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8:55 AM ET, February 18, 2016

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CBS News:
CBS News poll: The next Supreme Court justice, Obama, and the economy  —  The U.S. Supreme Court  —  With an unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, it's unclear if he will be replaced before the November election.
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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.
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.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Summing Up Scalia  —  Getting right to the point: … In being a political actor, Scalia was like...every other Supreme Court justice ever.  As his BLISTERING opinions became more and more like talk radio, though, his insistence that he was the Last Principled Judge in America became particularly intolerable.
Discussion: Balkinization
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Obama to skip Scalia's funeral
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Literal Holy Crap: Glenn Beck Says Scalia's Death Part of God's Plan to Elect Ted Cruz
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort
Jamiles Lartey / Guardian:
Call for Obama to delay supreme court nomination is ‘absurd’, say legal scholars
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sandra Day O'Connor: Obama should name Scalia's replacement
New York Times:   Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor
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:
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).
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and USA Today
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Field of Three Faces Brutal Delegate Math  —  If the Republican Party remains divided for much longer, it will start getting more difficult for a mainstream candidate to win the nomination.  —  Yet Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich all have incentives to stay in the race …
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Overtakes Donald Trump in Latest Republican Presidential Poll  —  Texas senator leads businessman 28% to 26% nationally, Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds  —  Support for Donald Trump among Republicans has declined in the past month, leaving him slightly behind Sen. Ted Cruz …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump leads Republican field nationally by more than 20 points: poll
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew Shain / The State:
Haley endorses Rubio for president
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mother Jones
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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.
Discussion: Hot Air
Mike Zapler / Politico:
Rubio holds ‘town halls’ — with no audience questions
Associated Press:
The Latest: Bush Told: 'Your Message Isn't Resonating'
Discussion: Politico, abc11.com and ABC News
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Apple's Stance Highlights a More Confrontational Tech Industry  —  The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.
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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 …
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
DeRay Mckesson, civil rights leaders to meet with Obama  —  DeRay Mckesson … DeRay Mckesson, the prominent activist and late entrant into Baltimore's mayoral race, will meet with President Barack Obama and civil rights leaders at the White House on Thursday for an event honoring Black History Month.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House rips Schumer's ‘credibility’ on national security
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, ABC News and Moe Lane
Jim Avila / ABC News:
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Obama to travel to Cuba in March
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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 …
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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Crank of the Far Right?  —  I have been vaguely aware of Milo Yiannopoulos for a while.  He is a gay Brit who works for Breitbart News.  Lately he has been embroiled in controversy on Twitter and on college campuses, but I hadn't paid enough attention to know what the fuss was about.
Discussion: Star Tribune
CNN:
Cliven Bundy indicted by federal grand jury  —  (CNN)Cliven Bundy and four others — including his sons Ryan and Ammon, who led the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon — were indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, according to the U.S. attorney for Nevada.
 
 
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Jonathan Van Meter / Vogue:
Will Hillary Clinton Make History?
David Glasner / Uneasy Money:
Competitive Devaluation Plus Monetary Expansion Does Create a Free Lunch
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
FOMC Minutes and More  —  So much Fed, so little time.
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Firm with Saudi ties works on Air Force One, other VIP jets
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
What Has Conservatism Ever Done for Us? A Great Deal, Actually
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
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The Intercept:
Hedge Fund Billionaires Fund Super PAC Ad Against Bernie Sanders and Minimum Wage Hike
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Patty Wight / news.mpbn.net:
LePage Jeered by Crowd After Saying Asylum Seekers Bring ‘Ziki Fly’ to ‘Our Land’
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
John Kasich will not be in South Carolina on primary night
Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
NYPD wants you to stop leaving your cellphone under your pillow
Discussion: The Daily Caller and fox8.com