memeorandum: EU leaders: ‘No link’ between Cologne sex attacks and migrant crisis (Matthew Holehouse/Telegraph)

8:15 PM ET, January 30, 2016

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Donald Trump reclaims lead in latest Iowa Poll — Donald Trump has muscled ahead in Iowa, regaining his lead on the brink of the first votes being cast in the 2016 presidential race. — Trump stands at 28 percent, while rival Ted Cruz has slid to 23 percent.

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

GOP braces for Trump Iowa result — Republican senators, the pillars of the party establishment, are anxiously awaiting the Iowa caucuses on Monday to find out if Donald Trump is the real deal or simply a media-hyped mirage. — GOP strategists expect between 150,000 and 185,000 voters will turn out …

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Caleb Howe / RedState:

RESULTS ARE IN: Winner of Des Moines Register's Final Iowa Poll Before The Caucus — The big political news of the weekend is here, and the Des Moines Register's poll results are out. Here we go: — Trump wins. Cruz is close. Rubio third, and Carson fourth. Here's the rest of the field.

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Trump Overtakes Cruz in Final Iowa Poll Before Caucuses — Donald Trump has overtaken Ted Cruz in the final days before Iowa's caucuses, with the fate of the race closely tied to the size of Monday evening's turnout, especially among evangelical voters and those attending for the first time …

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Des Moines Register:

Clinton keeps slim edge over Sanders in latest Iowa Poll — Hillary Clinton has kept a tight grip on her slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the waning hours leading into the Iowa caucuses, a new Iowa Poll shows. — Clinton is the top pick for 45 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers …

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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Has Slim Lead Over Sanders in Iowa Poll

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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Iowa Political Parties Acknowledge Major Gap in Online Caucus Tool

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Des Moines Register:
A closer look at the GOP's Iowa Poll results

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Buzz builds for Rubio in Iowa

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Sarah Rumpf / Independent Journal Review:

He Said He Was An Undecided Iowan Until He He Received This Controversial Mailer From Ted Cruz. — Sarah Rumpf is a journalist, attorney, and caffeine addict living in Austin, Texas. Follow her on Twitter @rumpfshaker. — ShareTweetEmail — Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Cruz Endorser Questions Authenticity Of Mailers That Campaign Confirmed Were Real — AMES, Iowa — Iowa radio host Steve Deace, a top Ted Cruz endorser in this state, claimed on Saturday that controversial mailers sent to Iowa voters by the Cruz campaign were inauthentic …

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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Flag thrown on Ted Cruz's Iowa ground game — Sarah Rumpf reports that Ted Cruz's campaign has sent certain Iowa voters a large card printed to look like a manila envelope on one side and labeled: “ELECTION ALERT,” “VOTER VIOLATION,” “PUBLIC RECORD,” and “FURTHER ACTION NEEDED.” The text of the mailing stated:

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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Uncomfortable Question for Ted Cruz on Obamacare Silences the Room

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Top Iowa elections official slams Cruz mailer

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New York Times:

Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination — Voters have the chance to choose one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history. — For the past painful year, the Republican presidential contenders have been bombarding Americans with empty propaganda slogans …

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New York Times:

A Chance to Reset the Republican Race — The battle to be the Republican choice for president has been nasty, brutish and anything but short. The hope among some Republicans is that the Iowa caucuses on Monday and the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9 will promote a candidate who can appeal …

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Clinton: I didn't generate any ‘top secret’ emails

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Denver Post:

At least 9 people taken to area hospitals — Multiple shootings and a stabbing were reported at the Denver Coliseum Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) — Multiple shootings and at least one stabbing have been reported at the Denver Coliseum Saturday afternoon.

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Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:

EU leaders: ‘No link’ between Cologne sex attacks and migrant crisis — European Commission denies link between migration crisis and attacks on women in Germany — The sex attacks that took place in Cologne on New Year's Eve were simply a “matter of public order” and had nothing …

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Daily Mail:
EU leaders insist there is ‘NO LINK’ …

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Sanders, Clinton Campaigns Agree To More Debates, Disagree On The Details — MANCHESTER, Iowa — The campaigns of the two major candidates for the Democratic nomination have agreed to hold four more debates, should they be sanctioned, sources from both the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns tell BuzzFeed News.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
DNC moving to assert control as more Democratic debates agreed

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BBC:

Why does Sweden have more boys than girls? — There is something odd going on with the ratio between boys and girls in Sweden. The latest estimates suggest there are 123 boys for every 100 girls among 16 and 17-year-olds. That's an even greater imbalance than in the same age group in China.

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Daily Mail:

Stockholm train station mob on rampage beating up refugee children — A mob of black-clad masked men went on a rampage in and around Stockholm's main train station last night beating up refugees and anyone who did not look like they were ethnically Swedish.

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Catherine Edwards / The Local:
Masked marchers beat immigrants in Stockholm

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Washington Post:

Obama to make first visit of his presidency to a U.S. mosque next week — President Obama will make the first visit during his presidency to a U.S. mosque next week, the White House announced Saturday, as the administration tries to promote religious tolerance at a time when rhetoric linking Islam …

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Baltimore Sun:
Obama to visit Baltimore County mosque, marking first visit to a U.S. mosque as president

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New York Post:

Hillary's lame excuses for her e-mail misconduct are crumbling — The State Department just knocked a gaping hole in Hillary Clinton's happy e-mail fable. — State, the Associated Press reports, won't release 22 of Clinton's messages to the public because they contain too much most-secret information.