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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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Marco Rubio has awkward confrontation with Rafael Cruz, Cruz staffer in hotel lobby — Note from the Editor: We have been receiving lots of questions about the contents of this video, and some have disagreed with our transcript. We stand by our original transcript, but the video …
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Cruz spokesman apologizes for ‘inaccurate’ Rubio video — Ted Cruz's national spokesman apologized to Marco Rubio for a false report he posted to his social media account — (CNN)Ted Cruz's national spokesman apologized late Sunday for a video distributed by the campaign that falsely depicted Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible.
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Cruz fires top staffer for promoting false story about Rubio — Ted Cruz said on Monday that he had asked for the resignation of national spokesman Rick Tyler on Monday, citing a “grave error of judgment.” — Cruz cited a social media posting from Tyler on Sunday publicizing …
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Rubio Needs To Move Aside For Cruz, Not Vice Versa
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Exclusive: Bob Dole Endorses Marco Rubio in 2016 Race
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Cruz campaign's Rick Tyler apologizes, confirms staffer's exoneration of Marco Rubio in Bible flap
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Conservatives: Court nominee must be stopped at all costs — Conservative leaders are sending a blunt message to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — : The Supreme Court is more important than your majority. — McConnell's (R-Ky.) top priority since becoming majority leader last year …
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Biden in 1992: Delay SCOTUS nominee until after election … During a 1992 Senate floor speech, Joe Biden — said President George H. W. Bush should wait to fill any Supreme Court vacancies until after the presidential election. — “It is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow …
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Sen. Mark Kirk: Scalia replacement must ‘bridge differences’ — As the paramedic held my hand, I worried that might be the last human I would ever touch. I was 52 years old and in the middle of a severe stroke. The ambulance ride that day flashed by as I focused on that paramedic and my hand, all the while my stroke intensified.
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BUSTED! Watch Biden in 92 Say Senate Should REFUSE To Hold Hearings On Bush SCOTUS Nominees!
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Game over: Joe Biden says in 1992 that the president shouldn't name a SCOTUS nominee …
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Hot Mic Captures Trump Chatting With Morning Joe Hosts: “You Had Me Almost As a Legendary Figure” — The comedian and radio show host Harry Shearer has audio of what sure sounds like a casual off-the-air exchange between Donald Trump and Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
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House GOP leader thinks he could work with Donald Trump
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Clinton, Trump Now on Parallel Glide Paths to Nomination
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What state will Marco Rubio win?
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Meet the woman funding the effort to stop Trump
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Trump has a stranglehold on the GOP nomination. So why isn't he getting credit?
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More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone — Slight partisan differences in views of issue — As the standoff between the Department of Justice and Apple Inc. continues over an iPhone used by one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks …
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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 very recently learned that I have breast cancer. — I very recently learned that I have breast cancer. It was detected through a regular mammogram. It's a little scary, but my prognosis is good and I expect a full recovery. I will be in St Louis for the next 3 weeks receiving treatment.
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Hitler ‘had tiny deformed penis’ as well as just one testicle, historians claim — Hitler suffered from a condition called hypospadias which left him with an abnormally small manhood, according to historians Jonathan Mayo and Emma Craigie — It has long been suspected that Hitler's conquest …
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Attorney Claims Scalia's Votes In Pending Cases Should Still Count — With no apparent sarcasm, an Arizona attorney on Sunday proposed that the late Justice Antonin Scalia's votes in cases pending before the Supreme Court should still count even though he died before the court issued its rulings.
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Feds back court ban on proof of citizenship for voter registration — In an unusual move, the Obama Administration is backing the issuance of a court injunction blocking a federal official's decision to approve new voter registration forms that allow three states to insist that voters provide copies …
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The Obama Administration Wants to Make Sure Non-Citizens Vote in the Upcoming Election
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Now I Am Being Serious, Deadly Serious: Stopping The Trump Disgrace — Several years ago I penned a piece on then Presidential candidate, Ron Paul, someone who had no chance at the time of being President, but who had captured the affections of far too many discerning people.
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How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It — When Jeb Bush formally entered the presidential campaign in June, there was already more money behind him than every other Republican candidate combined. When he suspended his campaign on Saturday night in South Carolina …
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High School Student's Art Project Goes Viral — When You See It Up Close, You'll Know Why — Indiana High school student Jacob Feazel's art project required 4,466 tiny toy army men, between 20-30 cans of spray paint and over eleven days of work to create a very special American flag.
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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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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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