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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Scott Brown to endorse Trump — MILFORD, N.H. — Former Massachusetts senator Scott P. Brown, a moderate Republican who two years ago ran for Senate in New Hampshire, will endorse Donald Trump at a rally here Tuesday night, one week before the state's presidential primary.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Why Trump Lost Iowa — Evangelicals come through for Cruz. — West Des Moines, Iowa — All of the televisions in the Sheraton ballroom at Donald Trump's caucus watch party were turned to CNN when the news arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. local time. With 97 percent of precincts reporting …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Donald Trump Comes Out Of Iowa Looking Like Pat Buchanan — On Monday, Iowa voters did something that Republican “party elites” had failed to do for more than seven months: They rejected Donald Trump. — Trump received 24 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses, placing him closer …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Sarah Palin talks about Trump's Iowa loss and whether they've discussed running together — DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ® flew out of Iowa on Tuesday after traveling there to campaign with presidential hopeful Donald Trump. — Yahoo News spoke to Palin …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump breaks 15-hour Twitter silence — Ted Cruz's first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses Monday silenced Donald Trump for more than 15 hours. — By 11 a.m. Monday, Trump had declared to his millions of Twitter followers, “WE WILL FINALLY TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Marco Rubio emerges as champion of battered Republican establishment
Marco Rubio emerges as champion of battered Republican establishment
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Rivals Look to New Hampshire for a Shot at Breaking Donald Trump's Stride
Rivals Look to New Hampshire for a Shot at Breaking Donald Trump's Stride
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Donald Trump Isn't Real
Donald Trump Isn't Real
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary
Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Christie belittles Rubio as ‘the boy in the bubble’
Christie belittles Rubio as ‘the boy in the bubble’
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Establishment Finds Measure of Comfort in Trump Defeat
Republican Establishment Finds Measure of Comfort in Trump Defeat
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William Whalen / Fox News:
Trump fever has broken. Cruz out-organized him. Here's what's next
Trump fever has broken. Cruz out-organized him. Here's what's next
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Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Consequences of Iowa: Trump still strong, new life for Rubio, long-term trouble for Sanders
Consequences of Iowa: Trump still strong, new life for Rubio, long-term trouble for Sanders
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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 …
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Sam Lau / Iowa Democratic Party:
Statement from IDP Chair on Tonight's Historically Close Caucus Results — DES MOINES—IDP Chair Dr. Andy McGuire released the following statement on tonight's 2016 Iowa Democratic Precinct Caucuses: — “Tonight we saw an historically close Iowa Democratic Caucus that featured …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary — It sounds like laughable pro-Hillary spin but it's true. For Hillary Clinton, a virtual tie in Iowa was an accomplishment. — That's because, demographically, the Hawkeye State was her worst nightmare. Among the Democratic Party's three major constituencies …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders — Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren't even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases.
Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Bernie Sanders wants raw vote count released after tight finish in Iowa caucuses — Dramatic clash with Hillary Clinton for Democratic presidential nomination is sign public want change, says leftwing senator — Bernie Sanders has called on the Democratic party to release a raw vote count …
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Karen Friar / MarketWatch:
Coin toss broke 6 Clinton-Sanders deadlocks in Iowa — and Hillary won each time — While it was hard to call a winner between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders last night, it's easy to say who was luckier. — The race between the Democrat presidential hopefuls was so tight …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The surprising success of Bernie Sanders's insurgency should be a wake-up call to the Democratic establishment
The surprising success of Bernie Sanders's insurgency should be a wake-up call to the Democratic establishment
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders rally chant: 'She's a liar!'
Sanders rally chant: 'She's a liar!'
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders campaign reviewing Iowa caucus totals, says actual result may never be known
Sanders campaign reviewing Iowa caucus totals, says actual result may never be known
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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton
How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Declared Winner of Iowa Caucuses
Hillary Clinton Declared Winner of Iowa Caucuses
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Associated Press:
Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders' strong challenge
Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders' strong challenge
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz apologizes for spreading rumor about Carson dropping out — Iowa Republican caucus winner Ted Cruz on Tuesday apologized to fellow candidate GOP presidential Ben Carson for spreading a rumor that the former neurosurgeon had dropped out of the race. — “Last night when our political team saw …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
13 Quick Takeaways From The 2016 Iowa Caucuses — The Iowa caucuses finally took place last night, after months of Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns criss-crossing the state. Polls were volatile heading into caucus night. — 1) Ted Cruz, Take a Bow
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Rush Limbaugh:
Reagan Conservatism Dominated Iowa — RUSH: The establishment's out there going nuts, folks, thinking that they have made a giant recovery here. — But at the end of the day, what do we have? We have Rubio. We have Ted Cruz. And I'm gonna throw Ben Carson in because this is a crucial point.
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Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Ben Carson Accuses Ted Cruz of Dirty Tricks at Iowa Caucuses
Ben Carson Accuses Ted Cruz of Dirty Tricks at Iowa Caucuses
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Ted Cruz Apologizes to Ben Carson For Spreading Word He Quit Race
Ted Cruz Apologizes to Ben Carson For Spreading Word He Quit Race
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CNN:
First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson
First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson
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Tori Floyd / Yahoo! News:
Woman Who Gets Waferless KitKat Demands Lifetime Supply — A woman is demanding a lifetime supply of KitKats after she bought a packet of the chocolatey treats without any wafer. — Saima Ahmad, 20, a law student from Enfield, north London, purchased a multipack of eight KitKat bars from a supermarket for £2 last month.
Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
A Note to Readers — The Intercept recently discovered a pattern of deception in the actions of a staff member. The employee, Juan Thompson, was a staff reporter from November 2014 until last month. Thompson fabricated several quotes in his stories and created fake email accounts …
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