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5:15 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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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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, Horizons and Politico
Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews President Barack Obama on Iowa, 2016, and the choice between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders  —  This interview was conducted on Jan. 22, 2016 in the Oval Office.  It has been edited only slightly, to remove crosstalk.
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Lawyer for Walter Scott Family Switches Sides to Endorse Bernie Sanders  —  The lawyer for the family of Walter L. Scott, who was fatally shot by a police officer in South Carolina, is withdrawing his support from Hillary Clinton and endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Monday afternoon.
BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton deserves Democratic nomination
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.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is endorsing Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary, Perry told POLITICO in an interview Sunday night.  —  Perry, who also sought the GOP nomination before dropping out in September, said he now sees the race as one that is between Cruz …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Trump: Establishment rallying behind me to stop ‘nasty’ Cruz
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Heidi Cruz Is Asked On The Radio If She Is “Sleeping With An Immigrant”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Trump Victory in Iowa Would Matter So Much
Discussion: Business Insider and RedState
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump to Cruz: Settle eligibility question or ‘get out’ of the race
Discussion: Business Insider and RedState
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Supreme Court upholds electricity demand rule  —  The Supreme Court sided with federal regulators Monday, upholding a rule meant to incentivize efforts to reduce electricity demand.  —  The court ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) did not exceed the authority Congress gave …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court won't let North Dakota enforce ‘fetal heartbeat’ law
Discussion: Mother Jones, NPR and Common Dreams
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:   Sentences for Young Murderers Limited by U.S. Supreme Court
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court: Bar On Automatic Life Without Parole For Juvenile Homicide Applies To Past Sentences
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and The Week
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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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
MU professor Melissa Click, who called for ‘muscle’ to remove reporter, charged with assault
Discussion: Hot Air
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 …
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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 …
Nature:
The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth  —  Abstract  —  2014 was nominally the warmest year on record for both the globe and northern hemisphere based on historical records spanning the past one and a half centuries1,2.  It was the latest in a recent run of record temperatures spanning the past decade and a half.
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
Record hot years near impossible without manmade climate change - study
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.
BBC:
Donald Trump and the politics of paranoia  —  One startling feature of the latest race to become the next president of the US - which begins in earnest with next week's Iowa caucuses - is the runaway success in the opinion polls of the outspoken billionaire, Donald Trump.
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Breitbart:
CORRECTED — Michael Goldfarb: Trump is the Politics of ‘Fear, Paranoia, Nativism’
Discussion: Mediaite
Cristina Mitchell / paho.org:
PAHO Statement on Zika Virus Transmission and Prevention  —  Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that is new to the Americas.  Since Brazil reported the first cases of local transmission of the virus in May 2015, it has spread to 21 countries and territories* of the Americas (as of 23 January 2016).
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James Gallagher / BBC:
Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO
Discussion: WREG-TV, The Week and Shakesville
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.
Steve Deace / Facebook:
Those of you that have known me for a long time, know that I like to be right more than anything else.  I get paid to do this because I'm right more often than not (I've virtually predicted the right outcome of every meaningful election in Iowa since I started in the 2008 cycle).
Carrie Napolean / Chicago Tribune:
Councilman jailed on murder charges sworn in to office behind bars  —  East Chicago Councilman Robert Battle  —  Post-Tribune  —  East Chicago City Councilman Robert Battle took the oath of office Friday from behind bars at the Porter County Jail.  —  Battle was reelected to his council seat …
 
 
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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
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Rachel Axon / USA Today:
Florida State agrees to pay Winston accuser $950,000 to settle suit
Discussion: CollegeFootballTalk and The Week
Ros Krasny / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Confident There'll Be No Need for Bloomberg to Run
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg Politics
Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Militia in Flint join calls for justice in water crisis
 Earlier Items: 
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Rumsfeld: Donald Trump has ‘touched a nerve in our country’
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
‘I Lift, Bro’: Prof MELTS DOWN About Conservative Event, Tries To Pick Fights With Students
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Duel  —  Donald Trump has a rule at his rallies …
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's closing Iowa message: ‘I get along with people’
Discussion: Daily Kos