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Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

WATCH: CPAC Attendees Boo And Walk Out On Ted Cruz — CPAC is a mess. — The conservative movement loves to call themselves insurgents but they can't spoon it up when it comes to half their audience supporting Donald Trump. — A sizable number of attendees at a Ted Cruz speech booed …

Discussion: addictinginfo.org and liberalamerica.org

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

How Donald Trump broke Fox News' debate rules — Donald Trump consulted with his campaign manager during the first commercial break at Thursday night's Republican debate, violating ground rules from Fox News stating that candidates would not be allowed to have contact with their campaigns, rival campaign sources told CNNMoney.

Discussion: RedState, The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, addictinginfo.org, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Washington Times, Death and TaxesDeath and Taxes and New York Magazine

Colin Campbell / Business Insider:

‘I want Ted one-on-one’: Donald Trump calls on Marco Rubio to drop out of race — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said Saturday that rival Marco Rubio should drop out of the race. — “I think it's time for Marco to clean the deck. I really do.

Manuela Tobias / Politico:

Cruz crushes Trump in Kansas — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won the Kansas Republican caucuses by an overwhelming margin on Saturday, more than doubling Donald Trump's share of the vote. — Kansas represents an upset victory for Cruz, as polls showed him trailing Trump heading into Saturday's vote.

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Hit & Run, ABC News and Topeka Capital-Journal

Moe Lane / RedState: BREAKING: A Surprise Winner Already Called in Kansas

Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Lindsey Graham Warms Up to Ted Cruz

Discussion: Slantpoint

Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz Crushes At Kansas Republican Caucus

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Washington Post

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Keeps Up Pressure on Donald Trump; Bernie Sanders Takes 2 on ‘Super Saturday’

Discussion: Western Journalism, Politico, RedState, The Week, Weasel Zippers and Washington Monthly

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Inside Ted Cruz's plan to sink Marco Rubio in Florida

Discussion: Naked Politics, New York Post, The Atlantic, The Resurgent, Western Journalism and Politico

Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz wins CPAC straw poll

Discussion: RedState and Washington Post

Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio trails by 5 in Florida poll conducted for anti-Trump group

Discussion: Politico, Naked Politics, RedState, Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Western Journalism, Political Wire and New York Times

Manuela Tobias / Politico:

Sanders wins Kansas — Bernie Sanders has won the Kansas Democratic caucuses, according to the Kansas Democratic Party, handily defeating Hillary Clinton. — The party declared Sanders the winner with 90 percent of districts reporting. Forty thousand Kansas Democrats participated in the caucuses …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, U.S. Uncut and The Week

Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:

Here's Who's Looking Strong in Today's “Super Saturday” Contests — Voters headed to the polls in five states today as Donald Trump looked to continue his march to the GOP nominating convention and Republican party leaders scrambled for ways to stop him. On the Republican side …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor and Slantpoint

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton … DETROIT — Sen. Bernie Sanders's path to the Democratic nomination may be narrowing, but his record fundraising shows no sign of slowing down, ensuring that the long-shot rival to Hillary Clinton can remain in the race for months to come.

Discussion: Politico and The Reality-Based Community

Associated Press:

Cruz wins Kansas, battles for KY in GOP fight for delegates — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ted Cruz claimed an easy victory in Kansas and battled with Donald Trump for Kentucky in Saturday's four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and New York Magazine

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:

Clinton Backs Rescinding Tax Breaks for Moving Jobs Overseas — Top Democratic nominee appealing to workers in Rust Belt — Speech comes before a series of election primaries in Midwest — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed rescinding tax relief …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Rubio downplays poor Super Saturday showings — is downplaying his perfomance in the four states that held GOP caucuses or primaries on Saturday, saying that he had had long known “this would be the roughest period of the campaign.” — Speaking primarily in Spanish at a press conference in Puerto Rico …

Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Cruz takes two Super Saturday contests, Trump said to win La. — has notched two Super Saturday wins over Republican front-runner Donald Trump — , taking the caucuses in Kansas and Maine. — Trump has been projected the winner of the Louisiana primary, which would continue his dominance in the South.

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Cruz gains steam with 2 wins on ‘Super Saturday’; Trump calls on Rubio to drop out

Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway

Orlando Sentinel:

Trump rally draws thousands to UCF — Thousands have filed into the CFE Arena at the University of Central Florida to hear presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. The event has also sparked protests and criticism from two local lawmakers who back fellow candidate Marco Rubio. … Privacy Policy

Discussion: The Week and Sun-Sentinel

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit: MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWD to See Trump in Orlando - 10,000+ Pack CFE Arena

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Drinking coffee while black: Ohio cop stops black man strolling down the street -then slams him into wall — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Saying, “This is what we have to go through in Cincinnati,” a black man strolling down the street drinking a cop of coffee filmed …

Discussion: The Free Thought Project, U.S. Uncut and addictinginfo.org

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Clinton, on her private server, wrote 104 emails the government says are classified … Hillary Clinton wrote 104 emails that she sent using her private server while secretary of state that the government has since said contain classified information, according to a new Washington Post analysis …

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Sanders: GOP debates sound like ‘6th-grade food fight’ — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — mocked Republican White House hopefuls Saturday for sounding like a bunch of sixth graders at their recent debate in Detroit. — Sanders told MLive and The Grand Rapids Free Press …

Discussion: Raw Story

FiveThirtyEight:

Republicans: — Kansas — Called for Cruz, who won by 25 percentage points. — Maine — Called for Cruz, who won by 13 points. — Louisiana — Called for Trump by AP; he's up big based on early votes. — Kentucky — Still counting. Trump up by 9 points …

Discussion: Power Line, Infowars and Politico