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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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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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Donald Trump's Victory Spurs Renewed Scrambling Among Republicans
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Donald Trump Hopes to Follow Hillary Clinton's Lead in Nevada
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Rubio super PAC compares him to Harry Potter
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Now Trump ‘Not Sure’ If Rubio's Eligible to Be President (UPDATED)
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Did Bernie Sanders really just win the Hispanic vote in Nevada? — This is not what the results from the Democratic Nevada caucus were supposed to look like. — Well, the first two bars are. We expected to see about an even split among white voters, leaning toward Bernie Sanders.
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Delegate Count Leaving Bernie Sanders With Steep Climb
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Why Charles Koch's awesome Bernie Sanders op-ed matters in future elections
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Ralston Reports: ‘Reid-Culinary bond’ won Nevada for Clinton
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Sanders has the resources and a plan to go the distance. Will it matter?
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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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Rubio Campaign Is Ready to Milk Jeb Bush's Cash Cows
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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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Its power is derived from custom and deference. How old-fashioned. — At about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 13, the San Antonio Express-News reported that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died. Within minutes — before the rest of the country even knew for certain whether …

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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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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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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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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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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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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Donald Trump relishes wrecking the GOP — Lyndon Johnson simply was exasperated. Barack Obama's mischief was methodical. — Four days before the 1966 congressional elections, Johnson, asked about criticism from Richard Nixon, testily responded: “I do not want to get into a debate . . …


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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