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1:20 PM ET, January 17, 2016

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton calls for new sanctions on Iran  —  Hours after the U.S. dropped sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear deal, Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton called for new sanctions on the nation for its ballistic missile program.  —  Clinton on Saturday praised President Obama …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Obama Speaks on Iran: We Achieved Deal ‘Without Resorting to Another War’  —  President Obama delivered remarks in the White House this morning on the nuclear deal with Iran and the release of four American prisoners yesterday.  —  The president repeatedly touted both as a victory for …
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump takes credit for Iran prisoner release  —  Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday said his rhetoric condemning the Iranian regime played an integral part in securing the release of four U.S. prisoners.  —  “So I've been hitting them hard, and I think I might …
Discussion: Politico
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US finds Iran in compliance with deal, lifts nuclear sanctions
John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks on Implementation Day  —  Remarks  —  Secretary of State
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Speaker.gov
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
International sanctions against Iran lifted
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Iran Says It Has Released Four People in a Prisoner Swap
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Alex Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump Booed by Conservative Crowd After Attacks on Ted Cruz  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Among conservatives, Donald Trump can typically do no wrong — until he attacks Ted Cruz.  —  On Saturday, Trump drew boos from a grassroots conservative crowd during remarks at the South Carolina …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bernie Sanders backs away from 2005 gun vote  —  Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders backed away from a 2005 vote that gave gun manufacturers immunity from prosecution on Saturday night, announcing in a press release that he supports a proposed bill to amend that vote.
Discussion: ABC News, Slantpoint and The Week
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Moe Lane / RedState:
Bernie Sanders yells at Wikipedia, cloud over... campaign logos?
Discussion: Boing Boing and Instapundit
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals  —  FOR those of us who argue in favor of gun safety laws, there are a few inconvenient facts.  —  We liberals are sometimes glib about equating guns and danger.  In fact, it's complicated: The number of guns in America has increased …
Discussion: New York Sun and Crooked Timber
Matthew MacWilliams / Politico:
The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You're a Trump Supporter  —  If I asked you what most defines Donald Trump supporters, what would you say?  They're white?  They're poor?  They're uneducated?  —  You'd be wrong.  —  In fact, I've found a single statistically significant variable …
Discussion: RedState
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Reigning Cats and Dogs  —  WASHINGTON — AFTER running as a man last time around, Hillary Clinton is now running as a woman.  —  Matthew Dowd, the former W. strategist who became an independent, says Hillary got it backward: She should have run as a woman in 2008, when she was beating back a feminized antiwar candidate.
Discussion: Althouse
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Rubio: Law-abiding undocumented immigrants could stay  —  Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the U.S. illegally but haven't committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay.  —  In an interview airing Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press,” the Florida contender …
Discussion: RedState and Allen B. West
Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Michael Moore, in Flint, says crisis ‘not a mistake’  —  As Flint's water crisis reached a new national spotlight this week, director and Flint native Michael Moore held a rally in the city on Saturday, where he accused government leaders of intentionally poisoning thousands of people.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
Economist:
The yuan and the markets  —  Strains on the currency suggest that something is very wrong with China's politics  —  “WHAT if we could just be China for a day?” mused Thomas Friedman, an American columnist, in 2010.  “...We could actually, you know, authorise the right solutions.”
Discussion: The Big Picture
 
 
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