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12:00 PM ET, January 28, 2016

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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trumph of the Will  —  I wanted to make a couple related observations about this Donald Trump debate drama.  —  First, an admission.  —  When I heard last night that Trump was pulling out of the Fox News GOP primary debate I was quite certain he had every intention of finally attending tomorrow night's event.
Philip Elliott / TIME:
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,” …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox News Statement Taunting Trump Was ‘100 Percent’ Roger Ailes
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Trump Strong in Three Early States as Clinton and Sanders Battle: Poll  —  With just four days to go until the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Ted Cruz with a seven-point lead among likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers, while Hillary Clinton remains just three points in front …
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ABC News:
Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety  —  Most Americans expect that Hillary Clinton would prevail against her leading GOP opponent in November, while Bernie Sanders' chances are rated less well.  The thought of Donald Trump as president inspires high levels of public anxiety …
Discussion: Politico, The Week, Mediaite and RedState
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Accused of Backing Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants in TV Ad  —  The latest TV ad broadside against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump features footage of him backing citizenship for undocumented immigrants after his campaign launched and accused him of profiting from illegal workers.
NBC News:
First Read: All About Turnout in Iowa
Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
So much for the political revolution. In 2016, everything old is new again.
Discussion: MSNBC and Agence France-Presse
Conrad Wilson / OPB:
More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants  —  The FBI took three additional militants into custody Wednesday, as occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge began to trickle away from the site they have held for 26 days, and as the militants arrested Tuesday faced indictment in federal court.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI's Hillary Clinton email investigation not letting up  —  Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server shows no signs of slowing down.  —  Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual and speculated that a decision …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders challenges Clinton to 3 new debates
Discussion: RH Reality Check, Reuters and The Hill
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP slashes Feb. debate undercard contest
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
An Unprecedented Threat to Privacy … Throughout the United States—outside private houses, apartment complexes, shopping centers, and businesses with large employee parking lots—a private corporation, Vigilant Solutions, is taking photos of cars and trucks with its vast network of unobtrusive cameras.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump endorsed by key SC politician  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday picked up the endorsement of South Carolina Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, his highest profile elected official to date.  —  McMaster introduced Trump ahead of his rally Wednesday night in South Carolina …
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Marist Poll:
1/28: Trump Leads in IA, NH, and SC... Clinton and Sanders Competitive in IA, Sanders up in NH, Clinton Leads in SC
The Age:
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 …
Discussion: NBC News, Tim Blair, AOL and Scared Monkeys
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Reuters:
Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest  —  There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental.  —  In the world of Jeb Bush …
Discussion: The Week
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
The admiral in charge of Navy intelligence has not been allowed to see military secrets for years  —  For more than two years, the Navy's intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He's not allowed to know any secrets.  —  Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch has been barred from reading …
jama.jamanetwork.com:
The Emerging Zika Pandemic  —  Enhancing Preparedness  —  FREE ONLINE FIRST  —  Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH1; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD2  —  JAMA.  —  The Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis, originated in the Zika forest …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
White House: Zika virus is not Ebola
Discussion: Instapundit
Tom Mooney / providencejournal.com:
Former Providence Mayor Vincent A.  ‘Buddy’ Cianci has died  —  Cianci, 74, was Providence's longest serving mayor and a twice convicted felon.  Cianci, who battled colon cancer, was rushed to Miriam Hospital with “severe stomach pains” Wednesday night and died Thursday morning.
DNAinfo Chicago:
Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams To Block Audio, Records Show  —  CHICAGO — Why are so many police dashcam videos silent?  —  Chicago Police Department officers stashed microphones in their squad car glove boxes.  They pulled out batteries.  Microphone antennas got busted or went missing.
Complete Colorado / Page Two:
US Dept. of Homeland Security loses 1,300 badges and credentials in 31 months  —  According to a spreadsheet of lost, damaged and destroyed items, various agencies inside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported over 1,300 badges and credentials lost or stolen …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:   Hundreds of DHS badges, guns, cell phones lost or stolen since 2012
 
 
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi distances Democrats from Sanders's plan to raise taxes
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Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Citizens United Demands Why Clinton Donor Wasn't Jailed After Numerous Deaths
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Instapundit
Dave Price / Politico:
When Trump, Clinton and Rubio Came to Town
Discussion: Washington Monthly
BostonGlobe.com:
With pact, city ends long opposition to Wynn casino
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Post:
‘Excluded’ by the Rev. Martin Luther King — a new low in campus PC
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WATCH: Garbage truck explodes in fireball, rips hole in nearby house
Discussion: Mediaite
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Discussion: Jihad Watch and Daily Mail
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