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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Who won the ratings race: Fox News or Donald Trump? — Donald Trump counter-programmed Thursday's GOP primary debate with his own prime time event. So whose show scored a bigger audience? — Answer: Fox's debate. But it was the second lowest rated debate of the season.
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Negative Ads Go After Marco Rubio, Rather Than Donald Trump — DES MOINES - Senator Ted Cruz, scrambling to put down a growing threat in Iowa from Senator Marco Rubio, is shifting nearly all of his negative advertising from Donald J. Trump to Mr. Rubio for the final three days of the caucuses.
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Megyn Kelly Just Did Trump's Dirty Work for Him — Donald Trump skipped last night's Fox News debate in a fit of pique over the “very biased” Megyn Kelly. But since the shocking things he does and says always seem to work out for him, someone else used his pet issue of immigration to tie his top Republican rivals into knots.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Branstad: Cruz prospects dimming in Iowa — Just three days before the Iowa caucuses, longtime Republican Gov. Terry Branstad ripped into Ted Cruz — panning his Thursday night debate performance and asserting that his prospects in the state are dimming. — “Ted Cruz was ahead in Iowa …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is an ‘anchor baby’
Trump: Cruz is an ‘anchor baby’
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Ted Cruz / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz threatened to leave the debate after a ‘mean question’
Ted Cruz threatened to leave the debate after a ‘mean question’
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: It was a rough night for Ted Cruz
GOP insiders: It was a rough night for Ted Cruz
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
5 Ways the Republican Debate Did (And Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
5 Ways the Republican Debate Did (And Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
No, Ted Cruz Did NOT Support Amnesty, Concedes Megyn Kelly After #GOPDebate
No, Ted Cruz Did NOT Support Amnesty, Concedes Megyn Kelly After #GOPDebate
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Mike Allen / Politico:
An Iowa win might make the Trump train unstoppable
An Iowa win might make the Trump train unstoppable
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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Gov't declares 22 Clinton emails ‘top secret’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's unsecured home server contained some of the U.S. government's most closely guarded secrets, censoring 22 emails with material demanding …
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Fox News:
Official: Some Clinton emails ‘too damaging’ to release — EXCLUSIVE: The intelligence community has now deemed some of Hillary Clinton's emails “too damaging” to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton email prober had deeper role in inquiry into 2000 Clinton campaign — An official overseeing State Department investigations stemming from Hillary Clinton's email practices had a greater role than previously acknowledged in a probe of Clinton's first Senate campaign, according to a subpoena reviewed by POLITICO.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State to release some Clinton emails on Friday; thousands still delayed — The State Department on Friday will release roughly 2,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's emails, but will delay the final batch of messages until after voters go to the polls in early primary states.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
22 Hillary Clinton emails declared ‘top secret’ by State Dept. — The furor over Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account grew more serious for the Democratic presidential frontrunner Friday as the State Department designated 22 of the messages from her account “top secret.”
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
BREAKING: State Department Admits 22 E-mails on Hillary's Unsecured Server Were ‘Top Secret’
BREAKING: State Department Admits 22 E-mails on Hillary's Unsecured Server Were ‘Top Secret’
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Fiorina: Hillary Clinton is More Qualified For The ‘Big House’ Than The White House
Fiorina: Hillary Clinton is More Qualified For The ‘Big House’ Than The White House
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What Happens If Bernie Sanders Wins Iowa — If you're dreaming of Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton, you know how the movie begins (he wins Iowa on Monday3), how it ends (he accepts the nomination to a Simon & Garfunkel tune), and one of the major plot lines (black, Hispanic and moderate Democrats …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
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Christopher Beem / New Republic:
Young Voters Embrace Sanders, But Not Democracy
Young Voters Embrace Sanders, But Not Democracy
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Washington Monthly and New York Times
fox8.com:
Ohio model convicted of trying to hire hitman to kill husband's ex … CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A central Ohio jury has found a woman guilty of trying to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her husband's children. — The jury in Circleville, south of Columbus, found 33-year-old fashion model Tara Lambert guilty …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: New Steps to Advance Equal Pay on the Seventh Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — “It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign...we are upholding one of this nation's first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness.”
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Former House Oversight chairman: ‘FBI director would like to indict Clinton and Abedin’ — MANCHESTER — California Congressman Darrell Issa, who previously led an investigation into Benghazi as former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says the FBI “would like to indict both Huma …
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our Institutions — WASHINGTON — WHILE presidential candidates from both parties feverishly pitch their legislative agendas, voters should also consider what presidents can do without Congress. Agency rules, executive actions and decisions …
Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
Despite having the least opportunity to speak at tonight's debate, Dr. Ben Carson said the most. He proved himself the best qualified candidate in the 2016 presidential race, addressing common sense solutions to the problems and concerns of the American People, demonstrating he is committed …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What Republicans Should Say — For a few decades, American and British conservatism marched in tandem. Thatcher was philosophically akin to Reagan. John Major was akin to George Bush. — But now the two conservatisms have split. The key divide is over what to do about the slow-motion devastation …
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