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5:55 AM ET, January 27, 2016

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns  —  BURNS - Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI …
KOIN-TV:
Bundy brothers among 8 arrested, 1 dead near Malheur  —  BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — One person died and 8 were arrested — including militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy — after the FBI and the Oregon State Police intercepted the group along Highway 395.  —  The militants were heading …
OPB:
Militants Fail To Appear In John Day, Police Activity Ongoing  —  UPDATE (6:03 pm): A member of the occupation said he could not confirm rumors that Ammon Bundy had been involved in a confrontation north of Burns, Oregon.  —  “Ammon had a meeting in John Day.  Somewhere along 395 there was a shooting.
Dana Ford / CNN:
Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy is arrested, says source  —  (CNN)Federal authorities arrested Ammon Bundy, the leader of a group of protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, during a traffic stop Tuesday, a law enforcement official told CNN.  —  Up to eight of Bundy's followers were detained, the source said.
Rebecca Woolington / Oregonian:
Pete Santilli: Militants supporter says Ammon Bundy in custody  —  Two people have been shot and Ammon Bundy is in custody, according to a YouTube live stream report by Pete Santilli, who was speaking outside a hospital in Burns.  —  Santilli, a self-styled journalist …
New York Times:
Ammon Bundy and 7 Others Held in Oregon; LaVoy Finicum Is Reported Dead
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Ammon Bundy Arrested, One Dead In Oregon
Discussion: Oregonian
Donald J Trump for President:
TRUMP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON FOX NEWS DEBATE  —  (New York, NY) January 26th, 2016 - As someone who wrote one of the best-selling business books of all time, The Art of the Deal, who has built an incredible company, including some of the most valuable and iconic assets in the world …
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Washington Post:
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.
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Fox News head lets Trump walk, keeps Megyn Kelly as debate moderator  —  This post has been updated with Trump's decision to sit out Thursday's debat.  —  Eventually the boy who cried “wolf” saw a wolf, right?  Well, The Donald who cried “boycott” is finally actually boycotting a debate.  For real.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump polls fans: ‘Should I do the GOP debate?’  —  Donald Trump is asking his fans: “Should I do the GOP debate?”  —  With two days to go until Fox News' Republican primary debate in Iowa, Trump is taking a poll on his Twitter page.  The respondents are evenly split, with half saying he should skip the event.
Fox News:
Fox News announces GOP debate candidate lineup
Discussion: New York Times and BuzzFeed
Associated Press:
The Latest: Cruz challenge Trump to debate ‘mano y mano’
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:   Ted Cruz challenges Donald Trump to a ‘mano a mano’ debate
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he won't participate in GOP debate on Fox News
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz challenges Trump to one-on-one debate
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Des Moines Register:
Trump takes aim at Bob Vander Plaats  —  Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to attack one of rival Ted Cruz's more influential Iowa endorsers, Christian conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats.  —  “This plays to Trump's judgment and temperament,” Vander Plaats told The Des Moines Register in response.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump
David Smith / Guardian:
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
RT:
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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Daily Mail:
Sweden's Alexandra Mezher stabbed to death at CHILD migrant centre
Daily Mail:
Police flee for their lives at Swedish migrant camp after they are surrounded by screaming mob …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Vox Popoli
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans point fingers: Who let Trump get this far?  —  With time running out until the first primary votes are cast, establishment Republicans have begun a ferocious round of finger-pointing over who is to blame for the party's failure to stop Donald Trump.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
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.
John Diedrich / JSOnline:
FBI thwarts mass shooting at Milwaukee Masonic center  —  A terrorist-style plot intended to kill dozens of people with automatic weapons at a Masonic center in Milwaukee was foiled this week by FBI agents, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.  —  Samy Mohamed Hamzeh discussed his plan to attack …
Discussion: Mashable, Pamela Geller and RedState
Talking Points Memo:
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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ABC News:
Abe Vigoda, Sunken-Eyed Character Actor, Dead at 94
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Financial Times:
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