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3:25 PM ET, April 25, 2012

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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.
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
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Considering Arizona Law, Justices Again in Political Storm
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
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich to suspend campaign
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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CNN:
Poll: Dead heat in Arizona
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Politico and GOP 12
Ken Cuccinelli / CNN:
TRENDING: Tareq Salahi mulls bid for governor
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad News #gay
CNN:
Obama fundraiser to pull in $900K
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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
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.
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Joe. My. God.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Marco Rubio biography says grandfather was ordered deported
Scott Wongand Manu Raju / Politico:
Rob Portman: Vice President Vanilla?
Discussion: 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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Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Obama emphasizes new aspects of life story
Discussion: American Prospect
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.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Student takes blame for spilling yogurt on Obama
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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.
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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Associated Press:
Holden, longtime Pa. incumbent, ousted in primary
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Rep. Allen West / The Hill:
Critical time for ideological debate  —  Much has been made of my recent response to a question from a constituent and assertion regarding so-called “communists” in the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  I am pleased it has inspired so much passionate debate, for that was precisely the point.
Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
Jimmah: Obama Will Win Re-election, But I'd Be “Comfortable” With Romney … How many other Dems will be “comfortable” with Romney?  —  Sign-Up to receive Updates from TH  —  Sign Up  —  Breaking on TOWNHALL  —  It's probably about time Greg Hengler started getting “comfortable” with Romney too.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
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Denis Dison / Gay Politics:
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