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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 …
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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 …
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says — BURNS - Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims …
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John Sepulvado / OPB:
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge — FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside. — OPB spoke with the new leaders inside the compound, which include militant Jason Patrick.
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New York Times:
Ammon Bundy and 7 Oregon Protesters Held; LaVoy Finicum Is Reported Dead
Ammon Bundy and 7 Oregon Protesters Held; LaVoy Finicum Is Reported Dead
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Six Oregon occupiers arrested, one person killed in confrontation with police
Six Oregon occupiers arrested, one person killed in confrontation with police
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy is arrested, says source
Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy is arrested, says source
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Fox News:
Full statement on Trump declining to participate in Fox News/Google Debate — As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus.
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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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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump, Fox News at War After He Decides to Skip Debate — The Republican front-runner says that the cable network treated him “unfairly” at a past debate. — Citing unfair treatment by Fox News, Donald Trump will not participate in the Republican presidential debate on Thursday, his campaign manager told reporters on Tuesday.
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Politico:
DonaldDuck: TRUMP WALKS INTO TRAP? Empty podium at Fox debate could tarnish dominance - FOX: 'can't give in to terrorizations' against Megyn Kelly - SURVEY OF GEOFF GARIN'S FRIENDS: Elite's Marco fever cools — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz challenges Trump to one-on-one debate
Cruz challenges Trump to one-on-one debate
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Former Rep. John LeBoutillier / The Hill:
We are witnessing the end of the House of Clinton — A column for The Hill analyzing the current state of the 2016 presidential race. — It is the beginning of the end of the House of Clinton: — 1. There is the stench of political death around Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and the entire House of Clinton.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be — Republicans have made no secret of the fact that they'd prefer to run against Bernie Sanders in the general election. Whether or not their assumptions are correct is a separate question, but GOP officials, convinced that the senator …
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Fox News:
FBI going ‘right to the source’ in Clinton email probe, interviewing intel agencies
FBI going ‘right to the source’ in Clinton email probe, interviewing intel agencies
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Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) surged into second place in a New Hampshire poll released Wednesday by the Emerson College Polling Society, although real-estate billionaire Donald Trump retained a double-digit lead in Granite State.
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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.
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Says He Doesn't Think Donald Trump Is a Christian
Jeb Bush Says He Doesn't Think Donald Trump Is a Christian
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money — A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money. — What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.
Daily Mail:
Muslims are ‘not like us’ and we should just accept they will never integrate, says former racial equalities chief Trevor Phillips — Muslim communities are not like others in Britain and the country should accept they will never integrate, the former head of the equalities watchdog has claimed.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Vindication for Planned Parenthood — One after the other, investigations of Planned Parenthood prompted by hidden-camera videos released last summer have found no evidence of wrongdoing. On Monday, a grand jury in Harris County, Tex., went a step further.
John Feehery / The Hill:
The rise of the misinformed voter and Donald Trump — I was meeting with some D.C. press secretaries about a complicated legislative issue when it became clear to me that everything has changed since I left Capital Hill in 2005. — We were talking about strategies to get our messages out back home.
Deborah Danan / Breitbart:
Israeli Jew in German Refugee Camp Encounters Swastikas and Anti-Semitic Slurs — TEL AVIV - Swastikas, “satanic” stars of David, and maps of Israel in the Palestinian flag's colors adorn the walls of a Nazi airport-cum-refugee center in Berlin, according to an Israeli expat who recently visited the refugees housed there.
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ACLU:
Racial Disparities in Florida Safety Belt Law Enforcement — Black motorists in Florida are stopped and ticketed for seatbelt violations in far greater numbers than white motorists — nearly twice as often statewide and up to four times as often in certain counties — according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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