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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 …
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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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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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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Races to Close Enthusiasm Gap With Bernie Sanders in Iowa
Hillary Clinton Races to Close Enthusiasm Gap With Bernie Sanders in Iowa
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Business Insider, Politico, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, Truth Revolt and Althouse
Ilya Sheyman / MoveOn.Org:
The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie (with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History)
The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie (with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History)
The Hill:
Dem ‘nail-biter’ in early states
Dem ‘nail-biter’ in early states
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Takes Slim Lead Over Hillary Clinton in New Iowa Poll
Bernie Sanders Takes Slim Lead Over Hillary Clinton in New Iowa Poll
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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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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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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.”
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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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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kim Davis to attend State of the Union
Kim Davis to attend State of the Union
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CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Americans divided on Obama job performance in final year
CBS/NYT Poll: Americans divided on Obama job performance in final year
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Speaker.gov and Politico
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
War over gay marriage to play out at SOTU
War over gay marriage to play out at SOTU
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Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:
Obergefell to be Obama's guest at final State of the Union
Obergefell to be Obama's guest at final State of the Union
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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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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.
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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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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to overturn mandatory union fees
Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to overturn mandatory union fees
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida “Jury Recommendation” Death Sentencing Scheme
Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida “Jury Recommendation” Death Sentencing Scheme
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
You Can't Be Neutral in a Public-Sector Union
You Can't Be Neutral in a Public-Sector Union
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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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Skyler Srivastava / WKTV-TV:
Votes tabulated over controversial seal, as The Daily Show visits the Village of Whitesboro
Votes tabulated over controversial seal, as The Daily Show visits the Village of Whitesboro
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Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
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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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 …
The Local:
‘We told you so,’ Eastern Europe tells Germany — Leaders of Eastern European states opposed to Germany's open-door refugee policy have been quick to tell Germany ‘we told you so’ after the Cologne sexual assaults. — Influential politicians across Eastern Europe have pointed to the Cologne attacks …
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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.
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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
Why Republicans Wouldn't Actually Repeal Obamacare
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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.
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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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