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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump Falls Behind Ted Cruz in National NBC/WSJ Poll — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent …
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CBS News poll: Trump maintains commanding lead over GOP field — Donald Trump (35 percent) continues to hold a commanding lead over the rest of the field, with a 17 point lead over his closest rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (18 percent). John Kasich (11 percent) has now risen to a virtual third-place tie with Marco Rubio (12 percent).
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Andrew Shain / The State:
Haley endorses Rubio for president — U.S. senator from Florida wins support of S.C. governor — Haley is state's most popular GOP politician after handling of Charleston shooting — Jeb Bush was Haley's other likely endorsement choice — S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley said Wednesday …
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
MSNBC's Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful — The media's coverage of Trump has been soft, insufficient, and without substance. — Is Donald Trump in trouble? After facing hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Wednesday night—they comprehensively laid out his flip-flops …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll be ‘neutral’ on Israel and Palestine — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to pick sides in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. — “You know, I don't want to get into it,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during a MSNBC town hall in Charleston, S.C.
USA Today:
Poll: Sanders has slight edge over Clinton in matchups with GOP opponents — WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders fares a bit better than rival Hillary Clinton in head-to-head matchups against Republican presidential contenders, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush struggles to mask mounting frustration
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
John Kasich will not be in South Carolina on primary night
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Mike Zapler / Politico:
Rubio holds ‘town halls’ — with no audience questions
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Overtakes Donald Trump in Latest Republican Presidential Poll
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Ted Cruz promises military no ‘gluten-free’ MREs
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Dominates in Bloomberg Poll Before South Carolina Primary
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Obama to skip Scalia's funeral — President Barack Obama is preparing for a fierce battle with the Senate over the Supreme Court vacancy, but he's not planning to attend Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral — a decision that puzzled even some of his allies and incensed conservative media.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee — President Obama “regrets” filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, his top spokesman said Wednesday, though he maintains that the Republican opposition to his effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is unprecedented.
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Kate Hudson / CBS News:
Ranch owner clarifies how he found Scalia amid conspiracy theories — For the second time this week, Donald Trump expressed skepticism about how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, alluding to conspiracy theories suggesting he was the victim of foul play.
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Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:
Glenn Beck: God Brought About Scalia's Death So America Would Vote For Ted Cruz
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Summing Up Scalia — Getting right to the point:
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sandra Day O'Connor: Obama should name Scalia's replacement
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Literal Holy Crap: Glenn Beck Says Scalia's Death Part of God's Plan to Elect Ted Cruz
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House rips Schumer's ‘credibility’ on national security
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Obama to travel to Cuba in March
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Dan Guido / Trail of Bits Blog:
Apple can comply with the FBI court order — Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI's request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen's iPhone 5C. Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given …
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Apple encryption case risks influencing Russia and China, privacy experts say
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham: GOP will get ‘slaughtered’ if Trump nominee — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) argued Wednesday that if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee, Republicans will get “slaughtered” in the November election. — Lambasting the outspoken Republican front-runner as an “opportunist,” …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Lindsey Graham a ‘disgrace,’ ‘nut job,’ ‘one of the dumbest human beings’
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
'Don't f-k with me': Hear Kanye's uncensored ‘SNL’ meltdown — Kanye West blasted Taylor Swift as a “fake ass” and called NBC staffers “white m— s” during his epic meltdown backstage at “Saturday Night Live. In an audio clip exclusively obtained by Page Six, Kanye can be heard repeatedly yelling at …
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Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
FOMC Minutes and More — So much Fed, so little time. But the short story is this: The Fed is in risk management mode, which means they will leave rates on hold until they see clear evidence that markets are stabilizing, growth remains on track, and they are even leaning towards needing …
David Glasner / Uneasy Money:
Competitive Devaluation Plus Monetary Expansion Does Create a Free Lunch — I want to begin this post by saying that I'm flattered by, and grateful to, Frances Coppola for the first line of her blog post yesterday. But - and I note that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery …
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