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DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO THE POPE — If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS's ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened.
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Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’ — ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRLINER — Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants …
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Why aren't we talking about how big a frontrunner Donald Trump is for the Republican nomination? — Barring some sort of cataclysm, Donald Trump is going to win the South Carolina Republican presidential primary easily on Saturday. That will be his second straight large victory …
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A canticle for Donald Trump — Donald Trump's progress toward the Republican nomination is beginning to look fated. When it comes to good luck, or divine intervention, can anything beat Pope Francis's condemnation of Donald Trump today for supporting a wall protecting the southern border of the United States?
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Pope suggests contraception can be condoned in Zika crisis
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Reports: Chicago court to hear case to knock Cruz off White House ballot
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Donald Trump Fires Back at Sharp Rebuke by Pope Francis
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MSNBC's Trump town hall falls to CNN and Fox News in the ratings
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Donald Trump calls Pope Francis ‘disgraceful’ for questioning his faith
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Pope on Trump: Anyone who wants border walls isn't Christian
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Pope suggests Trump ‘is not Christian’
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Fox News Poll: Clinton ‘feels the Bern,’ trails Sanders by three points nationally — Bernie Sanders now tops Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. — The latest Fox News national poll finds 47 percent of Democratic primary voters now back the Vermont senator, up from 37 percent in January.
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Consolidating Hispanic support, Clinton's campaign throws punches at Sanders — Housing Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro visits a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Jan. 24, 2016. (staff/Todd J. Gillman) — AUSTIN — Hillary Clinton nabbed …


In 2002, Donald Trump Said He Supported Invading Iraq — “Are you for invading Iraq?” Howard Stern asked him, and Trump answered, “Yeah, I guess so.” — w.soundcloud.com — For months, Donald Trump has claimed that he opposed the Iraq War before the invasion began — as an example of his great judgment on foreign policy issues.


Clinton Strong in South Carolina But Warning Signs Ahead, Bloomberg Poll Shows — Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina thanks to a 3-to-1 advantage among African-American voters, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll that shows the Democrats' fourth …
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U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn to endorse Hillary Clinton in Democratic presidential primary
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Bloomberg Would Lose Big to Sanders and Trump — WSJ/NBC Poll
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Bernie Sanders Cuts Into Hillary Clinton's National Lead: Poll
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Sources: South Carolina's Jim Clyburn Plans To Endorse Hillary Clinton
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Cruz Campaign Pushes Photoshopped Image of Rubio Shaking Hands with Obama — The Marco Rubio campaign is livid Thursday after the Ted Cruz campaign released a website that includes a photoshopped image of their candidate shaking hands with President Barack Obama.
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In S.C., the GOP contest looks more and more like a three-man race — EASLEY, S.C. — After more than a week of fevered campaigning, Republicans in South Carolina are on the verge of answering two of the main questions hovering over the GOP presidential race: Will Donald Trump cement his place …
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Down on Jeb's Prospects, Bob Dole Says Marco Rubio is His Second Choice
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Mourners to Pay Respects Friday to Late Justice Scalia — In a day of ceremony and tribute, the casket carrying Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose at the Supreme Court where he spent nearly three decades as one of its most influential members. — Thousands of mourners …
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Antonin Scalia vacancy: Letter to GOP senator who waffled
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Glenn Beck: God took Scalia to give America Ted Cruz as president
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EXCLUSIVE — Mom Whose Son Was Tortured to Death by Illegal Endorses Trump, Says 'Pope Doesn't Care About Me' — In an exclusive telephone interview with Breitbart News, Laura Wilkerson, whose son was tortured to death by an illegal alien, explained why she cast her early ballot today for GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump.
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Charles Koch: This is the one issue where Bernie Sanders is right — Charles G. Koch is chairman and chief executive of Koch Industries. — As he campaigns for the Democratic nomination for president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) often sounds like he's running as much against me as he is the other candidates.
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EXCLUSIVE- Pat Buchanan: Donald Trump's Rise Is Rejection of a Quarter Century of Bush Republicanism — In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Pat Buchanan declared that Trump's rise represents a rejection of 25 years of Bush Republicanism— an ideology which Buchanan …


Acadiana law enforcement unites to find Gremlins Gang — Law enforcement from across Acadiana join forces to try and take down a gang. — An investigation into the Gremlins Gang was launched a year and a half ago by Abbeville Police. Ten accused gang members are already under arrest, but 7 are still wanted.
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U.S. Strikes ISIS Camp in Libya, Killing More Than 30 — WASHINGTON — American warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya early Friday, targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major terrorist attacks in Tunisia last year, according to a Western official.
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State's highest court intervenes in Freddie Gray case, halting all lower court proceedings — The highest court in Maryland has agreed to hear arguments in the trials of five of the six Baltimore police officers charged in the Freddie Gray case. The Court of Appeals will decide whether …
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