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7:55 PM ET, January 27, 2016

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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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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump feud causes panicking Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to call Ivanka and Melania in attempt to get the frontrunner BACK to the debate - but he'll only speak to Murdoch  — The network's CEO has reportedly reached out to both Ivanka and Melania Trump to try and get the Republican front-runner to change his mind
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rand Paul makes main debate stage
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Paul: With Trump gone, GOP will have its ‘best debate’
Discussion: Hot Air, The Week and PoliticusUSA
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
JD Rucker / RedState:
Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
Discussion: Hot Air and News Watch
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos
New York Times:
Donald Trump, in Feud With Fox News, Shuns Debate
Discussion: Slantpoint and The Federalist
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Fox News Responds to Trump's Latest ‘Twitter Poll’ With First-Rate Trolling
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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 …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The Bundy militants and their supporters are trying to turn LaVoy Finicum into a right-wing martyr, but two eyewitnesses deny that he was shot and killed in cold blood by law enforcement officers.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: 'I'm kind of pulling' for Trump  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) backpedaled Wednesday after joking that, among the current Republican presidential field, he's considering backing Donald Trump for the nomination.  —  “Look we've gotten along fine,” the Democratic leader told reporters.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
With no Trump, Cruz goes from hunter to hunted  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Hollow or not, Donald Trump's threat to boycott the final GOP forum before Iowa votes has complicated Ted Cruz's game plan, forcing the Texan to prepare for two different debates — one in which he tangles directly …
Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ryan Korsgard / Click2Houston.com:
DeLoreans to go back to the future and into production  —  HUMBLE, Texas - The DeLorean is going back to the future and into production.  —  We first saw the time machine three decades ago in the movie, “Back to the Future.”  But the last time a DeLorean was built was about 35 years ago.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sanders says Obama not trying to ‘tip scales’ for Clinton  —  President Obama isn't trying to tip the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, Bernie Sanders said Wednesday following a meeting at the White House.  —  It was the Vermont senator's first one-on-one meeting …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Joe.My.God.
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Rush Limbaugh:
Trump Refuses to Play by the Rules  —  RUSH: You've heard the phrase “the game.”  Every business has aspects of it that are considered the game, and that's the routine.  And the game is characterized by everybody knowing the rules of the game.  People involved in it play by the rules.
Tom Wheeler / Re/code:
It's Time to Unlock the Set-Top Box Market  —  Thanks to advances in technology, American consumers enjoy unprecedented choice in how they view entertainment, news and sports programming.  You can pretty much watch what you want, where you want, when you want.
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary's “blame-men-first” feminism may prove costly in 2016  —  Hillary lags among men, again.  Is it misogyny, or her brand of feminism?  The story too hot for the New York Times  —  During her two presidential campaigns, Hillary Clinton has consistently drawn greater support from women than men.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders  —  I adore Bernie Sanders.  —  I agree with his message of fairness and I share his outrage over inequality and corporate abuses.  I think his righteous populism has captured the moment perfectly.  I respect the uplifting campaign he has run.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be
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.
Discussion: The Week
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Suggests Donald Trump Is Not a Christian
Discussion: Mediaite, abc13.com and Daily Kos
Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue … COLERAIN TONWSHIP, Ohio — A shelter dog from Ohio that no one seemed to want has been rescued by a family of A-listers.  —  Nate the terrier was originally rescued from his former owner, who was described as a hoarder.
Discussion: WTKR-TV
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.
 
 
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Despite Jabs And Attacks, GOP Hawks Take Second Look At Ted Cruz
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Campaign Collapsing, Carson Slams Adviser as ‘Not Epitome of Truth’
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Post:
Uber driver attacks pregnant woman's service dog: cops
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Molly Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Man charged with killing legislator's sister had previous arrests
Discussion: Associated Press
ABC News:
ABC News Announces Criteria For New Hampshire Republican Debate
Discussion: CNNMoney, Business Insider and TVNewser
 Earlier Items: 
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Should The Times Have Been a Tougher Watchdog in Flint?
Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite and Politico
Keith Rogers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Rancher Cliven Bundy responds to sons' arrests in Oregon standoff — VIDEO
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
A Person Can't Be ‘Diverse’ … Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma …
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
Mother Jones:
Map: Which States Allow Gay Marriage?
Discussion: ThinkProgress
CNN:
Why I'm voting for Trump  —  (CNN)They are showing up in droves …
New York Times:
Vindication for Planned Parenthood
Daily Mail:
Muslims are ‘not like us’ and we should just accept they will never integrate, says former …
Discussion: Telegraph and Vox Popoli
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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