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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 …

Discussion: USA Today, The Other McCain, Advocate and The Week

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Des Moines Register, The Hill, WTVR-TV, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, Taylor Marsh, Common Dreams, The Slot, FOX6Now.com, Florida Politics and fox8.com

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

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, The Resurgent, Bleeding Heartland, ThinkProgress and The Week

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: Slantpoint and TVNewser

Nick Gass / Politico:

Clinton ekes out win in Iowa against Sanders — Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses, according to results announced by the state Democratic Party early Tuesday morning — a dramatic finish to a race so close that the Associated Press declined to call …

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, New York Times, Vocativ, Political Wire, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon and National Review

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

Why ‘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.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Florida Politics, The Week, Des Moines Register and PinkNews

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Iowa Democratic caucuses remain too close to call — Hillary Clinton is maintaining a thin lead in the Iowa caucuses as Monday's Democratic Iowa caucuses spilled into Tuesday without a winner. — With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton 49.9 percent compared to Sanders's has 49.6 percent.

Emily Shapiro / ABC News:

Ted Cruz Projected to Win Iowa GOP Caucuses, Trump Second

Discussion: WCTX-TV, Fox News, The Right Scoop, Scared Monkeys, Business Insider, Townhall.com and Washington Post

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: How badly is Bernie burned?

Associated Press:
Clinton, Sanders in Tight Battle for Iowa; O'Malley Out

Discussion: ABC News, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Politico

Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and The Week

Politico: Rubio off to New Hampshire with wind at his back

New York Times:
Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa

Discussion: Raw Story

The Huffington Post:
Iowa Caucuses — Iowa residents will be the first in the nation to cast their ballots.

Discussion: Political Wire

BuzzFeed:
Live Updates: Hillary Clinton Ekes Out Narrow Victory Against Bernie Sanders

Discussion: The Week

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
A Donald Trump victory could threaten Fox's hold on GOP primaries

Discussion: Hot Air and RealClearPolitics

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:

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Andrea Gonzales / ABC News:
Ben Carson's Campaign Announces He's Traveling ‘Home’ for ‘Fresh Clothes’ Amid Iowa Caucuses

Discussion: Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Associated Press

Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Martin O'Malley is suspending his presidential campaign

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, The Hill and Outside the Beltway

Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:

Donald Trump accidentally put money in the Communion plate at a church in Iowa — Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has been looking for ways to reach out to evangelical voters before the GOP primaries. On Sunday, the businessman and his wife attended church services …

Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, National Review, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Steve King: Trump wooed Palin with ‘assets and resources’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Raw Story

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Duck Dynasty Star Stumps For Ted Cruz: We Must ‘Rid The Earth’ Of Marriage Equality Supporters

Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Right Wing Watch, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Advocate, Towleroad, WTVR-TV and The Week

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

Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Huckabee suspends campaign

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, CNN, ABC News and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Political Insider blog, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times

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 …

John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk — It's not the ‘nothing-burger’ Clinton allies have tried to portray — lives are literally at stake — For months you've read about EmailGate in this column. I've elaborated how Hillary Clinton, the apparent Democratic frontrunner …

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton didn't know how to access email by computer, says State official

Discussion: The Week

Sarah Larimer / Washington Post:

Woman stops Florida cop for speeding: ‘The reason I pulled you over today ...’ — When a South Florida woman noticed another driver who she thought was speeding, she followed the car and eventually confronted the man behind the wheel. — What makes this traffic stop notable, though, was that she had followed a police officer.

Discussion: CBS Miami and theGrio