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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’ — Senate Republicans' widespread vow to automatically block any Supreme Court nominee President Obama puts forth may be wavering. — Within minutes of Justice Antonin Scalia passing away on Saturday …
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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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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.
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.
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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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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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Ryan supports blocking Obama nomination to replace Scalia — Washington, D.C. - Joining other leading Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday he supported the idea of blocking an Obama nomination to the Supreme Court after the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Wills Robinson For / Daily Mail:
‘My gut tells me there is something fishy going on’: Former D.C. homicide commander weighs …
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John Boehner / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
The Time I Tried To Persuade Antonin Scalia To Run For Vice President
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New York Post:
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Scalia's Death Pushes Politically Shy Court Into Partisan Fray
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Congress Has ‘Every Right’ To Not Confirm SCOTUS Nominee
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Grassley won't rule out hearings on Obama's SCOTUS pick
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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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CNN:
In South Carolina, big leads on both sides — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump holds a broad 16-point lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary this Saturday, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points …
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CNN:
South Carolina primary: CNN/ORC poll full results - CNNPolitics.com — Donald Trump holds a broad lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, and Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points on the Democratic side.
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NBC News:
Bernie Sanders Closes Gap on Hillary Clinton After N.H. Win: Poll
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio surges back to electrify South Carolina
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NBC News:
Trump Maintains National Lead Heading Into South Carolina
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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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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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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Trump Schedules Competing MSNBC Town Hall Opposite Cruz, Rubio CNN Town Hall — In yet another aggressive move that will thrill Trump supporters, late Tuesday morning, Jesse Rodriguez, Senior Producer of MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” announced a town hall event with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
CNN announces back-to-back GOP town halls
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Mohammed Sergie / Bloomberg Business:
Saudi Arabia, Russia to Freeze Oil Output Near Record Levels — Qatar, Venezuela also agreed to freeze, asked others to follow — Saudis will consider ‘other steps’ to improve market: Naimi — Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to freeze oil output at near-record levels …
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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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James Gallagher / BBC:
Excitement at new cancer treatment — A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission. — White blood cells were taken from patients with leukaemia, modified in the lab and then put back.
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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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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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