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12:15 PM 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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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%
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
New York's Top Court Denies Trump's Gag Order Appeal  —  ‘No substantial constitutional question is directly involved,’ the ruling reads following a lower court upholding the gag order  —  The New York Court of Appeals has shot down an appeal from Donald Trump against a gag order issued in his civil fraud trial.
Discussion: Raw Story and American Greatness
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Beast, IJR and Bloomberg
Scott Waldman / Politico:
No more going wobbly in climate fight, Trump supporters vow  —  For all his bombast, the former president's agencies hesitated to rewrite federal climate reports or install loyalists atop key science agencies.  Some of his allies expect that to change.  —  Former President Donald Trump pulled …
Discussion: Heatmap News
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.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Haley says she won't debate unless Trump is on stage  —  “I won't snub New Hampshire voters like both Nikki Haley and Donald Trump, and plan to honor my commitments,” DeSantis said in response.  —  GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she would only step foot …
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
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 …
Paula Bolyard / PJ Media:
Why DeSantis and Haley Need to Stay in the Race  —  As PJ Media reported earlier, former President Trump won the first test of the 2024 GOP nominating process.  —  Trump's supporters had been saying all along that no one had a snowball's chance in hell of toppling him from the top of the GOP primary …
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Trump
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Republican Asa Hutchinson ends 2024 presidential campaign
Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Who voted (and how) in Iowa caucuses
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Even the Battle for Second Turned Out Well for Trump in Iowa
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter Breaks Down Why Trump Can't Beat Biden and ‘Trump Voters Are Morons’
Associated Press:
Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as Haley and DeSantis fight for second place
NBC News:
Trump plans to attend start of new E. Jean Carroll trial after Iowa caucuses
Associated Press:
Live updates: DeSantis and Haley race for second place in Iowa
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.) …
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.
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New York Times:
Nadine Menendez Wants Her Own Trial. So Does Her Husband.
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
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 …
Jorge Bonilla / Newsbusters:
On MLK Day, Joy Reid Defecates On White Evangelical Voters  —  Text to Speech  —  The doors had not yet closed at caucus locations across the state of Iowa, but MSNBC had already entered into the “maligning the voters” portion of the program.  Joy Reid, the network's flagship racebaiter …
 
 
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