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2:45 PM ET, January 26, 2016

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Soar, G.O.P. Leaders' Exasperation Grows  —  DES MOINES — Republican leaders are growing alarmed by the ferocious ways the party's mainstream candidates for president are attacking one another, and they fear that time is running out for any of them to emerge …
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Washington Post:
Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump  —  Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of the late televangelist, endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, giving Republican front-runner the blessing of one of the evangelical community's biggest names just days before the Iowa caucuses.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Stay Sane America, Please!  —  In January of 2017 someone will stand at the U.S. Capitol and deliver an Inaugural Address.  This is roughly the place where Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan once stood.  I am going to spend every single day between …
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump dominates GOP field at 41%  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, with more than 4-in-10 Republican voters nationwide now saying they back the billionaire.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: I'll work with Democrats  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is stressing his bona fides as a dealmaker who'd be able to enter the White House and work with congressional Democrats to hammer out agreements.  —  “I think I'm going to be able to get along with Pelosi …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Ted Cruz's Plea To Iowa Pastors At Private Meeting: Stop Trump!  —  In video obtained exclusively by The Brody File, Ted Cruz says it's up to Iowa pastors to stop Donald Trump from winning the Iowa Caucus or the billionaire from New York will be, unstoppable.
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Why can't Donald Trump handle Megyn Kelly?  —  This feud has gotten ridiculous.  Republican front-runner and businessman Donald Trump is now threatening to boycott the upcoming GOP debate if host Fox News doesn't remove Megyn Kelly as a moderator.  —  I don't usually like the argument …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Ted Cruz ‘looks like a jerk’  —  For Donald Trump, in some ways, Ted Cruz “looks like a jerk.”  —  The heated personal rhetoric directed by Trump at Cruz cranked up another few degrees on Tuesday morning, with the Manhattan business mogul unloading on his Republican rival in back-to-back morning show interviews.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump for president
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Is Telling ‘Lie After Lie’
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Rand Paul poised to make the cut for main debate stage
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As first voting nears, Trump seems stronger
Ramesh Ponnuru / BloombergView.com:
Cruz-Hating Republicans Need a Reality Check
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces.  Here's what we found.  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are by far the most recognizable faces in the 2016 race, a poll conducted by Morning Consult and Vox has found.  —  Ninety-six percent of respondents to the online poll …
Discussion: FishbowlDC, The Week and Politico
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton Goes Back to the Dunning School  —  Last night Hillary Clinton was asked what president inspired her the most.  She offered up Abraham Lincoln, gave a boilerplate reason why, and then said this: … Clinton, whether she knows it or not, is retelling a racist—though popular …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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CNN:
CNN Iowa Democratic Presidential Town Hall: RUSH TRANSCRIPT
Discussion: Common Dreams
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Creator of anti-Planned Parenthood videos faces felony charge  —  A Houston grand jury that was investigating accusations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood on Monday instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who recorded covert videos of the organization's employees.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Rome spares Iranian president's blushes by covering nude statues  —  Sculptures in Capitoline Museum obscured by large white panels for Hassan Rouhani's meeting with Italian PM  —  Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit …
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Umberto Bacchi / International Business Times:
Italy covers up naked statues and bans wine for visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘Obviously’ I Was Joking About Shooting People And Not Losing Votes  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was just joking when he said he could shoot somebody and still not lose votes in the 2016 race.  —  Trump told a crowd Saturday at a campaign rally …
Discussion: Fox Business and The Week
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Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Donald Trump shrugs off allegation that Vladimir Putin ‘probably approved’ assassination of ex-KGB agent
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why D.C. Hates Ted Cruz … In the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington—a fact he's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate.  But why?  —  Is it true, as Cruz would have it, that the dreaded GOP …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Human Emulation Module Upgraded In Animatronic ‘Hillarity!’  —  The NY Times reports from the world of AI, or might have:  —  Hillary Clinton, Battling in Iowa, Turns Warm Under Pressure  —  By AMY CHOZICK JAN. 25, 2016  —  “Turns warm”?  Apparently the upgraded module requires additional power.
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Barack Obama / Washington Post:
Why we must rethink solitary confinement  —  Barack Obama is president of the United States.  —  In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack.  He was sent to Rikers Island to await trial, where he reportedly endured unspeakable violence …
Nicolle Wallace / New York Times:
Sarah Palin, Rage Whisperer  —  DONALD J. TRUMP has made a shrewd bet.  For the first time since he descended an escalator in Trump Tower last June to announce that this time, he really was running for president, he ceded control of his campaign message.  He handed the Trump-bedecked podium over to Sarah Palin.
Discussion: Politico
BostonGlobe.com:
Republicans should vote for John Kasich in New Hampshire  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS can do their party a critical service on Feb. 9 by voting for an experienced political figure with a record of results, and thus dealing a blow to the divisive, demagogic candidates running on nativism and other political simplicities.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich wins the New Hampshire newspaper primary
Discussion: Concord Monitor and The Week
 
 
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Evangelical Gamble
Bill Hoffmann / Newsmax:
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Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Chinese stocks dive more than 6% as oil falls
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Active shooter reported at San Diego Navy medical center
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
When Ted Cruz Wanted to Be Part of the Establishment
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Bernie Sanders has the most realistic plan to boost wages and job creation
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Silent Death  —  A couple months ago I wrote about a …
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