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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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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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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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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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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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Marco Rubio emerges as champion of battered Republican establishment
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5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
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Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary
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Christie belittles Rubio as ‘the boy in the bubble’
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Donald Trump Isn't Real
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Republican Establishment Finds Measure of Comfort in Trump Defeat
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Jeb Bush and the Perils of High Expectations
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Consequences of Iowa: Trump still strong, new life for Rubio, long-term trouble for Sanders
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Trump fever has broken. Cruz out-organized him. Here's what's next
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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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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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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.


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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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 …


The surprising success of Bernie Sanders's insurgency should be a wake-up call to the Democratic establishment
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Sanders rally chant: 'She's a liar!'
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A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary
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Sanders campaign reviewing Iowa caucus totals, says actual result may never be known
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Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders' strong challenge
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Hillary Clinton Declared Winner of Iowa Caucuses
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How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton
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Clinton's lucky quarter: Democratic frontrunner wins 6 coin tosses in narrow Iowa caucus victory
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Caucus turnout: Robust, record-setting and surprising
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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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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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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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Ted Cruz Apologizes to Ben Carson For Spreading Word He Quit Race — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz apologized for misleading Iowa Republican leaders by suggesting during Monday's caucuses that rival Ben Carson was dropping out. — Cruz issued the mea culpa after Carson accused him of foul play.
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Ben Carson Accuses Ted Cruz of Dirty Tricks at Iowa Caucuses
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BREAKING=> Carson Accuses Cruz Camp of FOUL PLAY - Told Voters Carson Was Dropping Out — WITH PROOF!
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Carson: Cruz ‘Dirty Tricks’ Ruined My Chances In Iowa!
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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.


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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