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8:55 AM ET, January 13, 2016

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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Cruz and Christie Gain in Popularity As Trump, Carson and Bush Stumble (POLL)  —  Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie's favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush …
Discussion: Politico and 6abc.com
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Cruz holds 3-point lead as Trump attacks  —  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz remains the top pick among likely caucusgoers in the latest Iowa Poll.  Political reporter Jennifer Jacobs and political columnist Kathie Obradovich provide analysis.
Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and NBC News
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 …
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
It's Cruz vs. Trump and Rubio vs. Carson in Home-Stretch Iowa Poll
Discussion: Politico
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
New Poll Shows Clinton's National Lead at Narrowest Yet
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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New York Times:
Transcript of Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address  —  Following is the transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared and released by the White House.  —  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
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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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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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
President barely mentions guns in SOTU  —  President Obama treaded lightly on the issue of gun control during his final State of the Union address, just one week after his teary-eyed announcement that he would circumvent Congress with a series of controversial executive orders.
Discussion: Hot Air and Bloomberg Business
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Homeland Security secretary named ‘designated survivor’
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg.com
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pollster: Cruz would hurt Republican House hopefuls most
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
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Obama delivers the most boring speech of his presidency  —  Look, if Barack Obama didn't consider Barack Obama's presidency a success, who would?  Of course his last State of the Union was filled with happy talk about the current condition of the United States and its limitless future.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Associated Press:
The latest on President Barack Obama's last State of the Union address.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and 6abc.com
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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Sanders leads Clinton by double digits in New Hampshire
Discussion: ABC News, The Week and RT
John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR.com first: Jeb Bush gets personal in new TV ad focusing on daughter's former addiction  —  Ad focuses on s one of top issues facing New Hampshire, nation  —  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's campaign on Wednesday will begin airing a new television ad based on a personal story Bush told …
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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?
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 …
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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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
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Rand Paul: Obama Should Say He's A Failure, Then Resign In State Of The Union
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