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12:15 AM ET, February 24, 2016

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
With GOP nomination looming, Trump slated to take witness stand in fraud trial  —  Here's a part of the political calendar that nobody in the Republican Party seems to have noticed: This spring, just as the GOP nomination battle enters its final phase, frontrunner Donald Trump could be forced …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
My very peculiar and speculative theory of why the GOP has not stopped Donald Trump  —  What if political scientists are to blame for his rise?  —  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's victory in South Carolina, his expected victory Tuesday in Nevada, his poll dominance in the upcoming states …
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Nevada caucus results: Trump poised for big night  —  Elko, Nevada (CNN)This state that has long embraced its reputation as the Wild West of politics is expected to embrace anti-establishment candidate Donald Trump in a blowout in the Nevada Republican caucuses on Tuesday night.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump crashes Glenn Beck's caucus speech  —  Donald Trump crashed the Nevada caucus location at which conservative talk show host Glenn Beck was speaking Tuesday night on behalf of Ted Cruz.  —  MSNBC was broadcasting a live look at the caucus site, Palo Verde High School in Summerlin …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Shouts of ‘liar’ are taking their toll on Ted Cruz's campaign  —  Ted Cruz's presidential bid is in turmoil after repeated allegations of unsavory campaign tactics by his Republican rivals, leading some key supporters to call for a shake-up in the candidate's message and strategy a week ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday primaries.
BostonGlobe.com:
Massachusetts voters must stop Donald Trump  —  STOPPING DONALD J. TRUMP is imperative — and not just for his fellow Republicans.  In Massachusetts, which votes next Tuesday, unenrolled voters may also vote in the GOP presidential primary.  The Globe has endorsed John Kasich …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kasich: 'I don't know if my purpose is to be president'
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Talking Points Memo:
Key GOP Senators Emerge From Meeting: No Hearing For Obama SCOTUS Nom  —  Key Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed door meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office Tuesday united in their determination not to consider any nominee to replace Antonin Scalia until the next president takes office.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Nightmare builds for Senate GOP  —  It's a bad time to be a Senate Republican.  —  Justice Antonin Scalia's death has put Supreme Court politics at the top of the Senate agenda — to the detriment of vulnerable Republican senators running for reelection in blue states.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Is Already Threatening To Block The Next President's Supreme Court Nominee Too
Bernie Sanders / Yahoo Politics:
Sanders calls Senate obstruction a ‘racist effort to delegitimize’ Obama
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
McConnell: Senate won't act on Obama Supreme Court nominee
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Car Salesman Killed in Crash During Corvette Test Drive at Ontario CarMax; Driver Arrested  —  A used car salesman was killed when a red Corvette crashed during a test drive in Ontario, and the prospective car buyer was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Discussion: fox8.com and fox13now.com
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Clinton's Wall Street wobbles  —  Democrats have already held their caucuses in Nevada and Clinton snatched momentum there against Sanders.  The challenge for Clinton is to keep it going.  —  In the days since her Nevada victory, Sanders has increasingly sharpened his attacks on Clinton.
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Clinton: ‘Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else?’
Discussion: ABC News
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. judge orders discovery to go forward over Clinton's private email system  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that State Department officials and top aides to Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about whether they intentionally thwarted federal open records laws by using …
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Judicial Watch:
Federal Court Grants Judicial Watch Discovery on Clinton Email Issue
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Outspends Sanders in Super Tuesday States  —  Hillary Clinton and her allies are spending $4.1 million on ads in 11Super Tuesday states, while Bernie Sanders is advertising in just five states at $3.3 million, according to ad-spending data from SMG Delta through Feb. 28.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Alana Abramson / ABC News:
First Reports From GOP Nevada Caucuses Indicate Chaos, Confusion  —  The Nevada GOP caucuses were off to an apparent rocky start, with social media full of reports of ballot shortages, long waits and chaos at precinct sites.  —  At Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas …
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Why aren't the Nevada Republican caucuses a bigger deal?
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jon Meyer / WNEP-TV:
Nurse Accused of Helping with Surgery While Drunk … PLAINS TOWNSHIP — A nurse is charged with being drunk while assisting on an emergency surgery at the VA Medical Center near Wilkes-Barre.  —  He admits he was at a casino drinking when he was called into work.
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ben Carson: Obama was ‘raised white’  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. - Ben Carson is the only person in the 2016 presidential field who is vying to become the country's second African-American president.  —  If truth be told, however, he's not entirely sure he wouldn't actually be the first.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: We Could Use ‘Truth Serum’ Instead Of Torture To Get Information (VIDEO)
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Financial Times:
Bill Gates backs FBI iPhone hack request  —  Bill Gates has broken ranks with Silicon Valley in the stand-off between Apple and the US government, saying technology companies should be forced to co-operate with law enforcement in terrorism investigations.  —  The Microsoft founder took issue …
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Study: lottery winners' neighbors tend to spend themselves into bankruptcy  —  When someone wins the lottery, it can be bad news for his neighbor's finances.  A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia examines the relationship between lottery winners in a particular Canadian province …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Mother Jones
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
ANOTHER GLITCH... RUBIO ROBOT Short Circuits - Repeats Itself 8 Times on O'Reilly (VIDEO)  —  Oh my... Oh my... Oh my... Oh my...  Oh my... Oh my... Oh my... Oh my...  Man or Robot?  —  Marco ‘Robot’ Rubio suffered a glitch Monday on The O'Reilly Factor.  —  The computer chip repeated himself 8 times
 
 
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz names Rick Tyler replacement
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge won't block proof-of-citizenship for new voters
Discussion: Salon and Hullabaloo
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
This Pastor Is Sleeping Outside Until His Church Accepts LGBT People
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
The Ted Cruz Campaign Will Win Or Lose By March 6
Discussion: The Atlantic
Steve Birr / The Daily Caller:
BREAKING: Arrests Made In DC Assault Of Marine, Hate Crime Charges Not Pursued
Correctrecordk / Correct The Record:
AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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Cop Caught Masturbating To Cell Phone Porn In Patrol Car Is Arrested For Misconduct
Discussion: LawNewz
WSB-TV:
Business owner requiring all employees to be armed
Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times:
Death Valley Is Experiencing a Colorful ‘Superbloom’
Discussion: Mashable
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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