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In Republican Debate, a Feisty Marco Rubio Lays Into Donald Trump — Senator Marco Rubio, alarmed by Donald J. Trump's ascendancy and worried that his presidential chances were slipping away, unleashed a barrage of attacks on the real estate mogul's business ethics, hiring practices …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads Rubio Even Head To Head in Florida — PPP's newest Florida Republican poll (conducted Wednesday and Thursday before the debate) finds Donald Trump dominant in the state. He's getting 45% to 25% for Marco Rubio, 10% for Ted Cruz, 8% for John Kasich, and 5% for Ben Carson.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Republicans Have Totally Lost Their Mojo — A few hours ago I wondered why none of the other Republican candidates has seriously attacked Donald Trump. I got a bunch of responses, most of which related to policy. They can't attack him for his xenophobia because most of them support …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Trump is the GOP's Frankenstein monster. Now he's strong enough to destroy the party. — Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Post. — When the plague descended on Thebes, Oedipus sent his brother-in-law to the Delphic oracle to discover the cause.
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Lee Drutman / Vox:
Marco Rubio's chances were always poor — Ranked choice voting could have told us this sooner — A new poll has Donald Trump beating Marco Rubio 44 percent to 28 percent in Rubio's home state of Florida. This is devastating news for Rubio. It also is bad news for the conventional wisdom …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo Politics:
Rubio goes after Trump in fiery GOP debate — HOUSTON — After weeks of holding his fire on Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tore into the Republican presidential frontrunner at Thursday's GOP debate, going after Trump's position on immigration and targeting Trump's key argument for his candidacy: his business record.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Rubio prepares for contested convention
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Winners, losers in final GOP debate before Super Tuesday
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Douglas Heye / The Huffington Post:
How The Republican Party Has Failed To Dig Up Dirt On Donald Trump
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Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Robot Rubio Turns Terminator on Donald Trump
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Associated Press:
Graham on Trump: ‘Nut job’ who likely wins GOP nomination
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Mark Zuckerberg Asks Racist Facebook Employees to Stop Crossing Out Black Lives Matter Slogans — The Black Lives Matter movement has shed light on the racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality experienced by the African-American community across America.
KBSL-TV:
Excel Industries shooter identified as Cedric Ford — Update: Eyewitness News has learned that Newton Medical Center is on lockdown due to police activity in the area. — Update: Multiple eyewitnesses and employees at Excel Industries identify the shooter as Cedric Ford, 38, an employee at the company in Hesston.
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WATCH LIVE: Sheriff: 4 to 7 killed, up to 30 hurt in mass shooting in Hesston … Headlines List — HESSTON, Kan. (KAKE) — Several people have been killed, and as many as 20 are hurt in a shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston. — Officers responded Thursday afternoon to the report …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Republican debate: Live updates — Live updates and video from the CNN Republican debate in Houston, Texas.
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Washington Post:
The CNN-Telemundo Republican debate transcript, annotated … State of the 2016 race — The hall is set before the Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston. (Pat Sullivan/AP) … CNN's Wolf Blitzer introduced the candidates, laid out the rules and the debate began.
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Columbia Daily Tribune:
University of Missouri curators vote to fire Melissa Click — Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri, demands a journalist leave the Concerned Student 1950 camp area in November. The Missouri Board of Curators voted 4-2 in favor …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to meet McConnell, Grassley to discuss Supreme Court vacancy — President Obama will convene a long-anticipated meeting at the White House next Tuesday with top Republican senators to discuss the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Rafa Fernandez De Castro / Fusion:
Former Mexican President to Donald Trump: 'I'm not going to pay for that f**king wall' — Update Feb. 25, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. Donald Trump took to Twitter to demand an apology from former Mexican President Vicente Fox: … In an exclusive interview earlier this week with Univision …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Former Mexican president: 'I'm not going to pay for that f—ing wall'
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Darren Goode / Politico:
Cruz won't hold up Flint aid deal in Senate — Ted Cruz won't block a bipartisan Senate bill that would provide hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of aid for Flint, Mich. and other communities that need to upgrade their drinking water infrastructure. — “Cruz has reviewed the bill …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton regrets 1996 remark on ‘super-predators’ after encounter with activist — Candidates battle for young black votes … State of the 2016 race — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Black voters are the linchpin of Hillary Clinton's strategy for winning the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary …
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Al Sharpton might ‘get out of here’ if Trump wins — Rev. Al Sharpton told attendees at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event Thursday he would flee the country if Donald Trump won the election, in order to avoid being deported by Trump. — Sharpton, a Democrat …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton: Trump's ‘Divisive’ Rhetoric Doesn't ‘Fit’ With The Trump I Knew — In an interview that aired Friday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” Hillary Clinton said she's been surprised by Donald Trump's transformation from “good company” to a “mean-spirited” and “offensive” person.
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WPMT FOX43:
23-year-old Ukrainian National arrested after posing as Harrisburg high school student — HARRISBURG, PA. - Harrisburg Police have confirmed they have arrested Artur Samarin, 23. Samarin was charged with Theft, Identity Theft, and Tampering with Public Records. — Samarin was using the false identity of Asher Potts.
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