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10:40 AM ET, January 16, 2024

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 takeaways from the Republican Iowa caucuses  —  Former president Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses Monday in the first step toward the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, keeping him on course for the coronation that has looked likely for months.  —  With an estimated 88 percent of the vote in …
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Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
Biden's weakness bolstered Trump's support in Iowa as electability took a back seat  —  Eight years after losing the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump won the Hawkeye State by a record margin of nearly 30 percentage points, winning an outright majority of the state and blowing the polls out of the water.
Politico:
Europe prepares to stand alone as Trump returns  —  Disruptions to trade and security feared as Trump's Iowa caucus victory sets him on track to win Republican presidential nomination.  —  STRASBOURG — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned that Europe must be ready to stand alone …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Iowa was Trump's to win.  Can anyone stop his march to the nomination?  —  The race for the Republican nomination heads to New Hampshire, where the pressure is on for Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis to wrest a win from the former president  —  DES MOINES — Iowa was never destined to surprise.
New York Times:
Haley's Missed Opportunity: Iowa Slows Her Roll Into New Hampshire  —  A third-place finish didn't deliver the boost Nikki Haley wanted as she tries to turn the race into a one-on-one with Donald Trump.  —  Nikki Haley had hoped to vault into New Hampshire ahead of next Tuesday's …
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Trump  —  The 38-year-old first-time candidate campaigned as someone who could carry on the MAGA movement — but those voters largely stayed with Trump in Iowa.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy dropped …
Stephanie Perry / NBC News:
NBC News entrance poll: Breaking down Trump's big Iowa win  —  Republican caucusgoers who were older, very conservative, evangelical and didn't have a college degree made up Trump's Iowa coalition.  —  Donald Trump won nearly every voting bloc in the Iowa Republican caucuses …
Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Who voted (and how) in Iowa caucuses  —  The majority of Iowa Republicans who are caucusing Monday believe in the need to “Make America Great Again,” a sign of how Donald Trump and his political movement have transformed a state party that denied him a victory eight years ago.
Politico:
Trump scores an early knockout  —  It didn't take long to make a call: The former president is the caucus winner.  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Simpson College the day before the Iowa caucuses in Indianola, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2023.  Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO
Associated Press:
Live updates: DeSantis and Haley race for second place in Iowa
NBC News:
Trump plans to attend start of new E. Jean Carroll trial after Iowa caucuses
Associated Press:
Election 2024: Trump wins Iowa caucuses and reinforces grip on GOP
Scott Waldman / Politico:
No more going wobbly in climate fight, Trump supporters vow
Discussion: Heatmap News
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Even the Battle for Second Turned Out Well for Trump in Iowa
NBC News:
Iowa caucus 2024 live updates: Process kicks off as Haley, Trump and others seek GOP delegates
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina withdraws from ex-president's cases
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Vivek Ramaswamy Crosses Trump Just in Time for Iowa Caucus
New York Times:
Iowa Caucus Results  —  Donald J. Trump wins the Iowa Republican caucus.  —  Race called by The Associated Press.  —  Latest results from just now  —  39% of votes in  —  Republican Caucus  —  Candidate Votes  —  Pct.  Delegates Del.  —  23,736  —  52.8%  —  8,994  —  20.0%
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife seek separate trials in bribery case  —  Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges alleging they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for the senator's influence in order to benefit three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
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New York Times:
Nadine Menendez Wants Her Own Trial. So Does Her Husband.
Lorraine Mirabella / Baltimore Sun:
The Baltimore Sun purchased by Sinclair's David D. Smith  —  The Baltimore Sun, the largest newspaper in Maryland, has been acquired in a private deal by David D. Smith, executive chairman of Hunt Valley-based television station owner Sinclair Inc.  —  Smith said Monday that he acquired Baltimore Sun Media …
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
‘Scared to Death’: Local election officials on edge ahead of 2024 vote  —  America's frontline election workers are bracing for another torrent of conspiracy theories and attacks from election deniers.  —  Election officials across the U.S. are confident they can overcome foreign …
Discussion: Raw Story
The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
Wyden, Smith Announce Agreement on Tax Framework to Help Families and Main Street Businesses  —  Three-Year Proposal Would Help Families, Spur Innovation, Improve Economic Competitiveness, Boost Affordable Housing  —  Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) …
Discussion: The Messenger and NBC News
Reuters:
Iran's Guards attack ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq's Erbil - state media  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked espionage centers and “gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” near Iraq's northern city of Erbil with ballistic missiles, Iranian state media said late on Monday.
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Bader Katy / ABC News:
Explosions reported near US Consulate in Iraq; Iran claims responsibility
MSNBC:
Two-thirds of Iowa GOP caucusgoers falsely say Biden not legitimate 2020 winner  —  MSNBC's Steve Kornacki discusses the results of Iowa entrance polls about President Biden legitimately winning the 2020 election and whether former Pres. Donald Trump is fit to be president if he were convicted of a crime.
 
 
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