alison Frankel / Reuters:
Ex-politician John Edwards among lawyers vying for lead role in Volkswagen suit  —  Among the more than 140 plaintiffs' lawyers competing to lead private litigation against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal is former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards.
Discussion: RedState, Mashable and Politico
 
 
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds to process emails from Clinton aide Abedin for release
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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.N. says some of its peacekeepers were paying 13-year-olds for sex
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Twitter Takes a Side in the Culture Wars - Lies About It
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