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'I Bring A Different Perspective To the Campaign This Time,' Clinton Says

1:57pm January 21, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton about how her campaign strategy has changed since her 2008 defeat, and she responds to the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

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Hillary Clinton confers with Republican Sen. John McCain in 2013.

Clinton Offers Bipartisan Olive Branch, But Is It In Season?

10:50am January 21, 2016

by Ron Elving

Talk of peace between the parties, as Hillary Clinton described in an NPR interview, will not appeal to everyone in this year of the angry activist. But Clinton hopes to survive the primaries.

Hillary Clinton stands for a portrait in San Antonio.

'Top Secret' Email Revelation Changes 'Nothing,' Clinton Says

7:56pm January 20, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

The former secretary of state says a new report that some emails on her private server exceeded the "Top Secret" classification is "an effort to inject" controversy into her campaign.

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Bernie Sanders' New, More Aggressive Campaign Game

7:20pm January 20, 2016

by Asma Khalid

The Vermont senator crisscrossed snowy western Iowa on Tuesday in a brand new campaign bus. He spoke about his usual economic message but also stepped up his political punches against Hillary Clinton.

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After Pledging Support, Sarah Palin Stumps For Trump In Oklahoma

7:10pm January 20, 2016

by Don Gonyea

A day after endorsing Donald Trump for president, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin campaigned with Trump in Oklahoma.

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Jerry Dunleavy stands inside his dorm room at "Camp Cruz," on the campus of AIB College of Business in Des Moines. Dunleavy, from Cleveland, quit his job and went to Iowa, leaving everything behind, to campaign for Ted Cruz.

Politics & Government

'Camp Cruz': The Surplus Iowa Dorm Filled With Cruz Volunteers

2:29pm January 20, 2016

by Clay Masters

A three-story unused business college dormitory in Des Moines that can sleep 100 has been put to use as housing for dozens of campaign workers from across the country. A second dorm is being readied.

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Ted Cruz Embarks On Bus Tour Through New Hampshire

2:29pm January 20, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Ted Cruz is in a heated battle for first place in the Iowa GOP caucuses. Though he's falling behind in New Hampshire, that didn't stop him from embarking on a bus tour there this week in hopes of beating expectations.

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Santorum Struggles To Regain 2012 Momentum

2:23pm January 20, 2016

by Scott Detrow

The onetime Iowa caucus winner now sits dead last in the state's polls, but Rick Santorum says he's still hoping for another last-minute surge.

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'Hidden History' Of Koch Brothers Traces Their Childhood And Political Rise

8:28am January 20, 2016

Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money, says the Kochs didn't grow up in "the usual cozy, all-American family." Their parents were away much of the time, and competition between the brothers was fierce.

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Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump At Rally In Iowa

8:37pm January 19, 2016

by Don Gonyea

Sarah Palin endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday night. Trump is holding onto his lead in Iowa where the caucuses are less than two weeks away.

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