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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016. Have a great 2016!
Why the next Supreme Court vacancy will favor liberals, no matter who retires https://t.co/LhUswQMQMG via @PostOpinions
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 1, 2016
Donald Trump’s Clinton gambit https://t.co/vXebJbXPzx | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/VPTlrotGe2
— POLITICO (@politico) January 1, 2016
The state of the union, for better or worse, in 10 charts. — @SteveRattner https://t.co/w1scLShAVb
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) January 1, 2016
UK in ‘one of the great reforming decades’, claims David Cameron https://t.co/89j8eFcYHX
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 1, 2016
What will be the big story of 2016? https://t.co/K2K5BNjKz2 pic.twitter.com/SxQ0OHDKEK
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) January 1, 2016
Latest on evacuations of #Munich train stations after ‘terror’ warning https://t.co/kHS8tGgXe5 pic.twitter.com/0zoW7mRQF1
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 1, 2016
Tracking migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea as they begin an uncertain path to residency in Europe https://t.co/EYXF2XoRT0
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 1, 2016
Report: White House delays imposing new sanctions on Iran https://t.co/ATAiazN2sM #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/aNwelgYZAN
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 1, 2016
State Department falls short in releasing Hillary Clinton’s emails https://t.co/R1rHwkn4PT via @peterbakernyt pic.twitter.com/Ttvs4l4APK
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 1, 2016
20 People Now Own as Much Wealth as Half of All Americans 💰💰💰 https://t.co/ZRMRWWpXwD
— The Nation (@thenation) January 1, 2016
Learn more about ten American foreign policy influentials who died in 2015 with @JamesMLindsay‘s list: https://t.co/jiTylm2wRd
— CFR (@CFR_org) January 1, 2016
The Lives They Lived: Remembering some of those we lost in 2015 https://t.co/EXmIWyRQnj pic.twitter.com/GF7lCWm9XP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 31, 2015
Israeli economy grew 2.3% in 2015, its slowest pace since 2009 https://t.co/yvd1EL8X9e
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) December 31, 2015
When a Chinese truck company moved into India, the culture clash was immediate. https://t.co/bQgg3zaEEc pic.twitter.com/bV7rFVKzU1
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) December 31, 2015
Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers https://t.co/YEFZKcrh3u | Getty pic.twitter.com/j2fEiBOOcn
— POLITICO (@politico) December 31, 2015
Old conflict, new hatreds—@almuslimi examines how religious sectarianism is impacting #Yemen: https://t.co/tt48PNdZFN
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) December 31, 2015
Our most-read longer pieces of the year on the 2016 presidential campaign https://t.co/W9PD7NPK5M
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 1, 2016