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CNN/ORC Poll: Trump, Clinton leading in Florida, Ohio — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is leading two of his Republican presidential rivals in their home states, topping Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida and Gov. John Kasich in Ohio, new CNN/ORC polls show. — Hillary Clinton, meanwhile …
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Poll: Clinton leads Trump, aided by Obama coalition … Powered by the same coalition that twice elected Barack Obama, Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a clear lead over Republican Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup for the November election, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Marco on the brink — SARASOTA, Fla. — With mounting losses and his chances that voters deliver him the Republican nomination near-nonexistent, Marco Rubio is flirting with the same political “death spiral” that swallowed Jeb Bush only three weeks ago. — He's fending off rumors of quitting …
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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 …
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Marco Rubio not ready to be president — Vote for me to stop Donald Trump. That is Sen. Marco Rubio's message to Florida voters this week as the Republican establishment desperately tries to prevent the billionaire from winning the Republican nomination for president and completing a hostile takeover of the party.
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Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge — The grid below by CMAG's Mitchell West lays out a GOP-sponsored “anti-Trump” air campaign that is growing by the week, from 9% of all Republican TV spots (individual airings of commercials) by all advertisers in the presidential race during the first week in February …
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Trump romps in Michigan and Mississippi, tightening his grip on the nomination — JUPITER, Fla. — Donald Trump advanced his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning Mississippi and Michigan, the first of two states up for grabs Tuesday in the increasingly bitter GOP primary contest.
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Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally — We've written about Donald Trump's uniquely terrible general election fundamentals before, as a complement to his worst-in-the-field numbers versus Hillary Clinton. That hypothetical head-to-head data doesn't mean …
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Only Trump Can Trump Trump — Donald Trump is a walking political science course. His meteoric rise is lesson No. 1 on leadership: Most voters do not listen through their ears. They listen through their stomachs. If a leader can connect with them on a gut level, their response is: “Don't bother me with the details.
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Donald Trump Holds Three-Point Lead Over Ted Cruz in GOP Race, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds
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Poll: Romney helps more than hurts Trump with Republicans
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Live updates: Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, Hawaii Republican contests
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Most Americans agree Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’
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Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll
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What The Stunning Bernie Sanders Win In Michigan Means — Bernie Sanders made folks like me eat a stack of humble pie on Tuesday night. He won the Michigan primary over Hillary Clinton, 50 percent to 48 percent, when not a single poll taken over the last month had Clinton leading by less than 5 percentage points.
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Sanders stuns Clinton in Michigan — DETROIT — Bernie Sanders scored one of the biggest victories of his underdog campaign Tuesday by beating Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a delegate-rich state where she led by double digits in the closing days before voting.


Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio — 's campaign has filed a lawsuit against Ohio's secretary of state to allow 17-year olds to vote in the Democratic primary on March 15, according to a CNN report. — Sanders's campaign manager told reporters in Michigan on Tuesday …
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Trade and Jobs Key to Victory For Bernie Sanders
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Sanders may pull off huge upset in Michigan [UPDATED: Sanders wins]
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Sanders files suit against Ohio secretary of state in push to allow 17-year-olds to vote
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Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans — The second sibling of the filmmaking duo known as The Wachowskis has come out as transgender. — Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana, 50, came out in a statement to Windy City Times, after being threatened with outing by other media.
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All the lies Donald Trump told in his election night infomercial — Donald Trump had plenty to celebrate on Tuesday night after winning the Republican primaries in Mississippi and Michigan. — But that didn't really matter. He was still pissed at Mitt Romney for making fun of his companies.


Idaho pastor shooting: Suspect arrested at White House fence — (CNN)Kyle Andrew Odom, the suspect in the shooting of an Idaho pastor, was taken into custody Tuesday at the White House, a source at the U.S. Secret Service told CNN. — Odom was taken into custody by the Secret Service …
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Suspect in shooting of Ted Cruz rally pastor arrested at White House
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FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting — BEND - An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.
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Hero woman shoots her stalker in the throat after desperate chase through mall that began when he started following her in food court — Ganobick got into her car and pulled out a knife and she pulled out a gun and shot him in the neck and buttocks — A Kentucky woman heroically turned …
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Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter — Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski forcibly yanked Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields out of the way after his press conference in Florida on Tuesday night. — Fields was attempting to ask Trump a question as he exited the press conference.
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Walking while texting can be deadly, study shows — Everyone knows cell phones in cars can be deadly. And now, a new study suggests that mobile devices are killing more pedestrians, too. — A 10-percent spike in pedestrian fatalities in the first six months of last year …


Stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist — Israeli man hospitalized in moderate condition after Petah Tikva attack — An Israeli man who was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon in a terror attack in Petah Tikva managed to remove the knife fromn his neck and use …
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