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5:45 PM ET, January 16, 2016

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UPDATES: Jason Rezaian and 3 Other US Inmates Freed by Iran  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- 4 Iranian-American nationals who were held for various charges in Iran have been freed under a prisoners swap deal, Tehran's prosecutor announced Saturday afternoon.  —  “Based on an approval of the Supreme National …
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Washington Post:
Iran to free Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, 3 others, Iranian reports say  —  VIENNA — Iran will release Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and three other detained Iranian Americans on Saturday in exchange for seven people imprisoned or charged in the United States …
New York Times:
Iran Says It Has Released Four People in a Prisoner Swap  —  Iran's judiciary said Saturday that that it had released four Iranian-American nationals as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.  The Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was among the prisoners freed, Iranian media reported.
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Marco Rubio Condemns Prisoner Swap for Post Journalist  —  An exchange would incentivize “people to take Americans hostage and prisoner”  —  (Johnston, Iowa) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday morning he was not aware of the specifics of the release of four Americans held prisoner in Iran …
Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg Business:
Iran Has Met Terms of International Nuclear Agreement, IAEA Says
Discussion: The Week
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Post reporter Jason Rezaian and others to be freed in prisoner swap, according to Iranian media
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iran releases Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian in prisoner swap with US
Discussion: Slantpoint, Hot Air and Mashable
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz taunts Donald Trump over his slipping lead and Twitter habits  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Hours before Ted Cruz and Donald Trump were slated to appear here at a tea party gathering, Cruz unloaded on Trump, taunting him over his poll numbers and ratcheting up attacks on his conservative credibility.
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Former RNC Chair: Trump Will Be The Republican Nominee  —  No one can stop the Trump train he says.  —  Mark Wilson / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says he believes Donald Trump will be the Republican Party's nominee in the general election.
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Why We Should Celebrate The Trump-Cruz Ascendancy  —  As we enter the third week of January—just two short weeks away from the Iowa caucuses—it is beginning to dawn even on the most stolid political media figures that Donald Trump is the likeliest bet to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out  —  As the presidential primary moves into a more urgent and combative phase, there is growing acceptance among Republicans, including the Washington and financial elite, that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are the two candidates …
Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Face It: It's a Two-Man Race for the GOP Nomination Now
Sasha Goldstein / New York Daily News:
Third teacher from same Louisiana school busted for sex with student after female teen fesses up  —  A Louisiana teacher faces charges for a year-long relationship with a 16-year-old female student, police in St. Charles Parish said.  —  Kimberly Naquin, 26, is a teacher at Destrehan High …
Washington Post:
District leaders furious Walmart breaking promise to build stores in poor neighborhoods  —  Walmart abruptly announced Friday that it was abandoning a promise to build stores in Washington's poorest neighborhoods, an agreement that had been key to the deal allowing the retailer to begin operating in the nation's capital.
Discussion: Forbes and news.walmart.com
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama unveils plan to reform unemployment insurance  —  President Obama on Saturday unveiled an unemployment insurance plan that he says will provide stability and opportunity to workers in a rapidly changing economy.  —  The president's three-pronged plan includes wage insurance of up to $10,000 …
Discussion: The Week
Moira Weigel / New York Times:
5 fast facts: Taiwan's first female president Tsai Ing-wen  —  Is a new “female leadership style” on the rise in Southeast Asia?  The opposition candidate for the elections in Taiwan says so  —  On Saturday, Taiwan elected its first female president.  Like almost every female political leader …
Discussion: PinkNews and Joe.My.God.
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BBC:   Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan's first female president
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Tsai Ing-wen Elected President of Taiwan, First Woman to Hold Office
Discussion: CNN, The National Interest and The Week
Kristen East / Politico:
Sanders calls on Michigan Gov. Snyder to resign over Flint water crisis  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday called on Rick Snyder to resign, charging that the Republican Michigan governor knowingly allowed a lead-poisoning crisis in Flint to continue.  —  “There are no excuses,” Sanders said in a campaign release.
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran: ‘American Sailors Started Crying After Arrest’  —  A senior Iranian military commander in charge of the country's Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that the 10 U.S. sailors who were recently captured and subsequently released by the Islamic Republic “started crying after [their] arrest …
Maryam Usman / The Express TribuneThe Express Tribune:
Bill aiming to ban child marriages shot down  —  ISLAMABAD:  —  Another move to ban child marriages in Pakistan has fallen at the first hurdle.  The bill to prohibit underage marriages has been withdrawn after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared it un-Islamic.
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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Anti-Pedophilia Bill Rejected In Pakistan As ‘Anti-Islamic’
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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