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Donald Trump not backing down from Fox debate boycott

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wasn’t backing down Wednesday from his threat to boycott this week’s GOP debate, where candidates have the opportunity to make their closing arguments before voting begins in Monday’s Iowa caucuses. Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said in a pair of television interviews Wednesday that Trump, a billionaire businessman, “knows when to walk away from a bad deal.” “They think they can toy with Mr. Trump,” Lewandowski said of Fox News on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Mr.…

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Melania Trump remains private despite prospect of husband’s presidency

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First lady Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that’s no accident. Donald Trump‘s wife has said little in the campaign about the type of first lady she’d like to be should her husband win the Republican nomination and the presidency. The distance, she’s said, is intentional so she can focus on the couple’s 9-year-old son, Barron. But should he become the GOP candidate for the fall, the Slovenian-born model, mother and multilingual speaker would face big decisions…

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Marco Rubio’s Iowa crisscross approach bends caucus campaign norm

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Marco Rubio is all over the map in Iowa. Quite literally. Having spent little time in the state’s rural Christian conservative northwest, the Republican presidential candidate dropped in to Sioux County for the first time last week, then bounced across the state two days later to speak with some of Iowa’s more fiscally conservative voters in the east. “I’m going to trust that he knows what he’s doing,” state Rep. John Wills, who supports Rubio, said after his campaign stop…

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Bad Blood: Ted Cruz-Bush family tension underscores deeper GOP divide

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Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: “President of the United States.” He campaigned and worked for that former president’s son, Dubya, former President George W. Bush. And Cruz helped write a book lavishing praise on him. Also, the endorsement of George P. Bush, the family’s latest rising political star and son of Jeb Bush, lent credibility to Cruz’s then little-known 2012 Senate campaign. Now, though, things aren’t so simpatico between the…

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Donald Trump: ‘A little establishment’ doesn’t hurt

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday there’s nothing wrong with a little deal-making to get things done. “You know what? There’s a point at which: Let’s get to be a little establishment,” Trump told about 1,500 people at a rally at the Las Vegas South Point Resort and Casino. “We’ve got to get things done folks, OK? Believe me, don’t worry. We’re going to make such great deals.” It was an effort by the billionaire developer to draw contrasts…

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Donald Trump receives key endorsement from Sarah Palin

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received a key endorsement from conservative heavyweight Sarah Palin, Tuesday. The former Alaska governor, and former running mate of Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential race, endorsed the billionaire businessman, Trump’s campaign said in a statement, noting that he is “honored” by the endorsement. The endorsement comes less than two weeks ahead of the critical lead-off Iowa caucus, where Trump is locked in a dead heat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Palin was a…

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Marco Rubio to appear on “The Tonight Show” this Thursday

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Set your DVR, Marco Rubio is going to be on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” this week. The Florida senator’s campaign announced Monday that Rubio is set to appear on the late-night talk show Thursday. JUST ANNOUNCED: @MarcoRubio will be on @FallonTonight with @jimmyfallon this Thursday! https://t.co/K7a8368vk4 — Alex Conant (@AlexConant) Jan. 18, 2016 The appearance marks his first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, reported Deadline. Several other presidential hopefuls have already appeared on the show. GOP…

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