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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Marco Rubio Could Lose Every State on Super Tuesday and Still Win — Marco Rubio has not won a state, a fact that worries allies and pleases skeptics who mock his chances to win the Republican presidential nomination. — It doesn't even sound as if the Rubio team knows when it will win one.
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New York Times:
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 …
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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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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Lynnley Browning / Bloomberg Business:
Trump's 12 Years of Audits ‘Very Unusual,’ Ex-IRS Agent Says — Agency's review doesn't preclude him from releasing returns — Pressure could mount as GOP rivals plan their own releases — Donald Trump's disclosure that his tax returns have been under review by the Internal Revenue Service …
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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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Winners, losers in final GOP debate before Super Tuesday — There were fireworks galore when the Republican presidential candidates took to the stage on Thursday night for their final clash before Super Tuesday. — Front-runner Donald Trump — came to the CNN debate in Houston knowing …
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Al Sharpton might ‘get out of here’ if Trump wins
Al Sharpton might ‘get out of here’ if Trump wins
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo Politics:
Rubio goes after Trump in fiery GOP debate
Rubio goes after Trump in fiery GOP debate
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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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Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Robot Rubio Turns Terminator on Donald Trump
Robot Rubio Turns Terminator on Donald Trump
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio came out swinging at Trump, and one punch really landed: Trump University
Marco Rubio came out swinging at Trump, and one punch really landed: Trump University
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Finally Swings at Trump
Rubio Finally Swings at Trump
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio, Cruz throw everything they can at front-runner Trump
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.
NBC News:
Cedric Larry Ford Kills 3, Injures 14 in Kansas Shooting Spree — Three people were killed and 14 injured Thursday after a gunman drove through two Kansas towns taking shots at people before opening fire at his workplace, police said. — The assailant, who was identified by victims' family members …
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Detroit Free Press:
Top Snyder aides urged going back to Detroit water — The city of Flint, Snyder's top legal aide wrote in October 2014, “should try to get back on the Detroit system as a stopgap ASAP before this thing gets too far out of control.” — Two of Gov. Rick Snyder's top lawyers privately advocated moving …
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Emails: Flint water warnings reached gov's inner circle
Emails: Flint water warnings reached gov's inner circle
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Why Electing Hillary in '16 Is More Important Than Electing Obama in '08 — A former Obama '08 speechwriter explains how why Secretary Clinton is a lot more compelling than you might think. — I hear you're still not Ready for Hillary. — I get it. I didn't start off as her biggest fan either.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Republican jabfest highest rated debate in months — Thursday's GOP fight night was the highest-rated debate since December, according to overnight Nielsen ratings. — The debate averaged a 9.0 household rating on CNN and a 0.9 rating on the Spanish-language broadcast network Telemundo for a 9.9 rating overall.
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Kmdougherty / CBS Philly:
Apple's Lawyer: If We Lose, It Will Lead To A ‘Police State’ — PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — Apple's attorney painted a scary picture if Apple loses its fight with the FBI. — In an interview with CNNMoney's Laurie Segall on Friday, Ted Olson warned of a government with “limitless” powers that could “listen to your conversations.”
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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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says audits might be linked to his religion — suggested that the Internal Revenue Service may be auditing him because he is a “strong Christian.” — In an interview with CNN immediately after Thursday's debate, the presidential hopeful complained about repeated audits to his business …
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Agence France-Presse:
Germany says uncertain where 130,000 registered migrants are — Berlin (AFP) - German authorities do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 asylum seekers, the government said in a parliamentary document seen by AFP on Friday. — Out of some 1.1 million asylum seekers registered in 2015 …
Fawn Johnson / Morning Consult:
Apple CEO Looks Good in Wake of Standoff With FBI, Poll Finds — Apple CEO Tim Cook has the second-highest approval rating of tech leaders, according to a new Morning Consult poll. In the wake of a swirling conflict over whether the tech giant should help the Federal Bureau of Investigation open …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Scalia Led Court in Taking Trips Funded by Private Sponsors — WASHINGTON — Antonin Scalia was the longest-tenured justice on the current Supreme Court and the country's most prominent constitutionalist. But another quality also set him apart: Among the court's members …
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