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7:30 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
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Bush v. Trump: Behind the Vegas rumble  —  LAS VEGAS — Jeb Bush came at Donald Trump with everything he had, turning in his strongest debate performance to date just as much of the party was threatening to tune out his flagging candidacy entirely.  —  He dismissed Trump as a “chaos candidate” …
William Saletan / Slate:
Pretend they were your only choices for president.  I know who I'd pick.  Do you?  —  I have a game I like to play with my friends.  It's called “Trump, Carson, or Cruz.”  —  Here are the rules: You have to pick one of these men—Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Ted Cruz—to be president.
Discussion: Grist and Unfogged
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   Trump: 'I really don't want Jeb's endorsement'
James Morgan / BBC:
Republican debate: Tweeters mock Trump's internet call
Discussion: whorunsGov and Washington Monthly
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Ted Cruz Has a Problem
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cruz Blusters and Trump Sulks at Tense Republican Debate
Rush Limbaugh:
Ted Cruz: Happy Conservative Warrior
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the GOP Debate Did (and Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump hits back: I don't want Jeb's endorsement anyway
Discussion: Political Wire, The Hill and Hot Air
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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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 … A tenured Wheaton College professor who, as part of her Christian Advent devotion, donned a traditional headscarf to show solidarity with Muslims has been placed on administrative leave.  —  Larycia Hawkins …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
The Hill:
Fiscal deal winners and losers  —  The sweeping year-end tax and spending bills unveiled this week in Congress follow months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill.  —  The final legislation, at nearly 2,250 pages …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
What Congress Has Included In Its Massive Spending and Tax Bills
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Budget Deal Raises Spending, and the Deficit, Through Tax Breaks
Discussion: Political Wire
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Leaders confident rank-and-file will back huge budget deal
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Forbes
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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Freddie Gray / Guardian:
judge declares mistrial in case against Baltimore police officer
Discussion: Mother Jones
NBC News:
Judge Declares Mistrial of Baltimore Cop in Freddie Gray Case
Discussion: KFOR-TV
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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
FED RAISES RATES BY 25 BASIS POINTS, FIRST SINCE 2006
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 …
Discussion: BizPac Review
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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 …
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Dana Loesch Explodes on ‘Godless Left’ in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem...and I'm Not Watching My Language'  —  Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and abc13.com
James DeHaven / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners  —  One of the country's largest and oldest journalism organizations has joined a growing chorus of reporters, readers and media watchdogs calling on the Las Vegas Review-Journal's new owners to reveal themselves.
 
 
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
UMass brass cash in despite budget woes
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Chattanooga shooting a ‘terror attack,’ FBI Director James Comey says
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Capitol Hill Sledding a Big Winner in Spending Deal
Discussion: The Verge
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Republican primary debate was likely third most-watched ever
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and Mediaite
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
Washington Post:
Secret Service officer on leave in domestic incident fatally shot in D.C.
Discussion: WTTG-TV, Talking Points Memo and DCist
Washington Post:
5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant
David Neumark / Wall Street Journal:
The Evidence Is Piling Up That Higher Minimum Wages Kill Jobs
Discussion: Forbes, Hot Air and Cafe Hayek