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A.M. Links: State of the Union Address Tonight, Suicide Attack in Istanbul, Bloomberg Weighs Third-Party Presidential Run

Damon Root | 1.12.2016 9:00 AM


  • Credit: WhiteHouse.gov

    Barack Obama will deliver the last State of the Union address of his presidency tonight.

  • South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will give the Republican response to Obama's State of the Union speech.
  • A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 in a popular tourist area in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly considering a third-party run for the presidency.
  • Bernie Sanders: "Secretary Clinton and her campaign is in serious trouble."
  • Alabama beat Clemson last night to win the College Football Playoff National Championship.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).