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Chris Perez / New York Post:
Donald Trump leads polls in 10 of next 14 voting states — Donald Trump is leading in 10 of the 14 states set to vote in Republican primaries or caucuses over the next two weeks. — Recent polls show that Trump is ahead in Nevada, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Louisiana.
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Outside the Beltway, The Week, Political Wire and New York Times
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Trump has a stranglehold on the GOP nomination. So why isn't he getting credit? — Donald Trump cruised to a double-digit win over the Republican field on Saturday in South Carolina. It was his second straight easy win — coming 11 days after he swept the New Hampshire primary by nearly 17 points.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Victory Spurs Renewed Scrambling Among Republicans
Donald Trump's Victory Spurs Renewed Scrambling Among Republicans
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Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Political Wire, Breitbart, The Week, Downtrend and Guardian
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Hopes to Follow Hillary Clinton's Lead in Nevada
Donald Trump Hopes to Follow Hillary Clinton's Lead in Nevada
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Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner
J. D. Vance / National Review:
Did Ted Cruz Miscalculate His Support among Evangelicals?
Did Ted Cruz Miscalculate His Support among Evangelicals?
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The Resurgent and The Daily Caller
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Fall of the House of Bush: How last name and Donald Trump doomed Jeb — For Jeb Bush's campaign, August was a cruel month. Donald Trump's attacks on the former Florida governor as a "low-energy" politician were beginning to stick, and the two were bickering over immigration.
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Jeb's 2016 departure draws out Mike Murphy critics — Las Vegas (CNN)In the unsparing judgment of the Twittersphere, there was one clear loser after Jeb's Bush's graceful exit from the Republican presidential race Saturday night: political strategist Mike Murphy and the Bush-allied super PAC Right to Rise USA, which he directed.
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Rubio Campaign Is Ready to Milk Jeb Bush's Cash Cows
Rubio Campaign Is Ready to Milk Jeb Bush's Cash Cows
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Rubio Seeks Cash Infusion From Donors Who Backed Bush
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Demeaning The Office — When President Bill Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky was exposed, it was a new low for the office of president. It wasn't the first affair by a president (or Clinton), not by a long shot. But the fact it was with an intern and he committed perjury behind …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Its power is derived from custom and deference. How old-fashioned.
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Scalia's legacy: A court transformed
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Delegate Count Leaving Bernie Sanders With Steep Climb — Senator Bernie Sanders vowed on Sunday to fight on after losing the Nevada caucuses, predicting that he would pull off a historic political upset by this summer's party convention. — But the often overlooked delegate count …
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Jon Ralston / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Ralston Reports: ‘Reid-Culinary bond’ won Nevada for Clinton
Ralston Reports: ‘Reid-Culinary bond’ won Nevada for Clinton
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USA Today and Scared Monkeys
James Comey / Lawfare:
We Could Not Look the Survivors in the Eye if We Did Not Follow this Lead — The San Bernardino litigation isn't about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message. It is about the victims and justice. Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined.
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Obama is looting the Treasury to pay off insurers — The Obama administration will tell any lie and break any law to prevent the president's signature health-care program from collapsing. — Insurance companies such as UnitedHealthcare and Aetna are losing billions trying to sell ObamaCare plans …
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Power Line
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Will Not Vote For Donald Trump. Ever. — When I wrote in National Review that I was against Donald Trump, I said and have maintained since his entry into the race that if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, I would support him. No longer. — Donald Trump believes the federal government should fund Planned Parenthood.
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Rick Tyler / Facebook:
I want to apologize to Senator Marco Rubio for posting an inaccurate story about him here earlier today. The story showed a video of the Senator walking past a Ted Cruz staffer seated in the lobby of a hotel reading his Bible. The story misquoted a remark the Senator made to the staffer.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump consults with Rudy Giuliani as he builds political kitchen cabinet — Fresh off back-to-back victories in the Republican presidential race, Donald Trump is moving to expand his tight-knit campaign by building a political kitchen cabinet that includes former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Black divisions matter in Dem race — In all of Congress, only two Democrats have endorsed Bernie Sanders — , the independent senator and democratic socialist from Vermont. — How can that be? — Already, close to half of Iowa Democrats and nearly two-thirds of Democrats in New Hampshire …
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Walter Smith-Randolph / WWMT-TV:
Alleged gunman worked as Uber driver during deadly shooting spree; passenger shares story — KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - In an exclusive interview with Newschannel 3, a passenger of Jason Dalton's details his Uber experience before Dalton allegedly shot eight people across Kalamazoo County.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump brags about winning with ‘short people, fat people, skinny people’ — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — took a victory lap on Sunday evening after winning the South Carolina primary, bragging about his ability to win across multiple voting blocs. — “We won with everything.
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Political Insider blog and The Week
Matt Bruce / Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Cheesy garlic knots spat sparks brawl at Palm Coast pizza shop — PALM COAST — A disagreement over cheesy garlic knots sparked a melee inside a Palm Coast pizzeria and led to four arrests late Friday night, according to deputy reports. — Jessica Conti, 25, Vincent Conti, 23, Hareem Jones …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Now Trump ‘Not Sure’ If Rubio's Eligible to Be President (UPDATED) — Donald Trump slyly raised questions this morning about Marco Rubio's eligibility to be president. — Yesterday, Trump retweeted something a supporter sent to him that seemed to gin up questions about Rubio's eligibility to be president in addition to Ted Cruz's:
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Rubio super PAC compares him to Harry Potter
Rubio super PAC compares him to Harry Potter
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