Just one week before the Iowa caucuses, National Review took aim and fired a salvo at Donald Trump in the form of a special issue with a headline blaring, “Against Trump,” reports Politico. In response, the Republican National Committee dumped the magazine as a sponsor of the scheduled Feb. 25 debate in Houston, according to the Washington Post.

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