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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump dominates GOP race in Florida — Less than a week until the first winner-take-all Republican primaries, Donald Trump is trouncing Marco Rubio on his home turf, according to a new Fox News poll. — In the race for the Republican nomination, Trump receives 43 percent among Florida likely GOP primary voters.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Scarborough: GOP performs on a ‘fifth-grade level’ — The Republican Party has “shattered its brand,” Joe Scarborough said Thursday. — A day after Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders respectfully contrasted their records and policy differences …
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Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders — The Vermont senator looks to build on an impressive victory in the Midwest. — jeneps — aritbenie — Hillary Clinton dismissed any possibility she would be indicted over her use of a private e-mail system while secretary of state …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Rubio's collapse: A fateful decision that helped unravel his campaign … MIAMI — Marco Rubio had suffered three electoral thumpings in a row when the Florida senator and his image-makers abruptly shifted strategy. The aspirational candidate, whose presidential campaign was built …
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Althouse, The Pulse 2016, Eschaton and Slantpoint
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz — Marco Rubio on Wednesday shot down the notion that he and Ted Cruz would band together as a ticket to halt Donald Trump's procession to the Republican nomination. — Asked during an MSNBC town hall whether he would be open to that, Rubio was firm.
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Washington Post:
Transcript: The Post-Univision Democratic debate, annotated … Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are holding for their fourth one-on-one debate. The transcript will be pasted below. Washington Post reporters and readers will be annotating it using Genius, and will continue to do so following the debate.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kasich ahead in Ohio
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
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MyDD
Tim Higgins / Bloomberg Business:
Anti-Trump Cash Floods Florida, Illinois Airwaves
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Florida Politics
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Rubio Says He's ‘Not Entirely Proud’ of Personal Attacks Against Trump
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Associated Press:
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida poll shows Trump leading Rubio by 6, but lead is likely bigger
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Slate, New York Times, Washington Post, Naked Politics and Florida Politics
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Rolls Over After Reporter ‘Grabbed’ By Trump Aide — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his outsider juggernaut seem to be doing much more than reinventing the rules of politics and terrifying the Washington establishment. — The reality television billionaire might …
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Michelle Fields / Breitbart:
In Her Own Words — On Tuesday night, I went to cover Donald Trump's press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. I was looking to cover the event like I have covered many live political events for Breitbart News, including an uneventful Trump press conference in Palm Beach the week before.
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Caleb Melby / Bloomberg Business:
When Trump Steaks at a Trump Event Aren't Really ‘Trump Steaks’
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Obama Doctrine — Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America's reign as the world's sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void …
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’ — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism. — “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade — Senate GOP leaders are making the case to their members this week that their decision to ignore President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is not just a principled stance, but a politically beneficial one, too.
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
‘Hot Felon’ Jeremy Meeks released from federal prison and gets job offers — Jeremy Meeks, right, known as the “hot felon,” was released from prison Tuesday. — A convicted felon whose handsome booking photo went viral was released from federal prison this week, and he is now entertaining job offers.
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Joe Holden / WPXI-TV:
BREAKING: 5 dead, 3 hurt in Wilkinsburg mass shooting — WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Five people are dead and three people are hurt after a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night, Allegheny County police said. — Emergency dispatchers confirmed that police and seven ambulances were called to Franklin Avenue just before 11 p.m.
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Stuart Ramsay / Sky News:
IS Registration Forms Identify 22,000 Jihadis — Tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been obtained by Sky News. — Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the UK …
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New York Times:
In the Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Clash on Immigration — Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders clashed vividly over immigration reform, health care and Cuba during a contentious debate Wednesday as the two Democrats appealed to Hispanic voters and tried to outdo each other in assailing Donald J. Trump.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton: I won't deport children or non-criminals
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
How Do You Talk to Your Children About Donald Trump? Thoughtfully — It was mortifying enough when last week's Republican debate introduced the question of whether it was appropriate for one presidential candidate to accuse another of wetting his pants. But the final straw for Gary Goyette …
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
With Bernie's Michigan Win, It's a Different Democratic Race Now — Sanders walloped Clinton in Michigan among independents and voters under 40, winning his first important state. What does it portend? — OK, Sanders people, want me to eat crow? Trust me, I already have.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Is Speaking To A Nearly Empty Florida Stadium — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) drew a “disappointing” crowd for an event in his home state Wednesday night just days before a critical primary in the state, CNN reported. — CNN's Jason Carroll, who was on the ground in Hialeah, Florida …
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Alison Smale / New York Times:
Germany's Embrace of Migrants Spawns Rise of Far-Right Leader — MANNHEIM, Germany — In the current tussle for the future of Germany, Frauke Petry is what you might call the anti-Angela Merkel. — Where Ms. Merkel, the chancellor, has welcomed refugees, Ms. Petry, a rising far-right leader …
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Vox Popoli and American Power
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Trump pivots to general election, in his own unorthodox way — MIAMI (AP) — In his own unorthodox way, Donald Trump is unmistakably evolving into a general election candidate. — The over-the-top billionaire is talking about flexibility in his hardline immigration policies.
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