Clinton and Sanders Battle Over Obama, Court Orders More Releases of Clinton Emails

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WRAP-UP

Sanders, Clinton draw battle lines on Obama, foreign policy
By Ben Kamisar
A relatively muted and wonky debate Thursday night dissolved at the end into accusations by Hillary Clinton that Bernie Sanders is abandoning President Obama with his criticism of the party’s standard bearer.

Clinton: Size of government will grow under Sanders
By Jonathan Swan
Hillary Clinton began Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate by hammering Bernie Sanders on his plans to dramatically expand the federal government.

Sanders tears into Clinton’s Kissinger connections
By Rebecca Savransky
Bernie Sanders criticized rival Hillary Clinton for her interactions with Henry Kissinger, calling the former secretary of State “destructive.”

Clinton: Sanders’s criticism of Obama is what I expect from GOP
By Lisa Hagen
Hillary Clinton railed against Bernie Sanders for his criticisms of President Obama during a fiery exchange.

Sanders: Race relations would be better than now under me
By Jonathan Swan
Bernie Sanders says race relations would be better under his leadership than they are currently under President Obama.

NH freezes GOP donors, helping Trump
By Jonathan Swan
The New Hampshire primary has frozen GOP establishment donors. They’re not stampeding toward John Kasich or away from Jeb Bush. And they’re not flocking to Marco Rubio, who plummeted after a robotic debate performance.

Big endorsement coming in South Carolina
By Mike Lillis
A wildcard in the looming South Carolina primary is about to play his hand.

Divided GOP to powwow on budget
By Scott Wong and Sarah Ferris
Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to use charts and graphs in his pitch to House Republicans on Friday morning. But his message will be simple: There will be severe consequences if we don’t pass a budget this year.

Tempers flare at IRS hearing
By Naomi Jagoda
A heated argument erupted Thursday at a hearing on the IRS, with Democrats and Republicans trading charges about the work of the Oversight Committee.

Court orders more releases of Clinton emails
By Julian Hattem
The State Department pledged to release more than 500 of Hillary Clinton’s emails this weekend after a federal judge in Washington demanded the Obama administration make two additional batches public before the end of the month.

The New York Times: Hillary Clinton Is Calm, Cool and Effective
By Jonathan Martin
Facing off against Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday night, Hillary Clinton did not comport herself like someone who had just suffered a landslide loss in New Hampshire. She did not raise her voice or express anger. She did not demonize Mr. Sanders or suggest he would be a dangerous choice for Democrats. She remained calm as he pungently sought to highlight their differences.

Washington Post: Super PAC makes big play to lift Hillary Clinton in primary states
By Matea Gold
The main super PAC supporting Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is making its first significant foray into the 2016 primary, launching a radio campaign in South Carolina and spearheading a $4.5 million effort to drive early turnout of African American, Latino and female voters in states that hold primary contests in March.

Bloomberg: Rubio’s Tax Proposals Seen Risking ‘Unsustainable’ Deficits
By Lynnley Browning
While presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s tax proposals would put more money in taxpayers’ wallets and in business coffers, their benefits would be concentrated at the top end of the income scale, and they could produce large, “unsustainable, budget deficits,” according to a policy group’s analysis.

The Wall Street Journal: Kasich Looks Beyond Southern Contests to Place Big Bet on Midwest Support
By Reid J. Epstein and Bob Davis
LITCHFIELD, S.C.—John Kasich spent six months running a New Hampshire-or-bust campaign. He survived that first test, and now the Ohio governor is betting his campaign on the Midwest and relocated Midwesterners.

Los Angeles Times: Obama creates 3 new national monuments to protect 1.8 million acres of California desert
By Louis Sahagun
The designations, which were requested by U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, preserve unique natural and cultural resources and enhance the region’s economic activity.