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8:25 AM ET, March 14, 2016

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign From Breitbart  —  Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben Shapiro are resigning from the company over the site's handling of Donald Trump's campaign manager's alleged assault on Fields, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Iraq war shapes 2016 landscape  —  in a general election debate against Hillary Clinton  —  . He is going to attack her over her vote authorizing the war in Iraq.  —  picked up that hammer in 2008 and Bernie Sanders  —  is hammering away right now.  —  For an already fractured Republican party …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
What's Wrong With Hillary?  —  When Hillary Clinton began her second run for the White House, it must have seemed that the road ahead would rise up to meet her.  This time, there would be no political phenomenon in her way—no younger, more charismatic figure who would strip Clinton of the mantle of “change.”
The Hill:   Hillary Clinton takes new tack to boost her image
Associated Press:
Facing Long Primary Slog, Clinton Allies Fear Helping Trump
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks.
Discussion: Washington Times and The Week
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House preps Supreme Court battle plan  —  As soon as President Barack Obama announces a Supreme Court nominee from his short list — which is now set — the White House and its allies will unleash a coordinated media and political blitz aimed at weakening GOP resistance to confirming the president's pick.
Discussion: New York Times
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Mitt Romney to Campaign with John Kasich in Ohio  —  Mitt Romney will campaign with John Kasich Monday at two stops in Ohio, NBC News has learned from a source familiar with the plans.  —  Romney is not expected to endorse the Ohio governor during the campaign swing, the source said …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump cancels Florida rally to hold event in Ohio
Discussion: Political Wire
Marist Poll:
3/13: Trump Ahead in FL, IL... Kasich Up in OH... Clinton Ahead in FL, IL, and OH
Discussion: Politico, RedState and Naked Politics
CBS News:
Poll: Trump and Kasich neck-and-neck in Ohio; Trump leads in Florida
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Second State employee refuses GOP questions on Clinton server  —  A State Department staffer who oversaw security and technology issues for Hillary Clinton is refusing to answer Senate investigators' questions about the former secretary of state's use of a private email server …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Marlon Bando / Heavy.com:
Thomas Dimassimo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Email Follow  —  A protester has been arrested after he tried to rush the stage while Donald Trump was speaking during a rally Saturday morning in Dayton, Ohio, authorities say.  —  Thomas Dimassimo was charged with disorderly conduct …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Who Attacked Donald Trump?
Discussion: Heavy.com and The Last Refuge
Washington Post:
Police officer shot and killed outside Prince George's police headquarters; 2 suspects in custody  —  A Prince George's County police officer was killed Sunday in a fierce shootout with an armed man outside a district station in Landover, in what the police chief said was an unprovoked attack.
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Ex-senators plotting political comebacks after years in clink  —  Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate (left) and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. Photo: Gregory P. Mango; Steven Hirsch  —  Even after spending years in the clink, these Albany felons are raring to return to the scene of the crime.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Party Still Decides  —  POLITICAL parties are mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, and the party nominating process offers few of the protections associated with the ideal of “one man one vote.”  Voters in early states have far more influence than voters in later ones.
Daily Mail:
German voters' crushing verdict on open-door migration: Angela Merkel is punished in crucial state elections as far-Right party wins big vote with call to stop flow of refugees  —  By , SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE and ALLAN HALL IN BERLIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL  —  German voters turned to the far right …
Nina Martin / Mother Jones:
ABORTION POLITICS MEET A METH LAB LAW … UNEQUAL INJUSTICE … “When children are born positive and addicted to drugs, then we treat it like [any other] crime against a child.” … “IT'S SIMPLY TO SAVE A LIFE” … “HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR BABY?”
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea claims it could wipe out Manhattan with a hydrogen bomb  —  SEOUL — North Korea claimed Sunday that it could wipe out Manhattan by sending a hydrogen bomb on a ballistic missile to the heart of New York City, the latest in a string of brazen threats.
Discussion: Infowars and Mashable
Kayt Sukel / New York Post:
Don't bother with zen — stress helps you perform better  —  “Stress” is a dirty word in the world of wellness.  It's something to be tempered, reduced or completely released in your weekly yoga class.  It's something we're supposed to carefully manage — or, better yet, avoid at all costs.
Daily Mail:
‘One child knelt and prayed, the other was shot dead’: Eyewitness tells how Al Qaeda terrorists singled out their victims as they gun down 16 at Ivory Coast beach resort popular with Westerners  — Gunmen were allegedly targeting a U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Marcus Jadotte
Discussion: Instapundit and Weasel Zippers
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Fox News:
Gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton unloads on Donald Trump's ‘cynical campaign of hate and fear’ … Hillary Clinton unleashed her most critical assessment of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, saying during an Ohio Democratic Party dinner on Sunday night in Columbus that he will do anything to get votes.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
 
 
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Ben Hartman / Jerusalem Post:
New Year's Day terrorist planned to attack Tel Aviv daycares
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Americans would never accept EU restrictions - so why should we?
Discussion: Guardian
Tampa Bay Times:
In Florida, Donald Trump finds some support among Hispanic Republicans
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
How Carson arrived at Trump
Discussion: The Right Scoop, Mediaite and Guardian
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Republicans Waver Over Trump
Discussion: Naked Politics
Dalit Halevi / Arutz Sheva:
Islamic Jihad calls for mass murder of Jews ‘inside their towns’
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Associated Press:
U.S.-backed Syrian rebels say al-Qaida militants have seized their bases and stolen weapons …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Iraq runs out of money to take on Islamic State
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Hot Air
New York Post:
How the $15 wage is already killing Seattle jobs
Discussion: The Last Tradition and Hot Air
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former GOP senator: Brokered convention will bring ‘revolution’
Thomas Frank / Salon:
Bill Clinton's odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the '90s
Discussion: Liberal Values
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Wants To Pay Legal Fees Of Man Who Sucker Punched Protester
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Moderate Voice
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
How Trump Happened  —  It's not just anger over jobs and immigration.
KTUU-TV:
Snowmachiner faces assault, criminal mischief charges after striking dogs
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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