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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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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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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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Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
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Trump campaign says Donald won't participate in Fox News/Google debate
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Fox says Donald Trump is not telling the truth about its debate ad rates
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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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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 …


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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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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Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
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Trump's New Pro-Veterans Website Directs All Donations To Trump's Personal Foundation — After ducking the final Republican presidential debate heading into next week's Iowa caucuses, GOP front-runner Donald Trump announced that he would hold his own pro-veterans event during the debate to raise money for veterans.
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For Years, Trump's Charity Gave Veterans Little More Than Peanuts
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Donald Trump Wanted Vets Kicked Off Fifth Avenue
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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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Sanders workers are masquerading as Culinary members to campaign inside hotels — Operatives from Bernie Sanders' campaign have donned Culinary union pins and secured access to employee areas inside Strip hotels to try to garner votes for the Feb. 20 caucus, sources confirm.
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WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
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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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Oregon occupiers: What officials say happened at traffic stop — (CNN)A high-speed getaway attempt and a reach for the waistband are said to have prompted police SWAT team members to open fire on a group of leaders of the Oregon armed occupiers. — A law enforcement official described …
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Ammon Bundy - Malheur Wildlife Refuge Case
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More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants
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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.
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Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents — The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget decided to haul water coolers into the Flint state building in January of 2015 out of concern over the city's water quality …
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BREAKING NEWS: Man carrying two guns and a copy of the Koran hidden in a bag is arrested at DisneyLand Paris as police hunt woman accomplice — A man has been arrested at DisneyLand Paris carrying two handguns, ammunition, and a copy of the Koran, but police are still hunting his female companion.
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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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Ten Years Ago Today Al Gore Said The World Would End Because of Climate Change — Watch out world, and we are sorry if you had not realised before reading this, the world is ending today. That's because today is the day that climate change entrepreneur, and former US Vice President …
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Clinton Foundation on collision course with campaign — The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation increasingly seen as a distraction by supporters of Hillary Clinton's presidential bid is considering dialing back its activity during the campaign and a potential Clinton presidency …
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Fresh off saying Maine should revive the guillotine to decapitate drug dealers, Gov. Paul LePage (R) said Wednesday that private citizens should get in on the criminal-killing action too. — “I tell ya, everybody in Maine, we have constitutional carry,” LePage said in an on-camera interview in Lewiston …
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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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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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Details and Analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders's Tax Plan — FISCAL FACT No. 498: Details and Analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders's Tax Plan (PDF) — Key Findings: — Senator Sanders (I-VT) would enact a number of policies that would raise payroll taxes and individual income taxes, especially on high-income households.
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