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Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump — The move was expected, but the timing was significant as the Iowa caucuses near. — Robert Costa, Jenna Johnson - · - Post Politics - · - 4 hours ago - · — The two parties can't agree on the problems, let alone the solutions
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Trump will ‘definitely not’ participate in Fox debate, campaign says — MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he will not attend a debate scheduled for Thursday night in Des Moines, an unexpected twist just days before voters here launch the election process.
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Christian leaders balk at Falwell's Trump endorsement — Jerry Falwell Jr.'s endorsement of Donald Trump on Tuesday was swiftly met with a backlash from other Christian conservatives sounding the alarm about what they see as a dangerous candidate with questionable morals.
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Fox News Is Straight Up Clowning Donald Trump Now — The feud between the cable channel and the GOP frontrunner is taking an unexpected, utterly trolling turn — Fox News has responded to Donald Trump's most recent social foray, and boy is it a doozy. — Fox News just released a statement …
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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 …

Sen. Sasse heading to Iowa to campaign against Trump
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Brody File Video Exclusive: Ted Cruz's Plea To Iowa Pastors At Private Meeting: Stop Trump!
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CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump dominates GOP field at 41%
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We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces. Here's what we found.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Endorse Donald Trump in Iowa
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Stay Sane America, Please!
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Trump: Ted Cruz ‘looks like a jerk’
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Police officers flee angry mob in Swedish refugee center through back door … A police patrol of 10 officers was forced to flee a refugee center in Sweden after being surrounded by a mob of violent migrants. Law enforcement officials had arrived to relocate a 10-year-old boy after reports of his repeated rape at the facility.
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Sweden's Alexandra Mezher stabbed to death at CHILD migrant centre — Incident comes as Swedish police demand more resources to stem rising violence in the country which they say is linked to the migrant crisis — A 15-year-old asylum seeker living in a refugee centre in Sweden …
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MSNBC, NH Union-Leader To Host Unsanctioned Democratic Debate — MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union-Leader will host an unsanctioned Democratic presidential debate just days before the state's first-in-the-nation primary, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday. — “Meet the Press” …
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MSNBC, Union Leader To Hold Unsanctioned Democratic Debate In New Hampshire
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FBI thwarts mass shooting at Milwaukee Masonic Temple — FBI agents have interrupted what federal prosecutors describe as a planned mass shooting with automatic rifles at a Masonic Temple in downtown Milwaukee, it was announced Tuesday. — Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, has been charged with possessing machine guns and a silencer.


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 …
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Robert Gates: Republicans' grasp of national security is at a child's level — Former defense secretary condemns media for failing to challenge presidential candidates on promises he believes are unaffordable, illegal or unconstitutional — Robert Gates, a Republican stalwart …
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Principal dies, 2 children seriously injured in school bus crash — INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The school principal died and two children were seriously injured when a school bus jumped a curb at Amy Beverland Elementary School on the far northeast side of Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
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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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U of Oregon Debates Removing MLK Quote For Not Being Inclusive Enough — Student leaders at the University of Oregon debated removing a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. from its student center, arguing that the quote was not inclusive enough for modern understandings of diversity.
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Terri Schiavo appears in Jeb Bush ad, and her husband calls Jeb ‘disgusting’ — The Right to Rise super PAC helping Jeb Bush is airing an ad in South Carolina that features a photo of Terri Schiavo, the brain dead Pinellas County woman, who died 10 years ago despite Bush's efforts to halt the removal of her feeding tubes.
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Maine Gov. LePage: Bring back the guillotine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the guillotine should be brought back so there can be public executions of drug traffickers. — In a radio interview Tuesday on WVOM, LePage said legislative proposals to increase prison sentences for drug traffickers do not do enough.


CBO lowers estimated ObamaCare sign-ups by 40 percent — ObamaCare will enroll significantly fewer people than expected in 2016, ending the year with about 13 million customers, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Monday. — The figure, which was included in an expansive budget report …