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5:55 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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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” …
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Takes Slim Lead Over Hillary Clinton in New Iowa Poll
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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Sean Rayford / Associated Press:
Ben Carson Calls For Investigation Of Muslim Guests Attending State Of The Union
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
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.
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
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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CNBC:
Pentagon: 2 Navy boats in Iranian custody; Iran assures crew will be returned promptly  —  The crew of two small Navy craft are being held by Iran, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly.
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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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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
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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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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida “Jury Recommendation” Death Sentencing Scheme
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.
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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Daily Mail:
RISE IN MIGRANTS LEAVING GERMANY FOLLOWING COLOGNE SEX ATTACKS
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Louisiana expands Medicaid under Dem governor  —  Louisiana's new Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, on Tuesday signed an executive order to expand Medicaid in the state under ObamaCare.  —  Expanding Medicaid was a central campaign promise of Edwards, who was sworn in on Monday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Cindy Adams / Page Six:
George Miller will never make another ‘Mad Max’ movie
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Feds to process emails from Clinton aide Abedin for release
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Alison Frankel / Reuters:
Ex-politician John Edwards among lawyers vying for lead role in Volkswagen suit
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Denying the Obvious About Islamist Terror
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