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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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Exclusive: Fox News' Megyn Kelly Calls Donald Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ — She says she will keep asking hard questions at Thursday's debate — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has had lots of bad things to say about Fox News Host Megyn Kelly. He has called her “very biased,” …
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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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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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Cruz groups offer $1.5M to charity if Trump debates Cruz one-on-one
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Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
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Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
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Sanders challenges Clinton to 3 new debates — MASON CITY, Iowa — Hours after Hillary Clinton ratcheted up her pressure on him to accept an invitation to an unsanctioned debate on Feb. 4, Bernie Sanders escalated the debate by calling for three new debates.
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Sanders says Obama not trying to ‘tip scales’ for Clinton
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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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With no Trump, Cruz goes from hunter to hunted
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Man Charged for Throwing Tomatoes at Donald Trump During Iowa City Stop
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Witness: ‘Lot of shooting’ during militia arrest — PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Pilot Rock resident on his way to California was a witness to the shootout on Highway 395 between the FBI, Oregon State Police and members of the Malheur militia, he told KOIN 6 News.
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Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says
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FBI tells Oregon refuge occupiers to leave as authorities set up roadblocks
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Teenager Sevdet Besim allegedly planned to target police with explosive kangaroo — A Melbourne teenager allegedly discussed packing a kangaroo with explosives, painting it with an Islamic State symbol and setting it loose on police officers. — Sevdet Ramadan Besim, 19, of Hallam …
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Teen planned to pack kangaroo with explosives and let it loose on Anzac Day, court hears — A Melbourne teenager discussed painting a kangaroo with the Islamic State group's symbol, packing it with explosives and letting it loose on police as part of an alleged terror plot on Anzac Day, court documents have alleged.
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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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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.
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Does Europe Have a Future? — That is a question that could be repeated daily, given the steady stream of news stories like these. First, from Germany, where New Year's Eve turned into a nightmare of sexual assault with hundreds of women being attacked by migrants, a report on several cities' preparations for Carnival:
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White House: Zika virus is not Ebola — The Obama administration is looking to ease public fears over the Zika virus as it becomes increasingly likely that the mosquito-borne disease will spread to the U.S. — White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday that federal officials are planning a …
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‘24: Legacy’ Sets Miranda Otto As Female Lead — Following her showy season-long arc on the recent fifth season of Homeland, Miranda Otto is reuniting with Homeland executive producer Howard Gordon on 24: Legacy. Otto has been tapped as the female lead opposite Corey Hawkins in the Fox pilot …
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Why I'm Supporting Hillary Clinton, With Joy and Without Apologies — I've come to feel passion for Clinton herself, and for the movement that supports her. — By , — I got to spend last week in France talking—and not writing—about the 2016 presidential election.
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‘Excluded’ by the Rev. Martin Luther King — a new low in campus PC — Campus PC has come to this: The Student Union Board at the University of Oregon seriously debated removing a Martin Luther King Jr. quote from the rec center because the words weren't “inclusive” enough.