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8:40 AM ET, February 2, 2016

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Iowa caucuses: Ted Cruz wins  —  (CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, according to a CNN projection, a huge victory for him and a bitter defeat for Donald Trump in the country's first presidential contest.  —  The victory for Cruz is the first time that the conventional laws …
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Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
Iowa Caucus Results  —  Candidates Vote Pct.  Delegates  —  Bernie Sanders Martin O'Malley  —  Other  —  Uncommitted  —  34% reporting  —  Winners called by The Associated Press.  —  *The vote totals for the Iowa Democratic Party are State Delegate Equivalents …
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip  —  In a couple Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss.  —  It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Little Separates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Tight Race in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont were locked in an intensely tight race in the Iowa caucuses on Monday as Mrs. Clinton's strong support among women and older voters was matched …
Discussion: Iowa Democratic Party and PinkNews
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Iowa caucuses: Live updates  —  Welcome to the CNN live blog for the Iowa caucuses.  —  Throughout the day and evening, we're bringing you all the best moments, reporting and results as CNN Politics tracks the pulse of voters — and the fate of the candidates — in the first-in-the-nation voting state …
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Did Trump's debate snub hurt him?  Fox News commentators say it did  —  When Donald Trump lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses Monday night, Fox News commentators were quick to suggest that Trump's decision to skip Fox's debate had something to do with it.  —  Entrance poll surveys of Iowa voters supported the theory.
Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air, Slantpoint and TVNewser
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary  —  BOW, N.H. — The Republican presidential campaign's focus on Iowa is over, so the spotlight on ethanol and evangelicals is out.  —  Now begins an eight-day sprint in New Hampshire that in many ways will be entirely different …
Discussion: American Power
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   Iowa Democratic caucuses remain too close to call
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton ekes out win in Iowa against Sanders
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   How badly is Bernie burned?
Politico:
Rubio off to New Hampshire with wind at his back
Discussion: ABC News
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
2nd-Place Finish Pierces Donald Trump's Mystique, but Another Chance Comes Quickly
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
Clinton, Sanders in Tight Battle for Iowa; O'Malley Out
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Iowa sends New Hampshire a three-man race
New York Times:
Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa
Discussion: Mediaite
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Business:
How Ted Cruz Engineered His Iowa Triumph  —  A meticulous, technologically advanced, highly individualized groundgame—and legalized fireworks—trumped a certain outsider candidate.  —  At just about 9 p.m. local time, the leadership of Ted Cruz's presidential campaign moved like a phalanx through …
Discussion: Politico
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How pollsters got Iowa wrong
Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Martin O'Malley is suspending his presidential campaign
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech
Discussion: The Week
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To Crowd: ‘Knock The Crap Out Of’ Tomato Throwers, I'll Cover Legal Fees  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the crowd gathered at his campaign rally on Monday to “knock the crap” out of anybody who threw a tomato at him.  —  Trump said the event's security staff told …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hullabaloo
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
O'Malley suspends presidential bid after a dismal showing in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley announced the suspension of his presidential campaign Monday night, following a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses that effectively ended his long-simmering White House ambitions.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Martin O'Malley Suspends Presidential Campaign
Discussion: WJBF-TV and The Week
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING=> Carson Accuses Cruz Camp of Foul Play - Told Voters Carson Was Dropping Out  —  SCANDAL-  —  Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses today.  —  Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz. … Fortune reported:
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mike Huckabee suspends his 2016 campaign  —  Mike Huckabee suspended his bid for the Republican nomination, ending a second run that overshadowed by other candidates in the former Arkansas governor's social-conservative lane.  —  Huckabee's announcement concludes a campaign that was not nearly …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Huckabee suspends campaign
New York Post:
How long can Hillary Clinton hide in a parallel universe?  —  Hillary Clinton's defense of her seemingly criminal mishandling of the nation's secrets now looks to be pretty much, I live in a parallel universe.  —  The latest: She insists the e-mail story is still in the news only because some …
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk
FiveThirtyEight:
The Iowa Caucuses: Live Coverage  —  Leave a comment, and send us questions @FiveThirtyEight.
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Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Marco Rubio to score big endorsement from Tim Scott  —  DES MOINES — Marco Rubio is expected to secure the widely coveted endorsement of South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Tuesday, according to three sources.  —  Scott, the only black Republican is the U.S. Senate, will be Rubio's second …
Daily Mail:
Shocking footage claims to show a group of migrant men ‘attacking two pensioners who stood up for a woman they were harassing on the Munich subway’  —  Shocking footage has surfaced online appearing to show a group of young migrants attacking two German pensioners after they stood …
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
As Feds Plan to Cut Border Monitoring, Texas Officials Ask Why … Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday to explain why the agency plans to reduce its aerial surveillance on the Texas-Mexico border.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Jeb Spends $2,884 Per Iowa Vote  —  Florida governor Jeb Bush received 5,165 votes in Iowa.  His vote total constitutes 2.8 percent of the Republican turnout, placing him in sixth place in the Iowa caucus.  —  Yet no candidate in either party spent more in the race than Bush.
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Wages of Derp are Derp. Lots of it.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jason Noble / USA Today:
Bush's final rally interrupted by ‘seat fillers’ demanding to be paid
Jessica Derschowitz / EW.com:
John Cleese condemns political correctness on college campuses
Discussion: Mediaite and Instapundit
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Sarah Larimer / Washington Post:
Woman stops Florida cop for speeding: ‘The reason I pulled you over today ...’
Discussion: CBS Miami and theGrio
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Koch brothers network ready to oppose Trump
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Oops. Fox News catches Hillary telling story she just heard “yesterday” three weeks earlier
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Mediaite
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Donald Trump accidentally put money in the Communion plate at a church in Iowa
 

 
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