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Nick Gehring / bencarson.com:
Official Statement by Dr. Ben Carson — I have decided not to attend the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate tomorrow night in Detroit. Even though I will not be in my hometown of Detroit on Thursday, I remain deeply committed to my home nation, America. I do not see a political path forward …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ben Carson tells supporters he sees no ‘path forward’ for presidential campaign — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who briefly led the Republican presidential race before his campaign began an extended public implosion, told his supporters in a statement Wednesday afternoon that he does not see a …
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Bloomberg Business:
Romney to Lay Out Case Against Trump in Speech Thursday — The party's 2012 presidential nominee will argue against allowing the billionaire front-runner follow in his footsteps. — michaelcbender — justinsink — The rapidly intensifying effort by the Republican establishment …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Ben Carson is essentially ending his campaign. Here's how it all went wrong.
Ben Carson is essentially ending his campaign. Here's how it all went wrong.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ben Carson to end presidential campaign
Ben Carson to end presidential campaign
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
White House Said to Be Vetting Appeals Court Judge for Supreme Court Seat — WASHINGTON — The White House is vetting Jane L. Kelly, a career public defender turned federal appellate judge, as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, as President Obama closes in on a decision that could reshape …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House to vote on filing brief in Supreme Court immigration case
House to vote on filing brief in Supreme Court immigration case
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Abortion protection back in the Supreme Court
Abortion protection back in the Supreme Court
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
GOP strategist Castellanos: Time to rally around Trump, ‘too late to ask mommy to step in and rewrite rules’ — Even as major Republican donors coalesced Wednesday around a last-ditch effort to halt Donald Trump's march toward the GOP presidential nomination, resignation was setting in among some onetime Trump critics.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid Savages Republicans For Making Trump
Harry Reid Savages Republicans For Making Trump
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New York Times:
The Party of Trump, and the Path Forward for Democrats
The Party of Trump, and the Path Forward for Democrats
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Donald Trump's Nomination Will Have Real, Lasting Upsides
KFOR-TV:
Police: Former CEO of Chesapeake Aubrey McClendon killed in car wreck — OKLAHOMA CITY - Police officers confirm that a man killed in a car wreck early Wednesday morning is the former CEO of Chesapeake Aubrey McClendon — On Wednesday, firefighters were called to a car wreck on Midwest Blvd., between Memorial and 122nd St.
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Police: McClendon crashed traveling at ‘high rate of speed’ — Fmr. Chesapeake CEO killed in car crash — Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, was killed in a car accident early on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, as announced in a police press conference.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Establishment Republicans Are Furious With John Kasich — WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night as return after return came in and Marco Rubio failed to break through, many establishment Republicans grew angrier that John Kasich was still in the race. — One of them was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The GOP has two weeks to take down Donald Trump
The GOP has two weeks to take down Donald Trump
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JAMES EDWARDS:
Political Cesspool Host James Edwards Reports From Inside Donald Trump's Press Pen — I attended a Donald Trump rally in Memphis on Saturday night as a fully credentialed member of the media and enjoyed the unique experience of being able to air a live broadcast of The Political Cesspool Radio Program …
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Howard Sheppard / WPMT FOX43:
86-year-old woman accidentally hangs herself with medical alert necklace — CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. - An 86-year-old Cumberland County woman is dead after she trips and is accidentally hanged by her medical alert necklace. It happened on February 15. — County Coroner Charles Hall …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
More Bad News for Marco Rubio: He Just Lost the Support of Fox News — “We can't do the Rubio thing anymore,” Roger Ailes told a network host. — In his role as the donor class's darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republican's media arm, Fox News.
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
What Went Wrong for Marco Rubio
What Went Wrong for Marco Rubio
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
'It's Unstoppable': Glenn Beck Lays Out His 2016 ‘Dream Team’
'It's Unstoppable': Glenn Beck Lays Out His 2016 ‘Dream Team’
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Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Travis County GOP Apoplectic Over New Chairman … The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol spent most of election night tweeting about former Gov. Rick Perry's sexual orientation and former President Bill Clinton's penis …
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New York Daily News:
KING: As violence erupts at Super Tuesday Trump rally, it's only a matter of time before someone gets killed at future events — On Monday, 30 black students attending a Donald Trump rally at Valdosta State University in rural Georgia were forcefully ejected — simply for being black.
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Reuters:
Now or never: Trump's ‘wall’ talk sparks migrant rush on U.S.-Mexico border
Now or never: Trump's ‘wall’ talk sparks migrant rush on U.S.-Mexico border
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Christina Mora / WLKY-TV:
Supporters, protesters clash at Donald Trump's Louisville rally
Supporters, protesters clash at Donald Trump's Louisville rally
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Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
Family mourns transgender woman who died after eating seeds from ‘suicide tree’ — CALUMET CITY, Ill. — A mother of a 22-year-old transgender woman is warning other parents to beware of a deadly seed from an Asian plant called the “suicide tree.” — Two weeks ago, Natosha Anderson found …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Chris Christie's wordless screaming — Is Chris Christie okay? — I believe that Donald Trump was talking, tonight, and that he, in fact, held an entire press conference. But it was impossible to hear him over Chris Christie's eyes. — Chris Christie spent the entire speech screaming wordlessly.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On His Trump U Blog: “Outsourcing Jobs... Not Always A Terrible Thing” — “Outsourcing Creates Jobs in the Long Run.” — John Moore / Getty Images — In his speech after his victory on Super Tuesday Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said he'd stop American jobs from moving overseas …
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USA Today:
Tavis Smiley: Black America could get on Trump train — Hillary might look like a shoo-in with African-American voters, but don't be too sure. — With Hillary Clinton racking up more overwhelming victories in Super Tuesday primaries thanks to the overwhelming support of African-American voters …
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
ESPN ‘addressing’ Curt Schilling's Hillary Clinton slam — ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling appeared to violate the network's guidelines when he told a radio station that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be “buried under a jail.”
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Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
Charlie Baker won't vote for Donald Trump in November — NORTH ANDOVER — Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker, under pressure from Democrats and the news media to take a position on whether he would publicly support Donald J. Trump, should he be the GOP presidential nominee …