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Trump leads ahead of Iowa; Congress to vote on funding bill

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Donald Trump Holds Presidential Campaign Event In Indianola, Iowa
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Donald Trump was projected the winner of Iowa’s Republican caucus. The Associated Press called the result just 31 minutes into the contest, with the vast majority of the vote still to count—and the runner-up still to determine. Earlier on Monday Donald Trump lashed out on social media at rivals Nikki Haley (“Globalist”), Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy (“Vivek Votes are wasted”).

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