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12:50 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%
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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Trump leads Biden in pivotal Georgia  —  President Joe Biden trails former President Donald Trump in a head-to-head rematch in Georgia, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of registered voters that shows the Republican with a solid 45% to 37% lead over the Democratic incumbent.
Chelsey Cox / CNBC:
Nikki Haley refuses more presidential debates unless Trump participates  — Nikki Haley says she will not show up to another presidential debate unless Donald Trump participates.  — “He has nowhere left to hide,” Haley said of Trump, who won a landslide Monday in the Iowa Caucus.
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
Paula Bolyard / PJ Media:   Why DeSantis and Haley Need to Stay in the Race
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’
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
Associated Press:
Election 2024: Trump wins Iowa caucuses and reinforces grip on GOP
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
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.
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.) …
United States Central Command:
USCENTCOM Seizes Iranian Advanced Conventional Weapons Bound for Houthis  —  TAMPA, Fla. - On 11 January 2024, while conducting a flag verification, U.S. CENTCOM Navy forces conducted a night-time seizure of a dhow conducting illegal transport of advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces …
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 …
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 …
 
 
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