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War on the Rocks:
Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders — We the undersigned, members of the Republican national security community, represent a broad spectrum of opinion on America's role in the world and what is necessary to keep us safe and prosperous.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Romney to Republicans: Never Trump — Mitt Romney opened a new front in the Republican Party's civil war on Thursday, going after Donald Trump in a salt-the-earth speech that eviscerated the Republican front-runner as lacking the temperament, business record and substantive policies to occupy the White House.
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Politico:
Full transcript: Mitt Romney's remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race — Below are Mitt Romney's full remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential race, as prepared for delivery. Romney delivered his remarks at the University of Utah. — I am not here to announce my candidacy for office.
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Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday. — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Pulls No Punches In Major Speech Trashing Donald Trump — In what may be an unprecedented speech by a major American political figure, former presidential nominee Mitt Romney implored his fellow Republicans on Thursday not to nominate the frontrunner Donald Trump for president.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio's path to an outright win has vanished — Marco Rubio's path to the Republican nomination short of a contested convention has narrowed to nearly nothing as his campaign and allies reboot their strategy to prepare for months of guerrilla warfare to deny Donald Trump a clean, pre-convention victory.
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Mitt Romney: ‘Trump is a phony, a fraud’ who is ‘playing the American public for suckers’ — How Trump threw out the GOP playbook on Planned Parenthood — SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, plans to deliver a sharp broadside against Donald Trump today …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump again threatens independent bid — Donald Trump said Thursday he is being treated unfairly by the Republican establishment and may run as an independent. — “I am watching television — and I am seeing ad, after ad, after ad put in by the establishment, knocking the hell out of me …
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Associated Press:
Romney calling Trump ‘phony,’ urging Republicans to shun him — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is charging into the increasingly divisive White House race with a verbal lashing of Donald Trump and a plea for fellow Republicans to shun the front-runner for the good of country and party.
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Exclusive: Koch brothers will not use funds to try to block Trump nomination — The Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump's path to the presidential nomination …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
8 reasons we need to start preparing for President Trump — WASHINGTON — A few months ago, Hillary Clinton's campaign was salivating over the chance to take on Donald Trump — but the real-estate mogul is now positioned not only to win the GOP nomination, but also the White House.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Gushing Romney Accepts Trump Endorsement — In some ways Mitt Romney's emergence as Twitter elder snarksman of the Republican party is stranger than Donald Trump's emergence as frontrunner. His speech today is obviously meant to be a weightier affair, a graver denunciation of Trump and Trumpism.
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Sean Hannity Goes Scorched Earth Against Marco Rubio
Sean Hannity Goes Scorched Earth Against Marco Rubio
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
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Mitt Romney:
My remarks on the state of the 2016 presidential race
My remarks on the state of the 2016 presidential race
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Watch Mitt Romney Attempt to Tear Down “Phony” Donald Trump
Watch Mitt Romney Attempt to Tear Down “Phony” Donald Trump
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Romney Slams Trump: ‘A Business Genius He Is Not’
Romney Slams Trump: ‘A Business Genius He Is Not’
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Pandemonium in the GOP: Some embrace Trump while others rush to stop him
Pandemonium in the GOP: Some embrace Trump while others rush to stop him
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Paul Watson / Infowars:
Mitt Romney's Niece to Stuff Republican Debate Audience With Anti-Trump Insiders?
Mitt Romney's Niece to Stuff Republican Debate Audience With Anti-Trump Insiders?
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Mitt Romney Slams Donald Trump's ‘Absurd 3rd-Grade Theatrics’
Mitt Romney Slams Donald Trump's ‘Absurd 3rd-Grade Theatrics’
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Jonathan Stearns / Bloomberg Business:
Romney to Attack ‘Phony’ Trump in Utah Address
Romney to Attack ‘Phony’ Trump in Utah Address
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Chief justice rejects plea to block air pollution rule — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants, in a big victory for the Obama administration. — Roberts's order came despite his court's 5-4 decision …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Women Take Over — In oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court's balance of power. — When the Supreme Court last heard oral arguments in a landmark abortion case, it was April 1992, the case was Planned Parenthood v Casey, and Sandra Day O'Connor was the lone female justice.
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David French / National Review:
The Abortion Industry Survives by Endangering Women's Lives
The Abortion Industry Survives by Endangering Women's Lives
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Rejects Effort to Block E.P.A. Limit on Power Plants
Chief Justice Rejects Effort to Block E.P.A. Limit on Power Plants
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Skagit Valley Herald / Goskagit.com:
Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun — A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun. — The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos …
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Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Mexico says won't pay for Trump's ‘terrible’ border wall — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There is no way Mexico would fund Donald Trump's “terrible” plan to build a wall along its border with the United States if the Republican front-runner wins the U.S. presidential election, the Mexican finance minister said.
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Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press:
Mexican Govt: We ‘Categorically’ Refuse To Pay For Trump's Border Wall
Andrew Harnik / Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States
Editorial Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States
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Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server — The Justice Department has granted immunity to the former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, a sign the FBI investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing is progressing.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Trumpmare: Can the Republicans Save the Senate? — Let's have some speculative fun, if such a thing is possible in this election year. After recent primaries, it's not a stretch to imagine Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee; in fact, the odds at the moment favor this outcome.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Charles Grassley Faces Formidable Challenger in Iowa Senate Race
Charles Grassley Faces Formidable Challenger in Iowa Senate Race
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive Audio — Rubio Campaign Manager Plots Brokered Convention In Manhattan Donor Meeting To Take Nomination From Trump — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is plotting to take the Republican nomination away from Donald Trump using surreptitious tactics at a so-called “brokered convention,” …
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Business:
The Best-Laid Free Media Plan of Marco Rubio