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8:05 PM ET, January 5, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump says Cruz's Canadian birth could be ‘very precarious’ for GOP  —  LOWELL, Mass. — Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz's Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and Cruz send shivers down GOP spines  —  With only weeks before GOP primary voters first cast their ballots, the level of alarm among establishment Republicans about the enduring dominance of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is reaching new heights.  —  In private conversations with several former aides …
David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll: Ted Cruz surges in California, catches Trump  —  Texas senator now in statistical tie with Donald Trump in late-voting California  —  Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina tumble behind Marco Rubio … Ted Cruz has surged to a statistical tie with Donald Trump among Republicans in California …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
CNN:
Emotional Obama calls for ‘sense of urgency’ to fight gun violence  —  Watch “Guns in America,” CNN's townhall meeting with President Obama on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama grew emotional Tuesday as he made a passionate call for a national “sense of urgency” to limit gun violence.
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Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Tearful Obama on Gun Control: Excuses ‘No Longer Suffice’
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama, Dems all in on gun control in 2016
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Signal
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Ghoulish Wall Street Speculators Pour Money Into Gun Companies
Jeb Bush / The Gazette:
Barack Obama's executive orders trample on the Second Amendment
BBC:
Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women  —  The mayor of Cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on New Year's Eve.  —  The scale of the attacks on women at the city's central railway station has shocked Germany.
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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Reports of Attacks on Women in Germany Heighten Tension Over Migrants  —  BERLIN — The tensions simmering beneath Germany's willingness to take in one million migrants blew into the open on Tuesday after reports that scores of young women in Cologne had been groped and robbed on New Year's Eve …
Guardian:
Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge  —  Armed militants will begin their third day at the wildlife refuge and have vowed to remain for months in protest at over the treatment of two local cattle ranchers  —  Federal authorities are planning to cut off …
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Lydia O'Connor / The Huffington Post:
Oregon Militants Say They're Getting Worse Treatment Than Black Lives Matter Movement
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets  —  Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.  —  Twitter is building a new feature that will allow users to tweet things longer than the traditional 140-character limit, and the company is targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This crowd shot from Donald Trump's Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling  —  Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. — a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border — for one of his now trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night.  This is what the crowd looked like per WaPo's Jenna Johnson.
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Hilary Sargent / Boston Globe:
Meet the chef who decides what Tom Brady eats—and what he definitely doesn't  —  Allen Campbell talks about why our quarterback rarely eats tomatoes, where he shops for groceries, and why he doesn't serve mushrooms.  Ever.  —  Allen Campbell has never been anything but a chef.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Christie hits back: Rubio can't ‘slime his way to the White House’  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — As Chris Christie's establishment rivals seize on his blue-state governing record, the New Jersey governor punched back here Tuesday with the kind of bluntness that had been his trademark …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio: 'We're not going to fix America with senators and congressmen'
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and FishbowlDC
Ben Quinn / Guardian:
MPs to debate banning Donald Trump from UK  —  Parliamentary hearing triggered by 560,000-signature petition after Republican presidential candidate called for US to bar Muslims  —  MPs are to debate calls for the US presidential candidate Donald Trump to be banned from the UK following …
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David Granger / Esquire:
A Few Words About Esquire's February Cover Star, Donald Trump
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox Business Network to candidates: We won't show an empty podium  —  Fox Business Network is promising Republican presidential candidates it won't show an empty podium — with the expectation that all the candidates follow the rules.  —  The declaration, made in a memo obtained by POLITICO …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mark Chesnut / FIRST FREEDOM:
From The Editor |  Ban Antics In New York  —  What's an anti-gun state legislator to do when the state in which he or she lives already has some of the most restrictive gun-control laws in the nation?  Realistically, short of banning all guns and ammunition magazines, what's left to do in the state of New York?
NBC News:
Trump Has Highest Support Among White Evangelicals: Poll  —  With the presidential primaries in full swing, Donald Trump maintains his sizable lead over the rest of the Republican field.  Among Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters, Trump has 35% support compared to 18% for Ted Cruz …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: It Would Be Interesting To Ask Bill Clinton The Difference Between Him And Cosby  —  Trump added that he respects women and that he would protect them.  —  Hello, it's me.  —  David Duprey / ASSOCIATED PRESS  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Donald Trump says it would be “very interesting” …
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox host: President Obama put a ‘raw onion’ in his podium so he could cry fake tears for kids killed by guns  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Fox News host Andrea Tantaros suggested on Tuesday President Barack Obama had used a “raw onion” to produce fake tears for shooting victims during …
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Kodak Goes Retro With New Super 8 Camera  —  LAS VEGAS-Eastman Kodak Co., the photography pioneer that was disrupted by the digital revolution, is placing a new bet on a gadget from a simpler time.  —  The company is using the Consumer Electronics Show to lay out plans for a film camera based …
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Verge and Engadget
 
 
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Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters' movements after massacre center of FBI probe
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Telegraph:
Barry Humphries: ‘Caitlyn Jenner is a publicity-seeking ratbag’
Coral Braun / Jerusalem Post:
When it comes to incitement, is Facebook biased against Israel?
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
David M. Schwartz / Newsday:
Steve Israel says he won't seek re-election to Congress
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Ben Wolfgang / Washington Times:
DNC under pressure to remove Wasserman Schultz amid charges of favoritism toward Clinton
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nikki Haley to deliver State of the Union response
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
GOP lawmakers call for firing of Mizzou professor who called for ‘muscle’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Newsalert
Enoch Power / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
An Open Letter to Mark Steyn, Simon Heffer, Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart (London), and His Grace, Archbishop Cranmer
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trevor Noah: Open carry laws turned Texas into a nonstop gay pride parade for gun nuts
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John Ortved / New York Times:
The Dress Code for Power Lunching at the Four Seasons
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill gutting ObamaCare would save half-trillion over a decade, CBO finds