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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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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.
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What to Look For in a Republican Debate Without Donald Trump
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Fox News Statement Taunting Trump Was ‘100 Percent’ Roger Ailes
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The Trumph of the Will — I wanted to make a couple related …
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Trump Refuses to Play by the Rules
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Reid: 'I'm kind of pulling' for Trump
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Cruz groups offer $1.5M to charity if Trump debates Cruz one-on-one
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Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
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With no Trump, Cruz goes from hunter to hunted
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Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
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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 …
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Sanders challenges Clinton to 3 new debates
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Sanders says Obama not trying to ‘tip scales’ for Clinton
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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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The Week and Political Wire


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
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Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit


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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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.


Jason Patrick, 2 others linked to Oregon refuge occupation taken into custody — The man who emerged Wednesday as the leader of the remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has been taken into custody. — The FBI arrested Jason Patrick, 43, of Bonaire, Georgia …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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The Atlantic, FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air and The Last Tradition


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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Talking Points Memo, The State and Political Insider blog


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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‘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.