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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon: 2 US Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned — WASHINGTON (AP) — 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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton in Iowa attacks Sanders health-care plan as a ‘risky deal’
Clinton in Iowa attacks Sanders health-care plan as a ‘risky deal’
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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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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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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 …
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Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
USC students required to detail sexual history before registering for classes
USC students required to detail sexual history before registering for classes
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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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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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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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