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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 …
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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 …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
HuffPost to publish anti-Trump kicker with all Trump coverage — The Huffington Post has started appending an editor's note to the bottom of posts about Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, calling him a “racist,” a “liar” and a “xenophobe,” and reminding readers of his proposal …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Leads Iowa; Some Rays of Hope for Cruz, Rubio
Trump Leads Iowa; Some Rays of Hope for Cruz, Rubio
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Ed Mazza / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Tells Bill O'Reilly It's ‘An Eye For An Eye’ In War With Fox News
Donald Trump Tells Bill O'Reilly It's ‘An Eye For An Eye’ In War With Fox News
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Politico and Bloomberg Business
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Cruz's Closing Argument in Iowa: Trump Is a Liberal in Disguise
Cruz's Closing Argument in Iowa: Trump Is a Liberal in Disguise
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New York Times, Mediaite and Yahoo Politics
Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
So much for the political revolution. In 2016, everything old is new again.
So much for the political revolution. In 2016, everything old is new again.
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MSNBC and Agence France-Presse
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
CNN Political Commentator Stuns Trump Spox by Blasting ‘Sick and Vile’ Wounded Warriors Stunt — The fireworks were exploding early on Thursday morning ahead of the Fox News Republican debate, which frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will not attend.
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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.
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Kim LaCapria / snopes:
The Kelly Beguiles — A Saudi prince doesn't really “co-own” Fox News, and Fox political commentator Megyn Kelly didn't pose with him. — Claim: A photograph shows Fox political commentator Megyn Kelly posing with a Saudi prince who co-owns Fox News. — MOSTLY FALSE
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Daily Kos, Right Wing Watch, Business Insider and Mediaite
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump refuses to reconsider debate in fiery Fox interview
Trump refuses to reconsider debate in fiery Fox interview
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Fox News:
Trump campaign says Donald won't participate in Fox News/Google debate
Trump campaign says Donald won't participate in Fox News/Google debate
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Exclusive: Fox News' Megyn Kelly Calls Donald Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’
Exclusive: Fox News' Megyn Kelly Calls Donald Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’
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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Bernie Sanders in ‘overall very good health,’ doctor writes — Bernie Sanders is “in overall very good health,” the attending Senate physician said in a letter released Thursday summarizing the Vermont senator's medical evaluation. — “You are in overall very good health and active …
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Madeline McMahon / Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Says He'll Struggle to Win Iowa With Low Voter Turnout
Sanders Says He'll Struggle to Win Iowa With Low Voter Turnout
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The Daily Caller
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
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Consortiumnews.com and Campaign for America's Future
TIME.com:
Barbie's dress won't fit. — I'm sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., playing with a Barbie that only 20 people in the world know exists. Her creation has been kept so secret that the designers code-named the endeavor Project Dawn so that even their spouses …
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Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign — SEN. BERNIE Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading in New Hampshire and within striking distance in Iowa, in large part because he is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader. But Mr. Sanders is not a brave truth-teller.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
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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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Evan Perez / CNN:
Oregon occupiers: What officials say happened at traffic stop
Oregon occupiers: What officials say happened at traffic stop
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Myriah Towner For / Daily Mail:
US father tried for THEFT after he took his 12-year-old daughter's mobile phone away as a punishment — He had been charged with theft of property after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013 — Teen's mom, Michelle Steppe …
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Jeff Paul / CBS Dallas:
Father Arrested For Theft After Taking Daughter's Phone Vindicated
Father Arrested For Theft After Taking Daughter's Phone Vindicated
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Mediaite, Mashable, WREG-TV, KFOR-TV and Q13 FOX News
Eva Schloss / Newsweek:
Anne Frank's stepsister: ‘Donald Trump is acting like Hitler’ — Eva Schloss, 86, is an Auschwitz survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank. Both Frank and Schloss were Jewish refugees in Amsterdam together and the pair played together as children until their families were forced into hiding in 1942.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
It's Still Bill Clinton, but the Old Magic Seems Missing — MASON CITY, Iowa — Bill Clinton came to the vote-rich city of Mason City on Wednesday night and recounted his wife's life experiences, recited her policy ideas, and ripped into the Republicans a bit.
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 …
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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.