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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.
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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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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.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain: Cruz's eligibility needs ‘to be looked at’
McCain: Cruz's eligibility needs ‘to be looked at’
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
GOP Rep. Just Found Out He Invited Kim Davis To The State Of The Union — There's a reason this was such a well-kept secret on Capitol Hill. — It's been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address?
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to me if he wins’
President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to me if he wins’
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama, Democrats at odds before State of the Union address
Obama, Democrats at odds before State of the Union address
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama goes it alone in his last State of the Union
Obama goes it alone in his last State of the Union
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Ilya Sheyman / MoveOn.Org:
The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie (with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History) — With a record-setting 78.6 percent of 340,665 votes cast by the MoveOn membership, Senator Bernie Sanders has won MoveOn.org Political Action's endorsement for president …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Over Bernie Sanders Slipping in New Poll — As the first nominating contest approaches, Hillary Clinton's commanding lead nationally in the Democratic primary has largely melted away, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's trend line in Iowa polling should scare her campaign
Hillary Clinton's trend line in Iowa polling should scare her campaign
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John Walker / Fusion:
Did Hillary Clinton blow the white privilege question?
Did Hillary Clinton blow the white privilege question?
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Associated Press:
Pentagon: 2 US Navy Boats Held by Iran but Will Be Returned — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats had mechanical problems and drifted into Iranian waters, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that they will be returned safely and promptly.
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CNN:
10 U.S. sailors in Iranian custody — Washington (CNN)Ten American sailors were being held in Iranian custody after two small U.S. naval craft apparently briefly entered Iranian territorial waters, a U.S. senior defense official said Tuesday. — The official, however, expects the situation to be resolved quickly.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Iran Holds Two U.S. Navy Boats After Mechanical Problems, Officials Say
Iran Holds Two U.S. Navy Boats After Mechanical Problems, Officials Say
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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
4 Problems With Media Confusion Over Ted Cruz's Quoting Of Scripture
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Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House
Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House
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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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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” …
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Alana Horowitz Satlin / The Huffington Post:
Biden Says Obama Offered Him Money During Son's Illness
Biden Says Obama Offered Him Money During Son's Illness
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Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
USC students required to detail sexual history before registering for classes — A mandatory online course at USC asks students to disclose the number of sexual encounters they have had. — Many universities require students to complete a course on Title IX, but some students at USC …
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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.
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Daily Mail:
The Arabic gang-rape ‘Taharrush’ …
The Arabic gang-rape ‘Taharrush’ …
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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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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Textbook sales leader says national Common Core education standards are ‘all about the money’ as teacher insists bureaucrats created a ‘new f**king system that f**king sucks to sell more books’ — Conservative muckraker group Project Veritas caught a textbook sales executive …
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Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Militants say they'll reveal exit plan Friday — BURNS — The armed militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge announced Tuesday morning that they will drive into Burns at the end of the week to hold a community meeting and inform residents when they will leave.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Oregon judge plans to bill Ammon Bundy up to $70,000 a day for security costs to county
Oregon judge plans to bill Ammon Bundy up to $70,000 a day for security costs to county
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