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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds Three-Point Lead Over Ted Cruz in GOP Race, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds  —  Primary voters say they would prefer any of businessman's rivals in a one-on-one contest  —  Donald Trump holds a narrow, three-point lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …
Fallon Silcox / mynews13.com:
Exclusive Florida Decides Poll: Trump, Clinton lead Florida's presidential primaries  —  If Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the candidates in November, Clinton would lose a close contest to Trump, according to our exclusive poll.  —  What will the outcome of the presidential primary elections be?
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump leads GOP race nationally but with weaker hold on the party … The state of the 2016 race  —  Donald Trump continues to lead his rivals nationally in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, but his hold on the GOP electorate has weakened since the primary season began …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll  —  Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are locked in a tight Republican race - separated by just three points - according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  Trump is the first choice of 30 percent of Republican primary voters …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rubio On CNN Story: “They Just Made It Up”
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Dem Senate Takeover Probable, If Cruz or Trump Nominee
Discussion: Politicus USA
Chicago Tribune:
Trump leads splintered Republican primary field in Illinois
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Prospects Ascendant, Though Perhaps Not With Senate Peers
Associated Press:
Voices From Voters as They Cast Primary Ballots in 4 States  —  Voters in four states are making their choices Tuesday in party primaries.  Michigan is the big prize sought by Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as he aims to prevent his rivals from narrowing the delegate gap.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Fox News Forum May Signal Thaw Between Democrats and Network  —  DETROIT — Rebuffed yet again in coaxing Hillary Clinton onto Fox News, executives at the network had an outside-the-box idea last month that would have made primary debate history: a face-off between Senator Bernie Sanders …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why Donald Trump scrapped this morning's live TV hits  —  Donald Trump was scheduled to go on a satellite TV tour Tuesday morning, but it was scrapped at the last minute.  He called into several morning TV shows by phone instead.  —  So what happened?  He says there were technical glitches.
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Has Made Some Bad TV Ad Buy Deals In Ohio
Discussion: Mediaite
Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Most Americans agree Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’  —  Just over half of Americans agree with Mitt Romney that Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’, but Republicans disagree … As the Trump campaign maintained its strong momentum Republican heavyhitters Mitt Romney and John McCain blasted the frontrunner in unusually blunt language.
KTVU-TV:
Video: Car nearly crashes into KTVU reporter, everyone ok  —  ALAMEDA COUNTY (KTVU) - As KTVU reporter Alex Savidge was covering the train derailment in Alameda County on Tuesday morning, a car crashed and careened toward him and his photographer.  —  Alex was live on Mornings on 2 at that moment.
Keith Olbermann / Washington Post:
I can't stand to live in a Trump building anymore  —  Keith Olbermann is a news and sports commentator and reporter.  —  Okay, Donnie, you win.  —  I'm moving out.  —  Not moving out of the country — not yet anyway.  I'm merely moving out of one of New York's many buildings slathered …
Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
How did Trump qualify for a middle-class tax break?  —  The GOP front-runner received a tax break available only to couples deemed by the state to have made $500,000 or less  —  One of the enduring mysteries of Donald Trump is just how much wealth he has.  Forbes pegs his net worth at $4.5 billion …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
NRSC deletes tweet attacking Tammy Duckworth for ‘not standing up for our veterans’  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee tweeted Tuesday that Illinois Senate Democratic candidate Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs while serving in the Iraq War, “has a sad record of not standing up for our veterans.”
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:   NRSC Deletes Tweet Saying Double Amputee Dem Doesn't ‘Stand’ For Vets
Thomas Frank / Guardian:
Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump.  Here's why  —  When he isn't spewing insults, the Republican frontrunner is hammering home a powerful message about free trade and its victims  —  et us now address the greatest American mystery at the moment: what motivates the supporters …
Discussion: Shakesville
Tom Wheeler / fcc.gov:
Federal Communications Commission  —  Welcome to the new FCC.gov. Help us improve by providing feedback & reporting bugs.  — Consumer - Enforcement - International - Media - Public Safety - Wireless - Wireline - Offices  —  Broadband: A Lifeline for the 21st Century  —  Commissioner
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Conservative lawyer says Scalia might never be replaced: 'There's nothing magical' about nine justices  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A conservative legal activist is promoting the idea that the U.S. Senate can hold off indefinitely in naming a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Ian Tuttle / National Review:
Add Another Yuuge Failure to Trump's Pile: The Trump Network  —  In 2009, lots of people were feeling vulnerable.  The housing bubble had burst, taking with it millions of jobs.  Pensions had vanished.  Stocks were slumping.  For a shrewd businessman, it was the perfect time for a get-rich-quick scheme.
Discussion: Hot Air and Mother Jones
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
GOP and Tech Leaders Hold Secret Meeting to Stop Trump  —  Gathering took place at a private island resort over the weekend  —  Silicon Valley may be a bastion of liberals, but the threat of a Donald Trump presidency had some of technology's biggest names meeting behind closed doors with members of the Republican elite.
 
 
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Bush family member endorses Cruz
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Biden: Reagan couldn't win in 2016
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Planned Parenthood building vandalized in Columbus
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