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9:35 AM ET, January 26, 2015

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Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Rand Paul on Possible Mitt Romney Run: ‘No, No, No, No’ … As recently as October, Ann Romney was poo-pooing the notion of a third Mitt Romney candidacy.  After two failed presidential bids, in 2008 and 2012, she and her husband had “moved on,” she told ABC News.
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
White House chief of staff: No let up in focus on middle class  —  President Obama will not back down from his policies aimed at helping middle class workers in the face of Republican opposition, a top White House official said Sunday.  —  “What the president laid out in his speech Tuesday night …
Discussion: Politico and Weekly Standard
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Small Drone Is Found on White House Grounds  —  NEW DELHI — A small aerial drone was found on the grounds of the White House but poses no threat, a spokesman for President Obama said on Monday.  —  Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said he did not have details about the size …
Discussion: Mashable
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   White House: Release of hostage names not ‘constructive’
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Device, possibly aerial drone, found on White House grounds
Discussion: NPR
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Developing Possible drone discovered on White House grounds, officials say
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Joins Crowded GOP Fight for Donors  —  PAC Is Clearest Sign Yet That New Jersey Governor Is Running for 2016 Nomination  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his supporters have formed a political-action committee ahead of a likely bid for president, adding a third …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As 2016 race begins, GOP faces its Palin problem  —  DES MOINES — As a chance to evaluate possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates, the Freedom Summit here in Des Moines was a solid success.  Several potential candidates — Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and a few others …
Daily Mail:
Eurozone braced for ‘catastrophe’ as Greek PM concedes defeat in crucial election with radical left-wing anti-austerity party on brink of historic victory  —  An anti-austerity party is on the brink of a landmark election victory in Greece as critics claim it could haul the country out of the Eurozone and leave it bankrupt.
Discussion: Forbes
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New York Times:
Greeks Vote In Austerity Foes, a Major Shift
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Gawker and BBC
New York Times:
Sheldon Silver to Temporarily Relinquish Speaker Duties  —  ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.  —  His decision came amid mounting pressure …
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New York Post:
Sheldon Silver in talks to step down: source
Discussion: Hot Air, Capital New York and Gothamist
Times of India Mobile:
Barack Obama chews gum as parade marches on  —  NEW DELHI: In an ungainly sight, cameras caught US President Brack Obama chewing gum during the Republic Day parade on Monday.  —  In the picture captured by cameras and posted on Twitter by some users, Obama was spotted removing his chewing gum …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Obama Knocked for Chewing Gum in India: ‘Ungainly Sight’
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Charles Blow: At Yale, the Police Detained My Son  —  Saturday evening, I got a call that no parent wants to get.  It was my son calling from college — he's a third-year student at Yale.  He had been accosted by a campus police officer, at gunpoint!  —  This is how my son remembers it:
David J Lynch / Bloomberg Politics:
Obama Gets a Warm Welcome, but Indians Pine for Bush  —  Arriving Monday at the site of India's Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, President Barack Obama was greeted by loud and enthusiastic cheers.  Spectators enduring a cool drizzle pointed and waved.  Parents held children aloft to see the American president.
Discussion: ABC News
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Obama Feted in India At Soggy Parade of Camels, Missiles and Tanks
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Justin Haskins / New York Post:
Endlessly slapped by ObamaCare  —  “I'm sorry sir,” the polite Healthcare.gov customer-service agent said.  “There's nothing I can do.  You're either going to have to enroll in Medicaid or you're going to have to pay the full health-insurance rate.”  —  “The rate you quoted earlier?”  I asked.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
David Rogers / Politico:
‘There appear to be no rules anymore’  —  What Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu says about Washington's mess.  —  Soon after becoming House Speaker in 2011, Republican John Boehner started running the traps on inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint meeting of Congress.
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Jerusalem Post:
Fox news anchor blasts Netanyahu's ‘dicey’ politics of ‘sneaking’ into Congress for speech
Mike Allen / Politico:
Inside Hillary Clinton's 2016 plan  —  New campaign takes shape, with ‘big-tent mentality’ and ‘good cop’ for press.  —  Not only is she running, but we have a very good idea of what it will look like.  —  Hillary Clinton is in the final stages of planning a presidential campaign …
Sam Baker / National Journal:
What Obama Can Do If SCOTUS Cripples Obamacare  —  Experts say the White House couldn't easily restore subsidies in every state.  —  If the Supreme Court tears apart Obamacare this summer, the president won't be able to put it back together all by himself.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama moves to offense in fourth quarter  —  Dan Pfeiffer's office is next to the Oval Office.  The cheek-by-jowl location reflects the importance of his job as senior adviser guiding President Obama's image and message going into his final two years in the White House.
 
 
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Politico:
Pelosi gropes for a game plan
Discussion: Hot Air
Steve M. / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
The GOP Is The Don Rickles Party
Erica Hellerstein / ThinkProgress:
Woman Sues Michigan Police Department For Forced Hijab Removal
Discussion: Liberaland
New York Times:
Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing Up
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Daddy issues: Are Ron Paul's hard-core stands a problem for son's presidential bid?
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
New York Braces for Blizzard Amid Warnings of Closings and Hazards
Discussion: Gawker, Fox News and Prairie Weather
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Execution Case Highlights the Power of One Vote
David McCormack For / Daily Mail:
Father-of-two has been living in a church for six months in order to avoid deportation back to Mexico
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Two Employees Dead in Shooting at Home Depot in Chelsea
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Associated Press:
Middle-class savings like blood in the water: Column
Discussion: Hot Air and Jane the Actuary
Liz Markhlevskaya / Foster's Daily Democrat:
Couple returns Burger King's $2,631 deposit
Discussion: FOX31 Denver, Addicting Info and Gawker
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
McConnell: Obama sounds like he's running for a third term
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Stephanopoulos Presses Jindal on ‘Our God Wins’ Comment
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

 
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