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Nat Brown / National Review:
Houston, We Have a Problem — National Review was asked by the RNC to partner in the GOP debates. We agreed. Our initial partner was NBC, with whom we were to help moderate the pre-Super Tuesday debate, originally to be held on February 26 in Houston, then suspended by the RNC in retribution …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
National Review aims to take down Trump — For months, Republican leaders have worried about how to stop 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump. Now, one of the conservative movement's most influential publications is taking matters into its own hands. — National Review is dedicating a special issue …
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
National Review Fails to Kill Its Monster — In “Against Trump,” the conservative magazine can't come to terms with the fact that it is partly responsible for the rise of Donald Trump. — National Review is the great intellectual gatekeeper of the American right, a journal of opinion …
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Fox News:
RNC Cuts Debate Ties With National Review Over Anti-Trump Issue
RNC Cuts Debate Ties With National Review Over Anti-Trump Issue
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New York Times:
A G.O.P. Majority in New Hampshire Pipes Up: We're Not for Trump — BROOKLINE, N.H. — Jeanne Cleveland, a retired teacher, pursed her lips sourly at the mention of his name and tried to summarize her distaste in diplomatic terms. — “I think he's arrogant,” she said. “I think he's rude.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP establishment warms to Trump — and remains cool toward Cruz
GOP establishment warms to Trump — and remains cool toward Cruz
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg Business:
Trump or Cruz? No Sweat, Wall Street's Big Republican Donors Say
Trump or Cruz? No Sweat, Wall Street's Big Republican Donors Say
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
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Jessica Hopper / Yahoo:
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
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Associated Press:
Clinton ups attacks on Sanders in final days of campaign — INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — With days to go before the lead-off Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton on Thursday ramped up her attacks on fellow Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, saying she is not interested in ideas that will “never make it in the real world.”
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Change Happens — There are still quite a few pundits determined …
How Change Happens — There are still quite a few pundits determined …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Who had the worst week in Washington? Hillary Clinton.
Who had the worst week in Washington? Hillary Clinton.
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders hold solid leads in Iowa, CNN/ORC poll finds
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders hold solid leads in Iowa, CNN/ORC poll finds
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Carson campaign meltdown — On Thanksgiving night, Ben Carson sat in a chartered plane on a Baltimore airport tarmac surrounded by his wife and campaign advisers. The destination: Jordan. — A secret mission to the Middle East, his team hoped, would help reestablish …
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Armstrong Williams / Facebook:
God morning : — The unmitigated gall of Barry Bennett and Doug Watts: To attempt to curry favor with the Trump campaign by delivering Dr. Carson's campaign infrastructure on a platter is nothing short of amazing. Dr. Carson has built the most substantial, comprehensive …
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Forgets To Sign Up For Health Insurance, Blames Obamacare — GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says his family is no longer covered by health insurance, and he thinks it's all Obamacare's fault. — “I'll tell you, you know who one of those millions of Americans is who's lost their health care because of Obamacare?
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Average ObamaCare premium rises to $408 per month
Ben Child / Guardian:
Oscars 2016: Charlotte Rampling says diversity row is ‘racist to white people’ — The British actor, who is nominated for the best actress award, says black actors may not have been good enough to make the list of Oscar nominees — Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling has claimed the current campaign …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
In Word and Deed, Christie's Ambitions Shrink at Home Amid White House Bid — Gov. Chris Christie's return to New Jersey was swift and efficient: He flew to his home state on Monday night after a campaign trip to Iowa. The next day, he sliced through a towering pile of legislation awaiting his signature …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie to leave campaign trail, return to N.J. for snow storm
Christie to leave campaign trail, return to N.J. for snow storm
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Boze Herrington / The Atlantic:
The Seven Signs You're in a Cult … November 2, 2012, was a beautiful Friday in Kansas City—clear and cool and sunny. I had spent the afternoon reading in the library at an unaccredited college affiliated with the International House of Prayer, an evangelical Christian organization commonly referred …
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David Mastio / USA Today:
Flint lead crisis getting a tad overdone: David Mastio — Before hitting the panic button, remember we are winning the war on lead poisoning — Now that the leaching of poisonous lead into the tap water of Flint, Mich., has been declared a national emergency, it might be time to dial back the panic just a notch (or two).
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Hilary Whiteman / CNN:
North Korea arrests American student for ‘hostile act,’ state media says — (CNN)An American college student has been arrested in North Korea. — Otto Frederick Warmbier was detained in Pyongyang on January 2, according to Young Pioneer Tours, the China-based travel company he was with.
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anonymous wants Michigan governor jailed over Flint water crisis — Hacking group Anonymous has set its sights on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who is scrambling to address a drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. — The loosely affiliated collective of anarchist hackers this week launched …
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Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Guantánamo detainee declines release; 2 others sent to Balkans — 1 captive feared going to foreign land, declined to leave Guantánamo — 2 other captives who couldn't go home were sent to Bosnia, Montenegro for resettlement — The transfer, the last for at least a month …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Guantánamo Detainee Refuses Release Offer
Guantánamo Detainee Refuses Release Offer
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Vietnam's Sacred Turtle Dies at an Awkward, Some Say Ominous, Time — HANOI, Vietnam — As Vietnam's leaders grappled with a diplomatic spat with China, a vulnerable economy and a factional turf war at a party congress this week, the last thing they needed was the death of a sacred giant turtle.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
The dog keeps eating IRS hard drives — In Oscar Wilde's comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Lady Bracknell is indignant to hear that Jack Worthing is an orphan. “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”