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Eric Bradner / CNN:
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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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Rubio Suffers Political Meltdown One Week Before Must-Win Florida — The Florida senator had a rough night on Tuesday. — Marco Rubio has found the bottom of the Republican field just two weeks after making a strong move to try to rise to the top of it. — After finishing second …
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Washington Post:
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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
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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The Hill:
Fiorina endorses Cruz … Carly Fiorina endorsed Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz — (Texas) at a Miami rally on Wednesday. — The former Hewlett-Packard CEO appeared on stage at a Cruz event, praising him as a political outsider. — “Ted Cruz has always …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Only Trump Can Trump Trump — Donald Trump is a walking political science course.
Only Trump Can Trump Trump — Donald Trump is a walking political science course.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP establishment creeps toward Cruz
GOP establishment creeps toward Cruz
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rubio shut out in delegates from Tuesday voting
Rubio shut out in delegates from Tuesday voting
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz For President
Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz For President
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
George W. Bush has no plans to endorse
George W. Bush has no plans to endorse
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
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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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Tenor of Campaign Takes a Toll
WSJ/NBC Poll: Tenor of Campaign Takes a Toll
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio
Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Conservative Era Is Over — Antonin Scalia's death has already changed the way the Supreme Court—and conservative litigants—do business. — Nobody quite knows what to make of it yet, but nobody disputes it, either: The Supreme Court of March looks nothing like the court we knew in February.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Senate Judiciary to debate issue of Supreme Court nomination — (R-Iowa) said the Senate Judiciary Committee will have a “full-blown debate” Thursday on whether to hold a hearing on a Supreme Court nomination. — “If you want to hear a full-blown debate on this issue …
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Eric Wang / USA Today:
Liberals should thank Scalia for right to blast GOP on Supreme Court: Column — Conservative justice would smile at ads targeting Republican senators sponsored by groups that would ban their own ads. — The late and ever-colorful Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia raised some eyebrows …
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates
President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates
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Jonathan Ellis / Mashable:
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.
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Lily Aldridge / CBS News:
Marco Rubio's future in the 2016 race looks cloudy — Marco Rubio's presidential campaign and those close to the Florida senator are engaged in deep conversations about the future of his presidential bid. — The topic of dropping out before next Tuesday's Florida primary has been raised and was not summarily dismissed.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio not ready to be president
Marco Rubio not ready to be president
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio Never Had A Base
Marco Rubio Never Had A Base
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Voight Endorses Donald Trump for President — LOS ANGELES — Hollywood legend Jon Voight has endorsed Republican Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. — In an interview with Breitbart News Tuesday evening, the Oscar-, Emmy-, and Golden Globe-winning actor said …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
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.
Jason Tanz / Wired:
Never Mind Trump. The Internet Wants to Watch What's Behind Him — Donald Trump may have bullied his way into the center of the American political arena, but during his Super Tuesday victory speech last week, the real action took place in the margins. That's where you could find Chris …
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Republicans sue State Department for Clinton emails — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee filed two lawsuits on Wednesday seeking to obtain emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's tenure as U.S. secretary of state.
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Windy City Media Group:
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.
New York Times:
ISIS Detainee Tells U.S. of Militants' Plan to Use Mustard Gas — WASHINGTON — An Islamic State detainee currently in American custody at a temporary detention facility in Erbil, Iraq, is a specialist in chemical weapons whom American military officials are questioning about the militant Sunni group's plans …
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Idaho shooting suspect's ‘hypersexual’ Martian manifesto is a window into an unraveling mind — On Tuesday evening, as tourists snapped photos in front of the White House, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes approached the black iron fence. — Kyle Odom wasn't there to take pictures, though.
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Nathan Takitch / WSAZ-TV:
Anonymous tip claims raw milk caused illnesses at Capitol — CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — In the weeks after passing a bill, allowing West Virginians to drink raw milk, one delegate brought the drink in to celebrate and, eventually, several lawmakers have gotten sick.
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