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New York Times:
What We're Watching as 5 States Hold Crucial Primaries — Voters in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio cast crucial ballots in the race for the presidency on Tuesday. Here are some of the things we will be watching. — The end or the beginning?
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Trump breaks 50% in national support for the first time — Showing little sign of a “ceiling”, Donald Trump has only grown in support with the exit of Ben Carson and Marco Rubio's collapse … In the last two weeks, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has won more delegates in primaries and caucuses …
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MilitaryTimes:
Military Times survey: Troops back Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders for president — In an exclusive survey of American military personnel, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders emerged as active-duty service members' top choices to become the next commander in chief.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump wins 9 delegates in Northern Mariana Islands
Trump wins 9 delegates in Northern Mariana Islands
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Washington Post, Saipan Tribune, Western Journalism, Political Wire and Independent Journal Review
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Wins in Northern Mariana Islands GOP Caucus
Donald Trump Wins in Northern Mariana Islands GOP Caucus
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Bernie's big chance to rattle the race
Bernie's big chance to rattle the race
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Yahoo Politics, Scared Monkeys, The Hill, Liberal Values, Hot Air and Common Dreams
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
What's At Stake For Republicans In The March 15 Primaries
What's At Stake For Republicans In The March 15 Primaries
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Crucial Day for Candidates Trying to Stop Donald Trump
A Crucial Day for Candidates Trying to Stop Donald Trump
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Salon, Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Is No Accident — Establishment Republicans who are horrified …
Trump Is No Accident — Establishment Republicans who are horrified …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Clinton: 'We didn't lose a single person' in Libya — Hillary Clinton on Monday defended the intervention in Libya that she championed as secretary of state, telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that the United States “didn't lose a single person.” — “Libya was a different kind of calculation.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Caught on a hot mic, Clinton speculates about Chris Christie's support for Trump — What's at stake in the Ohio GOP primary? … Catch up on the 2016 race — CHARLOTTE— It isn't often that Hillary Clinton lets her guard down about what she really thinks about the Republican presidential race.
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New York Times:
Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media — Of all the ways Donald Trump has shocked the political system, one of the most significant is how he wins primary after primary with one of the smallest campaign budgets. — He still doesn't have a super PAC.
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Fox News:
Clinton commits Benghazi gaffe, saying US 'didn't lose a single person' in Libya — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton committed her second gaffe in as many days on the campaign trail Monday night, claiming that the U.S. “didn't lose a single person” in Libya during her time as secretary of state.
Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Clinton: 'We Didn't Lose a Single Person' in Libya
Clinton: 'We Didn't Lose a Single Person' in Libya
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Washington Free Beacon
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Huckabee: Trump is Clinton's ‘worst nightmare’
Huckabee: Trump is Clinton's ‘worst nightmare’
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Balloon Juice and Washington Post
John Harwood / New York Times:
A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House — The specter of further violence at Donald J. Trump's campaign events has amplified warnings from his Republican opponents: If nominated, the bombastic billionaire simply couldn't win the presidency. — “A disaster” for Republicans …
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New York Times:
Allies Say Obama's Court Pick Is Near, and Will Be Hard for Republicans to Ignore
Allies Say Obama's Court Pick Is Near, and Will Be Hard for Republicans to Ignore
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Hit & Run
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
Will Partisanship Undermine the Judiciary?
Will Partisanship Undermine the Judiciary?
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Maryland Appellate Blog, SCOTUSblog, Los Angeles Times, BloombergView.com and Washington Times
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Washington's Worst Job: President Obama's Next Supreme Court Nominee
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Final preparations for court war
Final preparations for court war
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A King in His Castle: How Donald Trump Lives, From His Longtime Butler — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Everything seemed to sparkle at the Mar-a-Lago estate here on a recent afternoon. The sun glinted off the pool and the black Secret Service S.U.V.s in the circular driveway.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's taste for well-done steaks is disqualifying — A lot has been written about Donald Trump over the course of this campaign season, but a new revelation from a New York Times profile of Trump's longtime butler may finally deliver the piece of information that brings him down — he enjoys his steaks well done.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bill Hoffmann / Newsmax:
Ben Carson to Newsmax: I'm Promised a Spot in Trump Administration — Dr. Ben Carson revealed on Newsmax TV Monday that he will work in Donald Trump's administration — at least in an “advisory capacity” — if the Republican presidential front-runner is elected to the White House.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carson: 'We're only looking at four years' if Trump's a bust
Carson: 'We're only looking at four years' if Trump's a bust
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Job
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Job
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign manager's behavior prompted staff concerns — Donald Trump's staff and advisers have expressed concerns about campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's quick temper and heavy-handed leadership, and some even planned a coup against him last month, sources involved in the discussions told POLITICO.
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Tech mogul accused of keeping ex-stripper as sex slave for 13 years — A Silicon Valley venture capitalist has been sued for $40 million by a woman who claims he used her as a virtual sex slave for 13 years. — Michael Goguen, who had worked for a firm that funded Google and Paypal …
David French / National Review:
Working-Class Whites Have Moral Responsibilities — In Defense of Kevin Williamson — This weekend, my colleague Kevin Williamson kicked up quite the hornet's nest with his magazine piece (subscription required) that strikes directly at the idea that the white working-class (the heart of Trump's support) is a victim class.
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Robin Harding / CNBC:
Donald Trump's rise sparks alarm in Japan — The favorite for the Republican nomination has been attacking the Trans-Pacific Partnership. — As polls open for US primaries in Ohio and Florida, the political elite in Tokyo is starting to confront a disconcerting idea …
Guardian:
Do giant gas bubbles explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? — Age: 52 years. — Appearance: Then all of a sudden ... disappearance! — Location: Between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda (approx). — What is it? Well, according to Vincent Gaddis, who first coined the phrase …
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Associated Press:
House Passes Resolution Condemning IS Atrocities as Genocide — Ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration, the House has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that condemns as genocide the atrocities committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria.
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