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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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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 …


US finds Iran in compliance with deal, lifts nuclear sanctions — Iran has taken sufficient steps to prevent it from building a nuclear weapon, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog certified Saturday, opening the door for the United States and countries around the world to lift sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
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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.


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 …
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IAEA Director General's Statement on Iran
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Iran Sheds Economic Sanctions Yoke as Nuclear Deal Ratified
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Post reporter Jason Rezaian and others to be freed in prisoner swap, according to Iranian media
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5 Americans released by Iran, 4 as part of prisoner swap, official says
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Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran
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Iran releases Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian in prisoner swap with US
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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.
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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.

Why We Should Celebrate The Trump-Cruz Ascendancy
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Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out
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Face It: It's a Two-Man Race for the GOP Nomination Now
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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.
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Bernie Sanders yells at Wikipedia, cloud over... campaign logos? — Short version: Wikipedia reproduced images of Bernie Sanders' Presidential campaign logos and other promotional materials as part of its Wikipedia page about Bernie Sanders. In response, the Bernie Sanders campaign sent Wikipedia …
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Clinton surrogate to demand Sanders release medical records — A top surrogate for Hillary Clinton is prepping a new attack in an intensifying and increasingly personal war against rival Bernie Sanders — calling on the 74-year-old to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.
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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 …


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.
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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 …
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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 …
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