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5:15 PM ET, December 16, 2015

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate  —  A key Senate Republican is looking into whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed classified information during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.  —  “I'm having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The GOP's worst nightmare: A runaway convention  —  With the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas dramatizing again the divisions plaguing the GOP, the unfolding battle for the presidential nomination suggests the growing odds of a runaway convention that could choose an unelectable nominee …
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Joe Scarborough Notices Something During Debate That Has Him Convinced Trump, Cruz Made ‘Inside Deal’ Against GOP Establishment  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough speculated on Wednesday that GOP frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz may have made an “inside deal” against the Republican establishment.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Ted Cruz Has a Problem  —  Up until last night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100%'s refusal to attack Donald Trump was defensible.  Without question, it was smart politics, as his rise in the polls would attest.  But it was also defensible on the merits as a guy who is a solid conservative in good standing …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cruz Blusters and Trump Sulks at Tense Republican Debate
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Chris Christie just made the GOP race a lot more interesting
Discussion: Politico and Betsy's Page
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the GOP Debate Did (and Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
Juan Williams / The Hill:   The GOP's ObamaCare bluff
Isite Design / Wheaton College Home:
Wheaton College Statement Regarding Dr. Larycia Hawkins  —  In response to significant questions regarding the theological implications of statements that Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins has made about the relationship of Christianity to Islam …
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Jamie Sotonoff / Daily Herald:
Wheaton College puts hijab-wearing professor on leave … A Wheaton College political science professor, who had been wearing a hijab to show solidarity for Muslim women in America and inviting other women to join her, was put on administrative leave Tuesday by the evangelical Christian school.
Discussion: WGN-TV, myfox8.com and BizPac Review
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Wheaton College professor put on leave after wearing hijab in solidarity with Muslims  —  A tenured Wheaton College professor who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslims was put on administrative leave Tuesday by the evangelical Christian school.  —  Larycia Hawkins, a Christian political science professor …
Discussion: RedState
Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune:
Wheaton College suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Baltimore Sun:
Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray  —  A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter, after jurors told a judge it could not reach a verdict on any of the four charges against him.
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CNN:
Freddie Gray case: Hung jury in William Porter trial
Discussion: The Week, WSAV-TV and Daily Kos
NBC News:
Judge Declares Mistrial of Baltimore Cop in Freddie Gray Case
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Washington Post:
5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant  —  Nine Republican candidates are participating in tonight's 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina …
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The New / New York Times:
Transcript: Republican Presidential Debate
Philip Haney / The Hill:
Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists  —  There are terrorists in our midst and they arrived here using legal means right under the noses of the federal law enforcement agencies whose mission is to stop them.  That is not due to malfeasance or lack of effort on the part …
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace.  Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months …
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Bloomberg Business:
Congress Reaches Fiscal Agreement Ending U.S. Oil Export Ban  —  Speaker Ryan seeking votes this week on spending, tax bills  —  Plan extends solar, wind energy credits backed by Democrats  —  Congressional leaders unveiled a broad package of spending and tax legislation that would avert …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Qualms in both parties over massive tax and spending package
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Free Beacon
Washington Post:
Congress reaches year-end deal on taxes and spending
Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas  — The placemat was created by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in collaboration with the Freshmen Dean's Office and were distributed in an undergraduate dining hall.  —  The Office for Equity, Diversity …
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Idrees M. Kahloon / Harvard News:
The Placemat Problem  —  In Annenberg Hall and at least some House dining halls, students are being treated to a healthy helping of social justice reeducation, courtesy of Harvard College's Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.  —  College administrators distributed a …
Discussion: BizPac Review
ABC News:
Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban; Doubts About Stopping a Lone Wolf Run High (POLL)
James Morgan / BBC:
Republican debate: Tweeters mock Trump's internet call  —  As the candidates in Tuesday's Republican debate grappled over how to tackle the growing threat of the Islamic State group (also known as Isis), Donald Trump calmly reassured them “the answer is simple”.
Discussion: whorunsGov and Washington Monthly
 
 
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Republican primary debate was likely third most-watched ever
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and Mediaite
New York Times:
New York State Agrees to Overhaul Solitary Confinement in Prisons
New York Times:
Ferguson Nears Deal With Justice Dept. to Overhaul Police Force
Discussion: Hit & Run
Bloomberg Business:
Google to Make Driverless Cars an Alphabet Company in 2016
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Investigators at the Department of Veterans Affairs found …
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Jennifer Feehan / Toledo Blade:
Backlash hits Bowling Green paper over editor's termination
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
Workers threw away $5M in diamonds from Midtown jewelry store
Discussion: Telegraph and Gothamist
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Physicists in Europe Find Tantalizing Hints of a Mysterious New Particle
Discussion: Daily Mail, Gizmodo, Engadget and Towleroad
Aaron M. Renn / City Journal:
The Fall of Rahm Emanuel
Washington Post:
Secret Service officer on leave in domestic incident fatally shot in D.C.
Discussion: WTTG-TV, Talking Points Memo and DCist
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Students practice calligraphy by writing “There is no god but Allah”
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
David Neumark / Wall Street Journal:
The Evidence Is Piling Up That Higher Minimum Wages Kill Jobs
Discussion: Forbes, Hot Air and Cafe Hayek
 

 
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