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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump refuses to reconsider debate in fiery Fox interview — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday night lashed out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in his first appearance on the network since he announced he'd boycott the next GOP debate.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox News Statement Taunting Trump Was ‘100 Percent’ Roger Ailes — But now he's frantic to get the billionaire back into the Thursday-night debate. — As the war between Fox News and Donald Trump ratchets up, Roger Ailes is fighting off criticism from his senior executives over his handling of the crisis.
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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.
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
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Rush Limbaugh and The Gateway Pundit
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cruz groups offer $1.5M to charity if Trump debates Cruz one-on-one — Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz say they will donate $1.5 million to charities committed to helping veterans if rival Donald Trump agrees to a one-on-one debate with Cruz.
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Political Wire
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
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Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
JD Rucker / RedState:
Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
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News Watch and Hot Air
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos
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Mediaite, NBC News, Outside the Beltway and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up
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Oregonian, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Jawa Report, Des Moines Register and Hullabaloo
John Sepulvado / OPB:
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge
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KOIN-TV, Talking Points Memo, The Week, WSPA-TV, Washington Post, Associated Press and The Truth About Guns
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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and Salon
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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 …
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Hot Air, Yahoo Politics, Da Tech Guy Blog and Vox
Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Donald Trump Responds to Ted Cruz's Debate Challenge
Donald Trump Responds to Ted Cruz's Debate Challenge
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Mark Carlson / KCRG-TV:
Man Charged for Throwing Tomatoes at Donald Trump During Iowa City Stop
Man Charged for Throwing Tomatoes at Donald Trump During Iowa City Stop
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Talking Points Memo and Mashable
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP slashes Feb. debate undercard contest — ABC News will not include an undercard contest during its Republican presidential debate in February, according to new criteria released from the network. — The decision threatens to cut the debate stage to as few as six candidates just three days before New Hampshire primary.
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Political Wire
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ABC News:
ABC News Announces Criteria For New Hampshire Republican Debate
ABC News Announces Criteria For New Hampshire Republican Debate
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CNNMoney, Business Insider and TVNewser
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, RH Reality Check, Daily Kos, Reuters, The Week, UnionLeader.com and New York Times
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Paul: With Trump gone, GOP will have its ‘best debate’
Paul: With Trump gone, GOP will have its ‘best debate’
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Hot Air, The Week and PoliticusUSA
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In early 2014, after 10 years of rapid growth, the charity Wounded Warrior Project flew its roughly 500 employees to Colorado Springs for an “all hands” meeting at the five-star Broadmoor hotel.
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money
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RedState, The Daily Caller, CBS Boston, WJAX-TV, Fox News, The Week and WKRG-TV
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 …
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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.
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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.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Despite Jabs And Attacks, GOP Hawks Take Second Look At Ted Cruz — WASHINGTON — Some of the hawkish figures who Ted Cruz recently dismissed as “crazy neo-con invade-every-country-on-earth and send our kids to die in the Middle East” ... say they'd consider supporting Cruz anyway if he's …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee Backers Slams Ted Cruz As A “Phony” Christian In New Iowa TV Ad
Huckabee Backers Slams Ted Cruz As A “Phony” Christian In New Iowa TV Ad
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and BarbWire.com
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.
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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.
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