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4:30 PM ET, March 9, 2016

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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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush to meet with Rubio, Cruz and Kasich … Former Florida governor Jeb Bush plans to meet with three of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates today and tomorrow in Miami, according to an aide.  —  Bush, who until recently was also a presidential contender …
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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sorry, Marco Rubio, it's time to fold
Discussion: National Review
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Jeb Bush to Meet With 3 Candidates — but Not Donald Trump — Before Florida Primary
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
ABC News:
Challenges for Trump vs. Clinton: Favorability, Attributes and More (POLL)
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio Never Had A Base
Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall.com and NPR
Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:   It Is Time For Marco Rubio To Join Ted Cruz For The Benefit Of Marco Rubio
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Only Trump Can Trump Trump  —  Donald Trump is a walking political science course.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP establishment creeps toward Cruz
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Daily Kos
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
Glenn Thrush / Politico:   5 takeaways from Bernie's Michigan miracle
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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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.
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates  —  President Obama has begun interviewing candidates for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.  —  Sources close to the process say that among those being interviewed are Chief Judge Merrick Garland …
CNN:
First on CNN: Top name withdraws from Supreme Court consideration
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
Eric Wang / USA Today:
Liberals should thank Scalia for right to blast GOP on Supreme Court: Column
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Sony to Drop Dr. Luke Amid Public Pressure Over Kesha, Internal Headaches (Exclusive)  —  “The fact that this hasn't already been taken care of is confusing, especially for people in the building,” one insider said of music company  —  Sony Music is expected to end its working relationship …
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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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Tairod Pugh, Air Force Veteran, Is Found Guilty of Trying to Aid ISIS
Discussion: news9.com KWTV
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.
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 …
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Trump's VIPs Get Front-Row Seats to His Political Spectacle  —  The outsiders' candidate has a small—and very expensively dressed—cadre of insiders.  —  michaelcbender  —  At almost 10 o'clock on Saturday night in the ornate dining room of Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach …
Discussion: US News
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Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
Pentagon admits it has deployed military spy drones over the U.S.  —  The Pentagon has deployed drones to spy over U.S. territory for non-military missions over the past decade, but the flights have been rare and lawful, according to a new report.  —  The report by a Pentagon inspector general …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP superlawyer on contested convention rule: 'In fact, that's not a rule'  —  A Republican presidential candidate doesn't have to accrue a majority of delegates in eight states to be considered for the nomination during a contested convention in July, former Republican National Committee lawyer Ben Ginsberg …
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.
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.
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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Chicago Tribune:
Marco Rubio for the GOP, but no endorsement for either Democrat
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The Hill:
Comey's FBI makes waves
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