memeorandum: Rubio just launched a searing attack on Trump. Here's why it may fail. (Greg Sargent/Washington Post)

5:05 PM ET, February 25, 2016

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Poll: Trump's negatives among Hispanics rise; worst in GOP field … Donald Trump has used the issue of immigration to help make himself the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, but his harsh rhetoric also has earned him the highest negative ratings among Hispanic voters …

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MJ Lee / CNN:

First on CNN: Rubio prepares for contested convention — Marco Rubio's campaign is preparing for a contested Republican Convention as one option to take the GOP nomination away from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — Houston (CNN)Marco Rubio's campaign is preparing for a contested Republican Convention …

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Rubio just launched a searing attack on Trump. Here's why it may fail. — THE MORNING PLUM: — The Republicans debate in Houston tonight. Anxious GOP-aligned observers see the affair as a crucial test of whether Donald Trump's rivals will confront him with the force necessary to arrest …

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

This poll showing Donald Trump romping in Florida is very, very bad news for Marco Rubio — Candidates battle for young black votes … State of the 2016 race — Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop in Tampa, Florida. — There hadn't been a good poll in Florida for a while, until Thursday morning.

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Poll: Trump crushes Rubio in Florida

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
RNC sees leverage over Trump

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz, Rubio prep for brutal debate night

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What Is Marco Rubio Waiting For?

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Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
Why Chris Christie never went after Donald Trump

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The Hill:

How Obama, Dems plan to win fight on high court — President Obama and Senate Democrats plan to reach deep into their bag of tricks and tactics to ensure the Supreme Court dominates the political debate up until Election Day. — Their strategy is to portray the Senate Republican majority …

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John Fund / National Review:
Brian Sandoval: Obama's GOP Trojan Horse for the Supreme Court

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Carson PAC pushes for VP slot

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Reno Gazette-Journal: Gov. Sandoval says he's not interested in potential Supreme Court nomination

Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Democrats launch Supreme Court shame campaign

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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Sandoval bows out of Supreme Court consideration

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Brad Mielke / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Pushes Back on Potential Brian Sandoval Supreme Court Nomination

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Alex Griswold / Mediaite: Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval Withdraws Himself for Consideration for Open SCOTUS Seat

New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lose Their Minds on a Supreme Court Seat

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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Gov. Brian Sandoval Declines Consideration for Supreme Court Opening

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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Sandoval: ‘I Do Not Wish to Be Considered’ for Supreme Court Job

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

David Duke Urges His Supporters To Volunteer And Vote For Trump — “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage.” — w.soundcloud.com — David Duke, a white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, is urging the listeners of his radio program to volunteer and vote for Donald Trump.

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Douglas Heye / The Huffington Post:

How The Republican Party Has Failed To Dig Up Dirt On Donald Trump — GOP operatives are alarmed. Democrats are astonished. — WASHINGTON — It's no secret that rival campaigns were caught off guard by Donald Trump's ascent in the Republican primary. But the extent to which they are …

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Eliza Collins / Politico:

David Duke: Voting against Trump is ‘treason to your heritage’ — David Duke, a white nationalist and former Klu Klux Klan grand wizard, told his audience Wednesday that voting for anyone besides Donald Trump “is really treason to your heritage.” — “Voting for these people …

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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox to Trump: We're “Not Paying For That F***ing Wall”

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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘The poorly educated’ people of America cut an ad for Donald Trump [Video]

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Tyler Tynes / The Huffington Post:

Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton At Private Event In South Carolina — They wanted her to account for some of her past statements on racial justice. — Politics Fellow, The Huffington Post — Two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted a private Hillary Clinton …

Esme E Deprez / Bloomberg Business:

South Carolina Feminists Want Woman President Who Isn't Clinton — Sanders's policies outweigh his gender for many on campuses — Election of female chief executive seen as certain — someday — By the time Maxine Todd returned to the University of South Carolina last month after a semester away, it was too late.

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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton on ‘superpredator’ remarks: 'I shouldn't have used those words'

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Steven Hayward / Power Line: Another Hillary Heckling from BLM

Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
Clinton Fans Now Fret They May Get What They Wished For: Trump

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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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Amy Brittain / Washington Post:

Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters — When Justice Antonin Scalia died 11 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.

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Christopher Cameron / The Statesman:

Political science professor forecasts Trump as general election winner — A professor of political science at Stony Brook University has forecasted that Donald Trump has a minimum 97 percent chance of winning the general election as the Republican nominee. — Professor Helmut Norpoth's …

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New York Times:

Donald Trump to Foreign Workers for Florida Club: You're Hired — Donald J. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach describes itself as “one of the most highly regarded private clubs in the world,” and it is not just the very-well-to-do who want to get in. — Since 2010, nearly 300 United …

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David Johnson / TIME:

These Are the 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College Classes — What more than 1 million reading lists reveal about higher education today — Toni Morrison and Jane Austen are among the most-read female writers on college campuses, a new TIME analysis found.

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Maayan Groisman / Jerusalem Post:

Report: Dozens of Russian generals in Syria killed after a car bomb hits their military base … The military base that was hit by the car bomb is considered one of the most important military centers of the Russian forces on the Syrian coast, located some 15 kilometers from Latakia.

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