memeorandum: Boehner endorses Kasich days before primary (Keith BieryGolick/Cincinnati.com)

10:50 AM ET, March 13, 2016

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Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:

Trump Supporter Who Made Nazi Salute Explains Why She Made the Gesture — The photo, taken outside the arena where Donald J. Trump's appearance had just been canceled on Friday in Chicago, circulated far and wide: A woman in a Donald Trump T-shirt, eyes locked with a protester, her right arm raised skyward, her palm faced down.

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Los Angeles Times:

How black, Latino and Muslim college students organized to stop Trump's rally in Chicago — Donald Trump supporters and protesters clash March 11, 2016, outside the UIC Pavilion after the rally for the Republican presidential candidate was canceled. — When black, Muslim and Latino student activists …

CNN:

Trump ends wild day on campaign trail by calling for protesters' arrests — Watch CNN's Democratic Town Hall, co-hosted by TV One, Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. — (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday called for protesters who disrupt his rallies to be arrested, one day after altercations and protests forced …

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Trump has lit a fire. Can it be contained? — Scenes of chaos at postponed Chicago rally … An already ugly presidential campaign has descended to a new level — one where the question is no longer whether Donald Trump can be stopped on his march to the GOP presidential nomination …

Alex Seitz-Wald / MSNBC:

How Bernie Sanders supporters shut down a Donald Trump rally in Chicago — When Ja'Mal Green, a prominent black activist and Bernie Sanders supporter in Chicago, saw that Donald Trump was coming to the University of Illinois Chicago, he knew what he had to do. “Everyone, get your tickets to this.

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Donald Trump / Chicago Tribune:
Trump supporter outside UIC

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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Secret Service Rushes Stage to Protect Donald Trump at Ohio Rally

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's ideology of violence

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders: My supporters are not to blame for violence at Trump rally

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz reaffirms pledge to support GOP nominee, even if Trump

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German Lopez / Vox:
Don't believe Donald Trump has incited violence at rallies? Watch this video.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump blames Sanders for chaos at his rallies

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WHIO:
VIDEO: Security jumps stage at Donald Trump event

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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump on rally shutdown: ‘What ever happened to freedom of speech?’

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CBS News:

Poll: Trump and Kasich neck-and-neck in Ohio; Trump leads in Florida — Donald Trump keeps his lead in winner-take-all Florida, at 44 percent over Ted Cruz's 24 percent and Marco Rubio's 21 percent. In Ohio, Governor John Kasich is tied with Trump 33 percent to 33 percent …

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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz split anti-Donald Trump vote in Florida — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, and real estate developer Donald Trump are running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. — Sun Sentinel … Privacy Policy — A Florida Atlantic University public opinion …

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Washington Post:

Rubio wins D.C. Republican primary; edges out Kasich — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida edged out Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Saturday's Republican primary in the District, where voters waited in line as long as three hours to cast ballots. — Many of them called it one of the most significant GOP primaries here in years.

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Mark Murray / NBC News:

Polls: Trump Ahead in Florida, Illinois; Kasich Leads in Ohio — Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in the March 15 primary states of Florida and Illinois, while John Kasich holds the edge in his home state of Ohio, according to three new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.

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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal: Ben Carson Says He Would Be Willing to Be Trump's VP

Keith BieryGolick / Cincinnati.com:

Boehner endorses Kasich days before primary — WEST CHESTER TWP. - Republicans in Butler County honored former Speaker John Boehner three days before residents across Ohio's 8th District will vote on his replacement in Congress. — But on Saturday, Boehner was more interested in talking about the presidential race.

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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Boehner endorses Kasich: reports

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Hillary Clinton:

On the fight against HIV and AIDS—and on the people who really started the conversation. — Yesterday, at Nancy Reagan's funeral, I said something inaccurate when speaking about the Reagans' record on HIV and AIDS. Since then, I've heard from countless people who were devastated by the loss …

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Kyle Smith / New York Post:

How Democrats abandoned the working class and spurred rise of Donald Trump — Inequality has risen. Jobs are going overseas. The more the stock market rises, the more the working class feels crushed by globalization. — And all of this has occurred exactly as Democrats have engineered it.

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Andy Martino / New York Daily News:

THE HAUNTED TWILIGHT OF RICHARD SIMMONS — Two years ago, the flamboyant fitness guru abruptly disappeared from public life. Now, his closest friends, banished from his inner circle, have grown increasingly concerned. They worry that the pop-culture icon is being held against his will inside …

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

How Carson arrived at Trump — Ben Carson sipped hot chocolate across the breakfast table from Donald Trump — at the businessman's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday morning, still unsure as to whether he'd endorse anyone in the Republican primary.

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

Key GOP fundraiser: Donors will fall in line behind Trump — A top Republican fundraiser says he believes the majority of the party's donor class will ultimately “fall in line” behind Donald Trump — as the party's presidential nominee despite last-ditch attempts by some wealthy conservatives to derail the billionaire front-runner.

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