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12:45 PM ET, January 17, 2016

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton calls for new sanctions on Iran  —  Hours after the U.S. dropped sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear deal, Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton called for new sanctions on the nation for its ballistic missile program.  —  Clinton on Saturday praised President Obama …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump takes credit for Iran prisoner release  —  Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday said his rhetoric condemning the Iranian regime played an integral part in securing the release of four U.S. prisoners.  —  “So I've been hitting them hard, and I think I might …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US finds Iran in compliance with deal, lifts nuclear sanctions
John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks on Implementation Day  —  Remarks  —  Secretary of State
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Speaker.gov
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
International sanctions against Iran lifted
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Iran Says It Has Released Four People in a Prisoner Swap
Maïa de la Baume / Politico:
Iran complies with nuclear deal, sanctions lifted
Discussion: BizPac Review and Politico
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Alex Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump Booed by Conservative Crowd After Attacks on Ted Cruz  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Among conservatives, Donald Trump can typically do no wrong — until he attacks Ted Cruz.  —  On Saturday, Trump drew boos from a grassroots conservative crowd during remarks at the South Carolina …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz taunts Donald Trump over his slipping lead and Twitter habits
Discussion: ABC News and Trail Blazers Blog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Former RNC Chair: Trump Will Be The Republican Nominee
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals  —  FOR those of us who argue in favor of gun safety laws, there are a few inconvenient facts.  —  We liberals are sometimes glib about equating guns and danger.  In fact, it's complicated: The number of guns in America has increased …
Discussion: New York Sun and Crooked Timber
Matthew MacWilliams / Politico:
The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You're a Trump Supporter  —  If I asked you what most defines Donald Trump supporters, what would you say?  They're white?  They're poor?  They're uneducated?  —  You'd be wrong.  —  In fact, I've found a single statistically significant variable …
Discussion: RedState
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Reigning Cats and Dogs  —  WASHINGTON — AFTER running as a man last time around, Hillary Clinton is now running as a woman.  —  Matthew Dowd, the former W. strategist who became an independent, says Hillary got it backward: She should have run as a woman in 2008, when she was beating back a feminized antiwar candidate.
Discussion: Althouse
Annie Karni / Politico:
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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Economist:
The yuan and the markets  —  Strains on the currency suggest that something is very wrong with China's politics  —  “WHAT if we could just be China for a day?” mused Thomas Friedman, an American columnist, in 2010.  “...We could actually, you know, authorise the right solutions.”
Discussion: The Big Picture
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Rubio: Law-abiding undocumented immigrants could stay  —  Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the U.S. illegally but haven't committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay.  —  In an interview airing Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press,” the Florida Republican contender …
Discussion: RedState
Economist:
Cologne's aftershocks  —  The ultimate victim of sexual assaults by migrants could be Angela Merkel's liberal refugee policy  —  FOR a brief moment at the turn of the year, Angela Merkel seemed to have recaptured control of Germany's careering debate over refugees.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Alexandra Klausner For / Daily Mail:
ABC producer was ‘murdered and sexually assaulted while on vacation in Belize’  —  An ABC producer was killed while vacationing in Belize this week.  —  Executive producer of online operations, Anne Swaney, 39, arrived last Saturday to Nabatunich Resort, Benque Viejo, according to ABC.
 
 
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