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Hillary Clinton: “I've always tried” to tell the truth — LAS VEGAS — For Hillary Clinton, these are high roller stakes in Nevada after losing New Hampshire in a landslide and essentially tying in Iowa. — She has decided to stay in Nevada through the caucus on Saturday.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush machine running on fumes — SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Some of Jeb Bush's most steadfast allies think Saturday might be the end. — Donors, who poured millions into his campaign and super PAC, have stopped giving - one refusing a direct request to raise $1 million this week.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
In S.C., the GOP contest looks more and more like a three-man race
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
What to Watch In Nevada and South Carolina This Weekend
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Campaign for America's Future, Hot Air, The Atlantic and National Review
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Race in Nevada, Once a Hillary Clinton Firewall, Is Now Hotly Contested
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Politico, State & Capitol and Prairie Weather
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2002, Donald Trump Said He Supported Invading Iraq — “Are you for invading Iraq?” Howard Stern asked him, and Trump answered, “Yeah, I guess so.” — w.soundcloud.com — For months, Donald Trump has claimed that he opposed the Iraq War before the invasion began — as an example of his great judgment on foreign policy issues.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
A canticle for Donald Trump — Donald Trump's progress toward the Republican nomination is beginning to look fated. When it comes to good luck, or divine intervention, can anything beat Pope Francis's condemnation of Donald Trump today for supporting a wall protecting the southern border of the United States?
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Catholic Philly, Associated Press and National Review
Silvio Canto, Jr / American Thinker:
‘El Papa’ embraces Raul Castro but calls Donald Trump anti-Christian!
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The Gateway Pundit, VDARE, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO THE POPE
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump on Whether Pope Dust-up Will Hurt: ‘You Never Know’
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Politico
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Donald Trump Fires Back at Sharp Rebuke by Pope Francis
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump's Lead Slashed in South Carolina: Poll — Donald Trump is now leading Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary by 5 points — down from his 16-point lead in the state a month ago, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton ‘feels the Bern,’ trails Sanders by three points nationally — Bernie Sanders now tops Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. — The latest Fox News national poll finds 47 percent of Democratic primary voters now back the Vermont senator, up from 37 percent in January.
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Fox News Poll: National presidential race February 18, 2016 — Home - Video - Politics - U.S. - Opinion - Entertainment - Tech - Science - Health - Travel - Lifestyle - World - Sports - On Air — ©2016 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Daniel Nasaw / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Would Lose Big to Sanders and Trump — WSJ/NBC Poll
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Washington Post
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Strong in South Carolina But Warning Signs Ahead, Bloomberg Poll Shows
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Bobby Blanchard / Trail Blazers Blog:
Consolidating Hispanic support, Clinton's campaign throws punches at Sanders
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Political Insider blog
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders Cuts Into Hillary Clinton's National Lead: Poll
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Jamie Self / The State:
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn to endorse Hillary Clinton for president
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New York Daily News:
Republicans, let's win this one for Nino — Let's understand something about the fight to fill the Supreme Court seat of Antonin ("Nino") Scalia. This is about nothing but raw power. Any appeal you hear to high principle is phony — brazenly, embarrassingly so.
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Washington Post
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Biden hints at centrist Supreme Court pick
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ABC News and The Huffington Post
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
In interview, Biden suggests Obama's Supreme Court pick shouldn't be too liberal
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The Week
Hugh Hewitt / CNN:
Antonin Scalia vacancy: Letter to GOP senator who waffled
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Washington Post
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Reports: Chicago court to hear case to knock Cruz off White House ballot — A judge in Cook County Circuit Court will hear testimony Friday in a lawsuit filed by an Illinois voter that alleges Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz should not be allowed to run for president, CNN and ABC are reporting.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why aren't we talking about how big a frontrunner Donald Trump is for the Republican nomination?
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New York Times:
U.S. Strikes ISIS Camp in Libya, Killing More Than 30 — WASHINGTON — American warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya early Friday, targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major terrorist attacks in Tunisia last year, according to a Western official.
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Charles G. Koch / Washington Post:
Charles Koch: This is the one issue where Bernie Sanders is right — Charles G. Koch is chairman and chief executive of Koch Industries. — As he campaigns for the Democratic nomination for president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) often sounds like he's running as much against me as he is the other candidates.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE- Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump's Rise Is Rejection of a Quarter Century of Bush Republicanism — In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Pat Buchanan declared that Trump's rise represents a rejection of 25 years of Bush Republicanism— an ideology which Buchanan …
Michael Riley / Bloomberg Business:
Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones — ‘Decision memo’ directs agencies to find ways to access data — Officials met around Thanksgiving to discuss encryption plans — Silicon Valley celebrated last fall when the White House revealed it would not seek legislation …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Senate Contender's Family Profited From ‘Pariah State’ Gold Mine — Florida's Grayson has denounced trade with dictatorships — Congressman says he was unaware of human rights allegations — Representative Alan Grayson holds an unusual position as a member of the U.S. Congress, an active investor and manager of a hedge fund.
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Florida Politics
Stephen Kinzer / BostonGlobe.com:
The media is misleading the public on Syria — COVERAGE OF the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why. — For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo.
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