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DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WRAP-UP

Clinton, Sanders tangle in heated debate
By Ben Kamisar
Hillary Clinton stormed out of the gate in Thursday night’s debate taking the offensive against Bernie Sanders as she finds herself on the wrong end of a deep gap at the polls in New Hampshire.

Hillary Clinton ‘100 percent confident’ FBI won’t find wrongdoing
By Jonathan Easley
Hillary Clinton said Thursday she’s “absolutely” certain the controversy over her personal email server when she helmed the State Department won’t blow up her presidential campaign and “100 percent confident” the FBI probe would find no wrongdoing.

Clinton gives fiery defense of her progressive record at debate
By Jonathan Easley
Hillary Clinton fiercely defended her record as a progressive at Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate, accusing competitor Bernie Sanders of seeking to be the “gatekeeper” of what constitutes being a liberal.

Sanders: I’m the most electable
By Jonathan Swan
Bernie Sanders dismissed concerns that he is too far left to win a general election, claiming he is a more electable presidential candidate than Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Clinton: Sanders should end ‘artful smear’
By Cate Martel
The crowd booed during the exchange as the two shouted over each other about wanting to discuss their differences in campaign finance reform.

Sanders: I want to make major changes in the Democratic Party
By Lisa Hagen
Bernie Sanders on Thursday night made the case that he can serve as leader of the Democratic Party, but also called on the party to be more inclusive.

Bernie’s numbers don’t add up, says Clinton
By Jonathan Swan
Hillary Clinton went aggressively after presidential rival Bernie Sanders right from the start of the Democratic debate Thursday, saying his idealistic policies are unachievable.

Clinton claims she’s a target of Wall Street
By Jonathan Easley
Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Wall Street is trying to sink her campaign because it fears what her administration would mean for the banking industry.

Clinton will ‘look into’ releasing Goldman Sachs speech transcripts
By Jonathan Swan
Hillary Clinton says she will “look into” releasing the transcripts of her six-figure speeches before running for president.

Sanders: Even on our worst day, we are 100 times better than GOP
By Jonathan Swan
Bernie Sanders received the loudest applause of the night during Thursday’s primary debate in New Hampshire when he aimed his fire not at rival Hillary Clinton but at the Republican Party.

Democratic establishment starts to gang up on Sanders
By Cristina Marcos and Alexander Bolton
Democratic lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are turning their fire on Bernie Sanders as he marches toward a big win in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

Poll: Sanders holds 2-to-1 lead over Clinton in NH
By Lisa Hagen
Bernie Sanders holds a commanding lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, a new poll released Thursday finds.

Carly Fiorina misses debate stage
By Ben Kamisar
Carly Fiorina has missed the cut for Saturday’s GOP debate, making her the only major candidate remaining who won’t be on the stage.

NH poll: Rubio surges into second place
By Jonathan Easley
Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over the Republican presidential field in New Hampshire, but Marco Rubio has surged into second place, a new poll finds.

Trump ignores GOP rivals, swings at Obama
By Mark Hensch
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rarely mentioned his GOP rivals Thursday, focusing instead on a litany of President Obama’s failures he would correct as president.

Anti-Trump super-PAC’s secret weapon: John McCain
By Jonathan Swan
The anti-Trump super-PAC that spent more than $2 million slamming the billionaire in Iowa is preparing to launch a new secret weapon in New Hampshire — John McCain.

Obama to push $10-per-barrel oil tax for green transportation plan
By Devin Henry
President Obama will propose a $10-per-barrel fee on oil production to fund a new green transportation plan, the White House announced Thursday.

Smirking drug CEO antagonizes lawmakers after pleading the Fifth
By Sarah Ferris
Embattled drug executive Martin Shkreli antagonized lawmakers on Thursday by smirking and posing for pictures during his first appearance on Capitol Hill even as he refused to answer questions about drug prices.

Flint fight blocks energy bill
By Devin Henry
Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked ending debate on a broad, bipartisan rewrite of federal energy policy because lawmakers couldn’t come to an agreement on aid for the Flint, Mich., water crisis.

In shift, House panel launches Clinton email probe
By Cory Bennett and Julian Hattem
The House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into federal recordkeeping that is expected to swirl around Hillary Clinton’s emails.

NBC News: Trump holds NH lead, but Rubio gains ground in new poll
By Mark Murray
Donald Trump continues to lead Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary after his second-place finish in Iowa.

CNN: UN panel says Assange is being ‘arbitrarily detained’
By Don Melvin and Joshua Berlinger
Melinda Taylor, Assange’s lawyer, called the ruling “a resounding vindication of Mr. Assange’s position.”

Reuters: German spy agency says ISIS is sending fighters disguised as refugees
By Caroline Copley
Islamic State militants have slipped into Europe disguised as refugees, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) said on Friday.