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2:00 PM ET, February 23, 2016

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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Cruz Leads Trump in Texas; Rubio Lags Behind … UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Methodology UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Summary  —  With a week remaining before the Texas Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has an 8-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Ted Cruz tells O'Reilly he would round up and deport all 12 million who are in U.S. illegally  —  Updated at 10:30 p.m. Monday with comment from Cruz spokeswoman and Tuesday morning with Trump comment.  —  WASHINGTON -Ted Cruz said Monday night that he would use federal immigration officers …
Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Evangelicals Are Born Again for Donald Trump  —  Why are conservative Christians embracing a vulgar New York secularist?  Because the battlefield of the culture war has suddenly and irrevocably changed.  —  Southern evangelicals are the types of voters that Donald Trump was supposed to find problematic.
Rasmussen Reports:
Trump's Lead Grows with Jeb Out of the Race
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Cruz backs deportation for 12 million illegal immigrants
Discussion: American Spectator
James Nash / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Eyes Nevada for Third Consecutive Victory
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Adan / Infowars:
VIDEO: OBAMA CRACKS JOKE ABOUT SCALIA'S DEATH  —  President grins after making joke at late Supreme Court justice's expense  —  During his National Governors Association speech Monday, President Obama joked there was a lot to get done during his final days in office, including “appointing judges.”
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Talking Points Memo:
Key GOP Senators Emerge From Meeting: No Hearing For Obama SCOTUS Nom
Discussion: The Week
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:   Biden walks back 1992 blockade of Supreme Court nominees
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins backs hearing for Obama SCOTUS nominee
Halimah Abdullah / NBC News:
Obama: I'm ‘Absolutely Committed to Closing’ Gitmo  —  President Barack Obama on Tuesday presented a long-awaited plan to Congress to shut down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, insisting that keeping the prison open is “contrary to our values.”  —  “It's been clear that the detention center …
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New York Times:
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday sent Congress a long-awaited plan for closing American prison in Guantánamo Bay, beginning a final push to fulfill one of President Obama's earliest and most troubled national security policy goals in the face of deep skepticism from many Republican lawmakers.
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Guantánamo Bay: Obama reiterates call to close prison in final plan to Congress
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Submission of Guantanamo Closure Plan
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Fox News:
Obama presents plan to close Guantanamo, move detainees to US
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Obama asks lawmakers to lift obstacles to closing prison at Guantanamo Bay
New York Times:
The Plan to Shut Down Gitmo
Discussion: NPR and New York Magazine
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP wakes up to Trump nightmare  —  Establishment Republicans are reckoning with something they thought would never happen: That it might soon be too late to stop Donald Trump.  —  With the controversial businessman the clear front-runner heading into Nevada and next week's Super Tuesday contests …
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and The Hill
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Four Problems With the ‘Winnowing’ Theory of Trump's Downfall  —  For months, establishment Republicans have envisioned the billionaire losing support as the presidential field narrows.  —  Jeb Bush's decision to drop out of the presidential race after a dismal fourth-place finish …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
New York Times:
Donald Trump in New York: Deep Roots, but Little Influence  —  It is impossible to miss when you fly into New York City and spot the golf course in the shadow of the Whitestone Bridge.  It is hard to avoid when you stroll along Fifth Avenue, or venture past the skating rink or carousel in Central Park.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
My very peculiar and speculative theory of why the GOP has not stopped Donald Trump
Discussion: Vox
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 …
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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.
Gallup:
“Dishonest” and “Socialist” Lead U.S. Reactions to Dems  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have multifaceted images among the American public.  But the most common responses Americans give when asked to say what comes to mind when they think of each are “dishonest” …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Clinton Still Leads in Texas, But Margin Has Narrowed
Discussion: Washington Post and KXAN-TV
Chuck Hickey / FOX31 Denver:
Dynel Lane, accused of cutting baby from womb, found guilty of attempted murder … BOULDER, Colo. — Dynel Lane, the Longmont woman accused of attacking another woman and cutting the unborn baby from her womb, was found guilty of six felony counts, including attempted first-degree murder …
Discussion: LifeNews.com and KTLA
Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times:
Death Valley Is Experiencing a Colorful ‘Superbloom’  —  Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, is currently a riot of color: More than 20 different kinds of desert wildflowers are in bloom there after record-breaking rains last October.  —  It's the best bloom there since 2005 …
Discussion: Mashable
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Spike Lee endorses Sanders, tells voters to ‘wake up’  — “And you know that I know that you know that the system is rigged!  For too long we've given our votes to corporate puppets,” Lee said  —  Washington (CNN)Director Spike Lee endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders …
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WSB-TV:
Business owner requiring all employees to be armed  —  GRIFFIN, Ga. —  A local business owner with several offices in Georgia is now requiring all of his employees to get a concealed carry license and be armed.  —  After each employee at Lance Toland Associates gets their license …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and LawNewz
 
 
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Comedy Central's Nightly Show: Rubio and Cruz Aren't Really Hispanic
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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Conservative Writer Ben Shapiro Banned from CSULA
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Officer to Rubio: ‘You Lied to American Public on FOX News,’ Challenges Him to Meet
Detroit Free Press:
Ex-Snyder aide: Financial focus led to crisis in Flint
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