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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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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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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Caucus turnout: Robust, record-setting and surprising — Iowa's 2016 caucus attendance was a doozy. — Republicans counted more than 180,000 caucusgoers, topping their 2012 attendance record of 121,503 by an estimated 60,000 people. — And while Democratic numbers weren't completely tallied …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary
A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary
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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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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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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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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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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton
How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton
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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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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 …
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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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Effort To Turn Out Latino Voters In Iowa Worked — After dismal Latino turnout numbers in Iowa the past two presidential caucuses, early indications suggest that a $300,000 nonpartisan effort to get Hispanics to caucus succeeded in getting record turnout.
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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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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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2016 Iowa Caucus Results Dashboard
2016 Iowa Caucus Results Dashboard
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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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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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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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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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CNN:
First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson
First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Carson Camp: Cruz Apology Is Too Little, Too Late
Carson Camp: Cruz Apology Is Too Little, Too Late
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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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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
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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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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
The Intercept Says Ex-Staffer ‘Went To Great Lengths’ To Fake Stories
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.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Kerry sent ‘secret’ email to Clinton from personal account — As a senator, Secretary of State John Kerry sent at least one email to Hillary Clinton from his personal account that has now been classified as secret, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Study Finds Republican Voter Suppression Is Even More Effective Than You Think — For years, researchers warned that laws requiring voters to show certain forms of photo identification at the poll would discriminate against racial minorities and other groups.
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Ann Zaniewski / Detroit Free Press:
DPS emergency manager Darnell Earley to step down — Embattled Detroit Public Schools emergency manager Darnell Earley is leaving his job Feb. 29, according to the governor's office. — Gov. Rick Snyder will appoint a transition leader by the end of the month.
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
FBI joins Flint drinking water investigation
FBI joins Flint drinking water investigation
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