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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address — The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery, continuing efforts to meet people where they are and make the speech as accessible as possible.
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Delivers Final State of the Union Speech — In his final State of the Union address, President Obama plans to talk about the need to “fix our politics” in order to ensure that opportunity and security in America are strong, according to prepared remarks released by the White House ahead of the speech.
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Bloomberg Business:
Obama's State of the Union Optimism at Odds With Voter Anxiety — President draws stark contrast with Republican frontrunners — Address skirts past stagnant wages, economic uncertainty — President Barack Obama isn't on the ballot this November, but his final State of the Union address …
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ABC News:
Obama Warns Against Giving Into Election Year Cynicism — Eyeing the end of his presidency, Barack Obama urged Americans Tuesday night to rekindle their belief in the promise of change that first carried him to the White House, declaring that the country must not allow election-year fear …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Homeland Security secretary named ‘designated survivor’ — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has been named the so-called “designated survivor” for President Barack Obama's final State of the Union, the White House confirmed Tuesday. — As the designated survivor …
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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.
New York Times:
Iran Seizes U.S. Sailors Amid Claims of Spying
Iran Seizes U.S. Sailors Amid Claims of Spying
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BBC:
Iran detains 10 US sailors after vessels stopped in the Gulf
Iran detains 10 US sailors after vessels stopped in the Gulf
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Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House — There's more than meets the eye in the ongoing dustup over whether Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as president, which under the Constitution comes down to whether he's a “natural born citizen” despite his 1970 Canadian birth.
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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.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Brutalism of Ted Cruz
The Brutalism of Ted Cruz
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Has Started Playing ‘Born In The USA’ At Rallies To Taunt Cruz
Trump Has Started Playing ‘Born In The USA’ At Rallies To Taunt Cruz
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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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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)
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
New Poll Shows Clinton's National Lead at Narrowest Yet
New Poll Shows Clinton's National Lead at Narrowest Yet
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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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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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Vice President Biden / Medium:
Inspiring a New Generation to Defy the Bounds of Innovation: A Moonshot to Cure Cancer. … Tonight, the President tasked me with leading a new, national mission to get this done. — It's personal for me. But it's also personal for nearly every American, and millions of people around the world.
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Perrigo InvestorRoom:
Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO; TASE) announced today that, following the recent recall of certain dosing cups by its supplier, it has initiated a voluntary product recall in the US to the retail level of 2 batches of its children's guaifenesin grape liquid (100mg/5 mL) and 3 batches …
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Daily Mail:
The Arabic gang-rape ‘Taharrush’ phenomenon which sees women surrounded by groups of men in crowds and sexually assaulted... and has now spread to Europe — Police fear a gang-rape phenomenon known as ‘taharrush gamea’ in the Arab world and seen in attacks on women across German cities at the New Year has now spread to Europe.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
It's Cruz vs. Trump and Rubio vs. Carson in Home-Stretch Iowa Poll — Four candidates have pulled away from the field in the final weeks before voting begins, according to a Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register survey. — McCormickJohn — Less than three weeks before Iowa caucus-goers cast …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Jane Mayer and the New York Times Dive Into the Gutter — Jane Mayer of the New Yorker is not just a bad reporter, but a detestable one. She habitually deceives her readers in order to advance a left-wing agenda. One of her most outrageous hit pieces, published in the New Yorker in 2010 …
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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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