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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.
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William Bigelow / Breitbart:
Ben Shapiro Betrays Loyal Breitbart Readers in Pursuit of Fox News Contributorship — LOS ANGELES — Former Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro announced Sunday evening via left-wing Buzzfeed that he is abandoning Andrew Breitbart's lifelong best friend, widow, hand-picked management team …
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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.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgressPage Array:
The War Against Obama's Potential Supreme Court Nominees Takes An Ugly, Offensive Turn — We do not yet know who President Obama will name to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia. We do know, however, that anyone the president names will be subjected to a brutal campaign to discredit them in the eyes of the public.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Left frets about possible Obama pick for high court
Left frets about possible Obama pick for high court
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Above the Law
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.”
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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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Who Attacked Donald Trump? — A scary incident occurred yesterday at a Donald Trump event in Dayton, Ohio. A man rushed the stage, coming from behind Trump. His intent was unclear, but there was every reason to assume he intended to injure or kill Trump. He was quickly stopped and led away by Secret Service agents:
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CNN Exclusive: ‘Trump is a bully,’ says man who rushed stage
CNN Exclusive: ‘Trump is a bully,’ says man who rushed stage
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Marlon Bando / Heavy.com:
Thomas Dimassimo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Thomas Dimassimo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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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 …
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Matt Stevens / Los Angeles Times:
Beverly Hills' crackdown on water wasters is having the desired effect — Developer Geoff Palmer's household used more than 12,000 gallons of water a day during a two-month period. Facing a penalty, Palmer appealed in January. — Officials in Beverly Hills say they tried it all …
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.
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Politics:
How to Steal a Nomination From Donald Trump — Donald Trump has spent much of his campaign selling himself as a maker of great deals. But in the next phase of the campaign, the author of The Art of the Deal may be confronted with the ultimate dealmaking challenge, gaming the rulebook …
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.
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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?”
Politico:
Trump dumps Illinois campaign director — CHICAGO — Donald Trump's Illinois campaign director has been sidelined after the national campaign grew furious over what sources described as a lack of organization in the state in the run-up to Tuesday's primary.
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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 …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The End of Marco-mentum — The last time I saw Marco Rubio in person, he seemed to be on the verge of inheriting the charred Republican earth. It was Feb. 22, the day before the Nevada caucuses. We were aboard Rubio's campaign plane, flying from Reno, Nev., to Las Vegas.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's Week of Errors, Exaggerations and Flat-out Falsehoods — Donald Trump says he is a truthful man. “Maybe truthful to a fault,” he boasted last week at a North Carolina rally where one of his supporters sucker punched a protester. — But truthful he is not.