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8:30 PM ET, January 25, 2016

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Exclusive: Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016  —  Barack Obama, that prematurely gray elder statesman, is laboring mightily to remain neutral during Hillary Clinton's battle with Bernie Sanders in Iowa, the state that cemented his political legend and secured his path to the presidency.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
A remarkably moving thing happened at a Bernie Sanders rally today in Iowa  —  Bernie Sanders did a town hall event Monday morning in Iowa Falls, Iowa.  He asked the crowd for testimonials about the difficulties of sustaining a life off of $12,000 a year.  —  What happened next is both hard to watch/listen to and important.
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Business Insider
David Axelrod / New York Times:
The Obama Theory of Trump  —  It was so obvious, I'm embarrassed I missed it.  —  Like most of the other talking heads on TV, I was haughtily dismissive of Donald Trump's candidacy.  “It's apparently open mike day in the Republican campaign for president,” I tweeted last June …
Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews President Barack Obama on Iowa, 2016 …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Stumbles
Discussion: The Mahablog
Paul Starr / Politico:
I Get Sanders' Appeal. But He's Not a Credible President.
BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton deserves Democratic nomination
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Heidi Cruz Is Asked On The Radio If She Is “Sleeping With An Immigrant”  —  “There is no case here,” Heidi Cruz says about questions over the citizenship of her husband, Ted Cruz.  —  Scott Olson / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  In a radio interview last week …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump: Establishment rallying behind me to stop ‘nasty’ Cruz  —  GOP front-runner Donald Trump says establishment Republicans are warming up to his presidential bid because they're terrified of Ted Cruz being the party's nominee.  —  “I think the establishment actually is against me but really coming …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Trump Victory in Iowa Would Matter So Much
Discussion: Business Insider and RedState
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Iowa GOP chairman: Cruz ethanol stance ‘a factor’ in caucuses
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz
Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle:
Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos  —  A Harris County grand jury probe into Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast ended Monday with the indictments of two anti-abortion activists.  —  David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted for tampering with a governmental record.
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Valerie Lawhorn / Houston Public Media:
Grand Jury Takes No Action Against Planned Parenthood In Houston, Two Videographers Indicted  —  The grand jury reviewing the evidence into allegations of misconduct by Planned Parenthood cleared the organization of breaking the law.  —  This is a developing story and information will be added as it is available.
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and NPR
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court won't let North Dakota enforce ‘fetal heartbeat’ law  —  The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that North Dakota officials cannot enforce a controversial “fetal heartbeat” law that would have banned abortions as early as six weeks.  —  The justices upheld a lower court's ruling from July 2015, which struck down the measure.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Sentences for Young Murderers Limited by U.S. Supreme Court
Local News:
MU Interim Chancellor to hold conference regarding charges filed against MU assistant professor  —  Melissa Click was captured on video attempting to force reporters out of protest space  —  Jessica Quick, Meteorologist & Digital Content Director, jessicaq@kmiz.com  —  COLUMBIA, Mo. -
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James Gallagher / BBC:
Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO  —  The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned.  —  The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache …
Discussion: WREG-TV, The Week and Shakesville
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
This New Yorker Cover Perfectly Explains the Problem With Donald Trump  —  For the third time since he entered the presidential race last summer, Donald Trump is the subject of a New Yorker cover: … That's Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John F. Kennedy …
Rick Santorum / Facebook:
I need to get this off my chest.  —  I can't stand the media.  —  From the start of this campaign, they've decided that we're not worthy of them.  They think it's their job to anoint who they think should be the Republican nominee.  Seriously?  The media determining the Republican nominee?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Katherine Lam / New York's PIX11:
Woman, 78, who was scared to drive in blizzard is found dead in car outside New Jersey Burger King  —  HACKENSACK, N.J. — A 78-year-old Long Island woman, who had been parked outside of a Burger King since Friday because she was afraid to drive home in the blizzard, was found dead in her parked car Monday morning.
Discussion: KFOR-TV and fox8.com
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Rick Snyder Donor Picked To Lead Investigation Of Flint Water Crisis  —  Weeks after refusing to even look into allegations of wrongdoing in the Flint water crisis, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) announced on Monday that he is appointing a special counsel to investigate the situation.
Donald Rumsfeld:
At 83, I Decided to Develop an App  —  I've done business, politics, and war.  Now I'm trying my hand at mobile gaming.  —  Among the things one learns as time passes is that everyone has to age, but not everyone has to get old.  One of the best ways to stay young is to keep learning.
Tennessean.com:
Tennessean investigation finds inappropriate text messages  —  Tennessee Republican leaders were told of a potential sexual harassment complaint about House Majority Whip Jeremy Durham's behavior about a week before an unprecedented House GOP caucus meeting to decide the fate of his leadership role …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Ben & Jerry's founder unveils new 'Bernie's Yearning' ice cream flavor  —  Supporters of Bernie Sanders could soon sample the sweet taste of victory, not only in Iowa and New Hampshire, but also from a pint from one of Vermont's most famous ice-cream makers, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's.
Breitbart:
CORRECTED — Michael Goldfarb: Trump is the Politics of ‘Fear, Paranoia, Nativism’  —  A previous version of this story misidentified the subject of the article, Michael Goldfarb, as the founder of the Washington Free Beacon.  The Free Beacon was founded by a different Michael Goldfarb.
Discussion: Mediaite
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BBC:
Donald Trump and the politics of paranoia
 
 
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Duel  —  Donald Trump has a rule at his rallies …
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