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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Scalia's death could doom McDonnell and hurt Menendez — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could wind up one of the biggest losers as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death and the potentially protracted battle shaping up over his replacement.
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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Obama Could Win SCOTUS Battle in This 17-Day Window — Senate Republicans are pledging to block any Supreme Court nomination by President Barack Obama until after November, hoping a Republican will replace him and fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Carson: Republicans Wouldn't Wait To Replace Scalia If We Held The White House — “Then again, recognize that the two picks that the president has selected are ideologues, so there's really no reason to believe that his next pick wouldn't be an ideologue also.” — Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty Images
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John Boehner / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
The Time I Tried To Persuade Antonin Scalia To Run For Vice President — JOIN THE TEAM FOR ADDED BENEFITS: — Create an Account OR Log In — FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: — Submit — x — Views — ShareTweetEmail + — Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump: ‘Pretty Unusual’ Scalia Was Found With ‘Pillow on His Face’ — During a Tuesday interview with talk show host Michael Savage, Donald Trump seemed to lend some credence to the conspiracy theories that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered, saying it was “pretty unusual” they found a pillow on his face.
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO) — Republican Senator Chuck Grassley isn't ready to say whether he'll convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Obama's nominee to fill the opening on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Chuck Schumer:
Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees — Over the last couple of days, some Republicans, embarrassed by their partisan overreach in attempting to prevent the President from nominating a Supreme Court justice, have tried to use a 2007 speech I gave to justify their current obstruction.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’
Harry Reid / Washington Post:
Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction
Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
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Washington Post
New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Ryan supports blocking Obama nomination to replace Scalia
Ryan supports blocking Obama nomination to replace Scalia
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Timothy S. Huebner / New York Times:
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
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Prairie Weather
Des Moines Register:
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
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New York Times and Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
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New Republic and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads — PPP's new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state. He's at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson. — What's striking about Trump's support …
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NBC News:
Bernie Sanders Closes Gap on Hillary Clinton After N.H. Win: Poll — In the wake of the first two nominating contests, Hillary Clinton is maintaining her lead over Bernie Sanders nationally in the past week, dropping a single percentage point to 50 percent.
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Politico, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post and Florida Politics
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio surges back to electrify South Carolina
Rubio surges back to electrify South Carolina
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Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
South Carolina poll: Trump up 17 points ahead of primary
South Carolina poll: Trump up 17 points ahead of primary
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Suing Ted Cruz
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Suing Ted Cruz
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Lydia Mulvany / Bloomberg Business:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood — Some brands promising 100 percent purity contained no Parmesan at all. — The cheese police are on the case. — Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory …
Isiah Carey / KRIV:
US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans — HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans. — Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz's camp on Trump's lawsuit threat: 'We're prepared for anything' — Ted Cruz's campaign may think Donald Trump's accusations about his eligibility are bunk, but that doesn't mean they're going to be caught flat-footed if he follows through on his threat to sue.
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
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Politicus USA
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
It's time to kill the $100 bill — It's time to go after big money … Harvard's Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government, which I am privileged to direct, has just issued an important paper by senior fellow Peter Sands and a group of student collaborators.
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Daily Mail:
SCROLL DOWN TO HEAR SALLY MILLER — Sally Miller tells Daily Mail Online she met Clinton at parties and political functions in 1974 when she was a senate aide at the Arkansas State Capitol and he was preparing for his run for the House of Representatives. But their affair began when he was Governor of Arkansas
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention — Mysterious outside groups are asking state parties for personal data on potential delegates, Republican campaigns are drawing up plans to send loyal representatives to obscure local conventions, and party officials are dusting off rule books …
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Vox, Hot Air and New York Magazine
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal — CNBC financial commentator Larry Kudlow, who recently spoke to The Courant at a Fairfield diner, is reportedly not running for the U.S. Senate, according to a supporter's email. — Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie …
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Politico
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Man caught in subway doors dragged to his death — KEW GARDENS, Queens — A commuter trying to get onto an F train just as its doors were closing became caught in those doors and was dragged to his death in Queens, an MTA official said Tuesday. — It happened about 6:45 p.m. Monday …
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