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Poll: Clinton, Sanders in a dead heat for Nevada — Washington (CNN)Likely Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ahead of Saturday's caucuses, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. — Though Clinton holds an edge over Sanders …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Bush campaign: CBS News should apologize for ‘inexcusable’ report — Jeb Bush's campaign is calling on CBS News to apologize for a report that cited jokes about the Republican presidential hopeful committing suicide. — “The network should apologize,” Kristy Campbell, Bush's press secretary …
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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.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
The More Donald Trump Defies His Party, the More His Supporters Cheer — NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Mark Jebens, a veteran of 22 years in the Marine Corps, found no fault with Donald J. Trump's scathing criticism that President George W. Bush “lied” about weapons of mass destruction while leading the United States into war in Iraq.
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Jacob Heilbrunn / Politico:
Trump Is Trampling Over the GOP's Corpse — The most basic problem for the Republican Party isn't that Donald Trump is so strong, but that his competitors are so weak. One can find no better illustration of this, perhaps, than the sorry spectacle of Jeb Bush—who only a year ago was seen …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton? Fear
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Reaction by some to Trump and Clinton? Fear
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Sanders deadlocked with Clinton in Nevada
Poll: Sanders deadlocked with Clinton in Nevada
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CNN:
In South Carolina, big leads on both sides
In South Carolina, big leads on both sides
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today? Its maker has a long and fascinating history.
That gun Jeb Bush tweeted today? Its maker has a long and fascinating history.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
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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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Reno Gazette-Journal and RedState
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans Show Signs of Division on Supreme Court Tactics — The “no hearings, no votes” stance for potential Obama nominees becomes a little less absolute for those wary of an electoral blowback. — After Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday, many Republican senators categorically ruled …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP unity cracks in court fight — Freshman GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warned Tuesday that his party risks being seen as “obstructionist” in a fight over Supreme Court nominations with President Obama. — The remarks from the North Carolina Republican are the first crack in GOP unity since …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia's successor
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
Sensing Republican confusion, Democrats boastfully predict Senate vote for Scalia successor
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Andrea Fisher / Great Falls Tribune:
Cops surround home, find ‘The Walking Dead’ — A Great Falls family gave their neighbors quite a scare while enjoying a favorite TV show Sunday evening. — A 911 call came in at 7:28 p.m. from a neighbor who heard “screaming from a house about someone having a gun,” according to Great Falls Police Department notes from the call.
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Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Shadowbanning ‘Real and Happening Every Day’ Says Inside Source — Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech. His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.
Thomas Piketty / Guardian:
Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era — The Vermont senator's success so far demonstrates the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections — ow can we interpret the incredible success of the …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11 — Lying about Muslims is one thing, but accusing Bush of holding office in 2001 is beyond the pale. — Last fall, Donald Trump claimed that, on September 11, 2001, thousands of Muslims cheered the fall of the World Trade Center.
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon — Vladimir Putin is exploiting yet another incoherence in U.S. Middle East policy. And the MSM is still ignoring the implications of the comprehensive failures of the Obama Administration. — An incoherent American strategy is allowing Putin's Russia …
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Fox News:
Exclusive: China sends surface-to-air missiles to contested island in provocative move — The Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of its contested islands in the South China Sea according to civilian satellite imagery exclusively obtained by Fox News …
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Curtis Skinner / Reuters:
FBI finds trench of human feces at cultural site on Oregon refuge — The FBI said it has found a trench of human feces and a road excavated on or next to a sensitive cultural site with artifacts at the Oregon wildlife refuge where armed men staged a standoff with authorities, according to court records filed on Tuesday.
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The Week
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama at U.S.-ASEAN Press Conference — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me begin by thanking the Annenberg Foundation Trust, and everyone here at beautiful Sunnylands and the people of Rancho Mirage for their incredible hospitality these past two days.
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Coburn: Trump-circulated quote attacking Cruz ‘absolute fabrication’ — Former Sen. Tom Coburn is angry about being quoted in the latest Donald Trump attack on Ted Cruz. — Coburn called the quote an “absolute fabrication.” — As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz …
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Libby Brooks Scotland / Guardian:
Man arrested for Facebook posts about Syrian refugees in Scotland — Offensive comments related to refugees on Isle of Bute and police say arrest shows social media abuse will not be tolerated — Police Scotland have said the arrest of a man responsible for a series of offensive Facebook posts …
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CNN:
California Journey wins top prize at Westminster Dog Show — 14 photos: — Westminster Kennel Club dog show 2016 — The German Shorthaired Pointer wins Best in Show of the 140th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — 14 photos:
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98 — George Gaynes, who played a grouchy foster parent on the 1980s sitcom “Punky Brewster,” the beleaguered commandant in seven “Police Academy” films and a soap opera star with a crush on Dustin Hoffman in drag in the Hollywood hit …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
I find this election bizarre for many reasons but none more than this: If I were given a blank sheet of paper and told to write down America's three greatest sources of strength, they would be “a culture of entrepreneurship,” “an ethic of pluralism” and the “quality of our governing institutions.”
Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to give investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, assistance the computer giant “declined to provide voluntarily,” according to court papers.
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