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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Supreme Court casts doubt on Obama's immigration law claim — Supreme Court justices took a dim view of the Obama administration's claim that it can stop Arizona from enforcing immigration laws, telling government lawyers during oral argument Wednesday that the state appears to want to push federal officials, not conflict with them.
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Washington Wire:
Recap: Supreme Court Live Blog: The Immigration Case … Several Supreme Court justices said they couldn't see legal problems in a central part of Arizona's tough anti-immigration law, but some other provisions of the law received more skepticism at arguments Wednesday.
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, CNN, msnbc.com, SCOTUSblog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: A choice between radical and reasonable? — Analysis — With Justice Antonin Scalia pushing the radical idea that the Constitution gives states clear authority to close their borders entirely to immigrants without a legal right to be in the U.S., seven other Justices …
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Supreme Court seems favorable to Arizona illegal immigration law — Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared highly doubtful of the Obama administration's objections to a controversial immigration law in Arizona. — The ideologically diverse group of justices pummeled Solicitor General Donald Verrilli …
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Washington Monthly, Politico and Ballot Box
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Considering Arizona Law, Justices Again in Political Storm
Considering Arizona Law, Justices Again in Political Storm
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Althouse and Patterico's Pontifications
CNN:
BREAKING: Gingrich to end White House bid — Washington (CNN) - Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN. — While details are still being worked out …
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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Gingrich to leave presidential race next Tuesday, sources say
Gingrich to leave presidential race next Tuesday, sources say
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Politico, The Hill, Roll Call, Hot Air, GOP 12, Guardian, Vodkapundit, The Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Campaign 2012, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress and The Other McCain
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich to suspend campaign
Newt Gingrich to suspend campaign
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Little Green Footballs and Hit & Run
Lindsey Boerma / NationalJournal.com:
Gingrich Unofficially Concedes GOP Nomination Race to Romney
Gingrich Unofficially Concedes GOP Nomination Race to Romney
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The Caucus, msnbc.com, Politico, Wake up America, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and Campaign 2012
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Asks Unions to Help Cover Convention Costs — President Barack Obama's political advisers are pressing labor unions to contribute to the Democratic convention in September to cover a fundraising shortfall resulting from their self-imposed ban on corporate donations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Hotline On Call, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Conservative Commune and National Review
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Ken Cuccinelli / CNN:
TRENDING: Tareq Salahi mulls bid for governor — (CNN) - Famed White House party crasher Tareq Salahi has his sights set on crashing the governor's mansion in Virginia. — This time he plans to gain legitimate entrance as he is considering a candidacy for governor of the Old Dominion.
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Politico, Towleroad News #gay and National Review
CNN:
Poll: Dead heat in Arizona — (CNN) - Is Arizona truly a battleground state? — The jury's still out, but a second straight survey this week does indicate that it's all knotted up between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Arizona.
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ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Politico and Outside the Beltway
Rolling Stone:
Ready for the Fight: Rolling Stone Interview with Barack Obama — The president discusses his job, the opposition and the coming campaign — We arrived at the White House on Easter Monday, the South Lawn overrun by children and their parents enjoying the annual Easter Egg Roll.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Grover Norquist
Obama Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Grover Norquist
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Power Line, NewsBusters.org and The Gateway Pundit
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama vows to fight for climate action, make global warming a key 2012 issue
Obama vows to fight for climate action, make global warming a key 2012 issue
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ThinkProgress, Politico, Get Energy Smart!, Pirate's Cove and Mediaite
Patrick Richardson / The Daily Caller:
Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores — A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district member of Congress. But now it's attracting barbs from farm kids themselves.
BuzzFeed:
Document: Marco Rubio's First Communion — The Senator seeks to establish that he left the Mormon faith, and returned to Catholicism, as a 13-year-old in Las Vegas. — Senator Marco Rubio's staff is disputing a section of a new biography that suggests that Rubio, as a boy, was a Mormon until the family returned to Miami.
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Campaign 2012 and Joe. My. God.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Marco Rubio biography says grandfather was ordered deported
Marco Rubio biography says grandfather was ordered deported
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ABCNEWS and William K. Wolfrum Chronicles
Scott Wongand Manu Raju / Politico:
Rob Portman: Vice President Vanilla?
Rob Portman: Vice President Vanilla?
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Pirate's Cove and Althouse
Peter Grier / Christian Science Monitor:
Obama slow jams the news with Jimmy Fallon. How does that work? (+video) — Start with a late-night funnyman. Add a president. Then, talk about something serious - Obama chose student loans - while Jimmy Fallon's house band, The Roots, lays down an R&B rhythm. Punch it up. Laugh.
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The Moderate Voice, Hit & Run and Ezra Klein
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Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Obama emphasizes new aspects of life story
Obama emphasizes new aspects of life story
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American Prospect
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
President Obama Explains Student Loan Proposals, Drops the Mic on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
President Obama Explains Student Loan Proposals, Drops the Mic on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
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Mediaite, The Impolitic and DownWithTyranny!
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
House Republican blames Secret Service for ‘knucklehead’ culture — Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) said Wednesday that the prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service is a “much bigger problem” than a case of “a couple of knuckleheads.” — “Think about the culture that would hire this many knuckleheads.
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Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Romney Sets Unwanted Record in Sweep of Northeastern Primaries — Prior to Romney, no presumptive GOP nominee has failed to win 60 percent of the vote playing out the primary string after his last major challenger exited the race — While there was no doubt Mitt Romney would rack …
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ABCNEWS, RedState, Shakesville, Guardian, The American Conservative and Daily Kos
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
What's Wrong with the Ross Douthat Creed — Ross Douthat is a very sincere young man who writes a column for the New York Times, and someone who, alas, usually makes David Brooks read like Richard Brautigan, albeit with one memorable exception. Like many people who were born too late …
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Taylor Marsh, The Confluence, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hullabaloo and Jesus' General
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Vote for Romney. He loves America. — You know what, wonks? This campaign is going to be a bummer. — On Tuesday, Mitt Romney gave a speech billed as his big general-election pitch. It was a perfectly serviceable piece of work: competently written and competently delivered.
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American Prospect, Mitt Romney for President …, Business Insider, Guardian, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg and Eclectablog
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Reid draws line against Keystone
Reid draws line against Keystone
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Politico, Speaker, The Heritage Foundation and InsideClimate News
PR Newswire:
Girl Gone Wild Goes to Washington — Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis is NOT throwing his hat into the political ring with the likes of Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian. However, Francis announced today that he has added an additional prize for the winner of the wildly popular, #1 rated …
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BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller, Taegan Goddard's …, Washington Free Beacon and Hotline On Call
Bo Guagua / The Harvard Crimson:
An Exclusive Statement from Bo Guagua to The Harvard Crimson — Harvard Kennedy School student Bo Guagua corresponded with Crimson staff writers Hana N. Rouse and Justin C. Worland on Tuesday via his Kennedy School and Google email accounts and sent The Crimson a statement, which is published verbatim below.
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Guardian, The Other McCain, ABCNEWS and Global Spin
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Mark Critz defeats Jason Altmire, Matt Cartwright beats Tim Holden — Two conservative Democrats lost their seats in Pennsylvania tonight thanks to the state's new congressional map. — Rep. Mark Critz beat Rep. Jason Altmire in a highly competitive member-vs-member Democratic primary …
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Garry Wills / New York Review of Books:
Bullying the Nuns — The Vatican has issued a harsh statement claiming that American nuns do not follow their bishops' thinking. That statement is profoundly true. Thank God, they don't. Nuns have always had a different set of priorities from that of bishops. The bishops are interested in power.
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