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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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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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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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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
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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Tampa Bay Times:
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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rubio shut out in delegates from Tuesday voting — (R-Fla.) was shut out of delegates from voting in four states voting on Tuesday after poor performances in Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi. — Rubio's night began by missing the 15-percent threshold for receiving any delegates in Michigan and Mississippi.
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Donald Trump / Yahoo Politics:
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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Elizabeth Wilner / The Cook Political Report:
Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally
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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
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CBS News:
Live updates: Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, Hawaii Republican contests
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Poll: Romney helps more than hurts Trump with Republicans
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll
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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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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
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.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Sues Ohio Over Law Keeping 17-Year-Olds From Voting In Primary
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Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Sues Over Ohio Rule Barring 17-Year-Olds From Primary
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Sanders may pull off huge upset in Michigan [UPDATED: Sanders wins]
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CNN:
Sanders files suit against Ohio secretary of state in push to allow 17-year-olds to vote
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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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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.
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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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Majority of Voters Disapprove of Republicans' Supreme Court Delay
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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.
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CNN:
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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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Suspect in shooting of Ted Cruz rally pastor arrested at White House
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Levi Pulkkinen / seattlepi.com:
Explosion levels buildings in North Seattle — 9 firefighters hurt in early morning explosion at Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood — An explosion leveled much of a commercial block and injured nine firefighters in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
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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 …
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio Never Had A Base — Except in the improbable event that he comes back to win the Republican nomination, Marco Rubio is likely to become a political idiom. As Mike Huckabee is synonymous with a candidate who wins Iowa on the basis of evangelical support but can't expand beyond that …
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