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3:35 PM ET, January 31, 2016

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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON JANUARY 31, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on a special edition of This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The big Iowa test: Can Trump and Sanders turn enthusiasm into votes?  —  DES MOINES — With campaign events all across Iowa on Saturday overflowing with voters, the Republican and Democratic contests have been reduced to the same question: Can the muscle of traditional and methodical organizing overcome …
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Turnout Is Name of the Game in Monday's Iowa Caucuses  —  The 2016 presidential contenders are begging their Iowa supporters to get to the caucuses Monday and Donald Trump, true to form, is in-your-face about it.  —  “You're from Iowa,” Trump told a Dubuque crowd Saturday.  “Are you afraid of snow?”
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Stream
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump reclaims lead in latest Iowa Poll  —  Donald Trump has muscled ahead in Iowa, regaining his lead on the brink of the first votes being cast in the 2016 presidential race.  —  Trump stands at 28 percent, while rival Ted Cruz has slid to 23 percent.
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:   Trump: Not essential that I win Iowa
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Rubio tamps down expectations
Discussion: The Hill
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Clinton Iowa Volunteers Train When To Push Backers To O'Malley — To Block Bernie
Discussion: AOL and Iowa Starting Line
Patrick Healy / New York Times:   Iowa Will Gauge Ardor to Upend Politics as Usual
Caleb Howe / RedState:
RESULTS ARE IN: Winner of Des Moines Register's Final Iowa Poll Before The Caucus
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
‘This was all planned’: Former IG says Hillary, State Dept. are lying  —  The State Department is lying when it says it didn't know until it was too late that Hillary Clinton was improperly using personal e-mails and a private server to conduct official business — because it never set …
Discussion: Power Line
Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
Ohio Seminary Student Arrested at San Diego Airport, Allegedly Sought Sex With Infants  —  WARNING: This article contains descriptions of an alleged crime whose details may be disturbing to some readers.  —  A 23-year-old Ohio man was arrested by federal agents in San Diego on Friday …
George Packer / New Yorker:
Living on the Edge  —  It's upon us.  About one half of one per cent of all registered voters in the United States—ninety-six per cent of them likely to be white, a hundred per cent certain to live in Iowa or New Hampshire—will now exercise their inalienable, God-given …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump, Sanders and the Revolt Against Decadence  —  ONE of the puzzles of the 2016 campaign, unexpectedly defined by the ascent of a billionaire reality TV star and a septuagenarian Vermont socialist, is why now?  Yes, voters are angry, yes, they're exhausted and disgusted and cynical about everything.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
First on CNN: Main Cruz super PACs struggled to raise money in fall and winter  —  (CNN)The main super PACs supporting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential campaign only raised a few million dollars in the second half of 2015, a modest sum that far trails the huge checks they collected in the opening days of the campaign.
Discussion: The Week
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Uncomfortable Question for Ted Cruz on Obamacare Silences the Room  —  HUBBARD, Iowa — Senator Ted Cruz is often asked about doing away with President Obama's health care law.  He is rarely pressed by voters on what will replace it.  —  But at a middle school cafeteria here, a man, Mike Valde, presented him with a tragic tale.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Sanders' health care plan ‘will never, ever come to pass’
Discussion: Slantpoint and ACASignups.net
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Sanders raised $20 million in January  —  The Bernie Sanders campaign said it raised $20 million this month from a record-setting legion of small donors.  —  More than 770,000 people gave to the Vermont senator's bid in January, with online contributions averaging just $27, the campaign said.
Discussion: The Week
Mark Townsend / Observer:
10,000 refugee children are missing, says Europol  —  The EU's criminal intelligence agency warns pan-European gangs are targeting minors for sex work and slavery  —  At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe, according to the EU's criminal intelligence agency.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WTH?  Band Sings Racist, America-Hating Song at Bernie Sanders Iowa Rally (VIDEO)  —  This is the kind of music they play at a Bernie Sanders Socialist rally.  —  Vampire Weekend, the uber popular band, played before Bernie Sanders spoke last night at the University of Iowa — making the rally really more of a concert with a speech.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Cruz mailer, inspired by political scientists, is condemned by Iowa secretary of state  —  WATERLOO, Iowa — A decade ago ago, a trio of political scientists asked voters a powerful question: Why weren't they voting as much as their neighbors?  Alan Gerber, Donald Green, and Christopher Larimer …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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