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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
‘You Son of a B***h’: Glenn Beck Slams ‘Delusional’ Kasich for Staying in the Race — After winning the Republican primary in his home state of Ohio Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich announced that he plans to stay the course. Glenn Beck had a few choice words for him.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Economist rates Trump presidency among its top 10 global risks — A Donald Trump presidency poses a top-10 risk event that could disrupt the world economy, lead to political chaos in the U.S. and heighten security risks for the United States, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Outspoken Trump Supporter: 'Riots Aren't Necessarily a Bad Thing' — Scottie Nell Hughes, an adamant Donald Trump supporter, defended the GOP frontrunner's comments (warnings?) about riots at the convention by saying that riots aren't necessarily that bad. — Trump warned of riots …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary slams the door on Bernie
Hillary slams the door on Bernie
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David French / National Review:
Keep Fighting — There Is No Other Choice
Keep Fighting — There Is No Other Choice
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New York Times:
Rubio's Exit Leaves Trump With an Open Path to 1,237 Delegates
Rubio's Exit Leaves Trump With an Open Path to 1,237 Delegates
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump, Cruz vow to barricade Kasich from convention
Trump, Cruz vow to barricade Kasich from convention
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Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says He'll Skip Debate, Warns of Possible Convention Riots
Trump Says He'll Skip Debate, Warns of Possible Convention Riots
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Warns of ‘Riots’ if Party Blocks Him at Convention
Donald Trump Warns of ‘Riots’ if Party Blocks Him at Convention
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just threatened more violence. Only this time, it's directed at the GOP.
Donald Trump just threatened more violence. Only this time, it's directed at the GOP.
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump on brokered convention: 'I think you'd have riots'
Trump on brokered convention: 'I think you'd have riots'
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Chuck Grassley:
Grassley Statement on the President's Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court — Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the Chief Judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators split with leadership on SCOTUS — A small group of Senate Republicans is breaking with its party's Supreme Court strategy, with lawmakers saying they're willing to meet with President Obama's pick to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia. — Seven Republicans so far have said they are open …
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Sarah Almukhtar / New York Times:
Why Obama Nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court — In the face of Republican opposition to a Supreme Court nomination, President Obama needed a candidate who had support from Republicans in the past but who would still move the court in a progressive direction.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Who Is Merrick Garland? — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) …
Who Is Merrick Garland? — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
No hearing for Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says
No hearing for Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
6 Quotes From Senate Republicans About Merrick Garland That Are Really Awkward Now
6 Quotes From Senate Republicans About Merrick Garland That Are Really Awkward Now
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
Merrick Garland Is a Great Pick; That May Not Matter
Merrick Garland Is a Great Pick; That May Not Matter
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Rose Garden / The White House:
Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court
Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court
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Fox News:
Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, sets up Senate showdown
Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, sets up Senate showdown
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Garland's lack of standout opinions a boon in confirmation fight
Garland's lack of standout opinions a boon in confirmation fight
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
We choose the nominee, not the voters: Senior GOP official — Headed towards a contested convention: Unbound delegate — Curly Haugland, RNC Rules Committee, and Gary Emineth, former chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party, talk about Republican convention rules and why it could lead to a contested convention.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner backs Paul Ryan for president — BOCA RATON, Fla. — Former Speaker John Boehner said Paul Ryan should be the Republican nominee for president if the party fails to choose a candidate on the first ballot. — “If we don't have a nominee who can win on the first ballot …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters — A member of the Republican National Committee's Rules Committee said Wednesday that the party will decide who the GOP nominee will be, not the voters. — “The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination …
TMZ.com:
Jared Fogle — Beaten and Bloodied in Prison Yard Ambush — BEATEN AND BLOODIED — in Prison Yard Ambush … Jared Fogle got a surprise beatdown in federal prison from an inmate who has major issues with child molesters ... TMZ has learned. — According to docs, Fogle got jumped …
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Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle attacked in bloody Colorado prison brawl
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle attacked in bloody Colorado prison brawl
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Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
PBS News Story on First-Time Trump Voters Prominently Displays Longtime White Power Tattoos — Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family …
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Ben Winslow / fox13now.com:
GOP presidential debate in SLC canceled — SALT LAKE CITY — Monday's GOP presidential debate scheduled here in Utah has been canceled, FOX 13 News has confirmed. — The decision to cancel the debate followed Donald Trump's announcement on “FOX & Friends” that he would not be appearing.
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David Wells / fox13now.com:
Trump: 'I won't be there' for Fox News debate in Salt Lake City
Trump: 'I won't be there' for Fox News debate in Salt Lake City
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Debate Is Canceled as Trump, Then Kasich, Withdraw
Fox News Debate Is Canceled as Trump, Then Kasich, Withdraw
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager Denies Blacklisting Reporters — “I have a great relationship with these people.” — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, denied on Wednesday that the Trump campaign blacklists reporters who write critical stories about the candidate.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump taps campaign manager as GOP convention delegate: report
Trump taps campaign manager as GOP convention delegate: report
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Why Rubio Lost — It wasn't immigration. Or anger. — With Marco Rubio dropping out tonight, you're going to hear a lot of theorizing about why he lost. It was the Gang of Eight. It was Trump. It was the anger. It was the out-of-touch elites. None of this is correct.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial developments of recent months. Household spending has been increasing …
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Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve expected to leave key interest rate unchanged
Federal Reserve expected to leave key interest rate unchanged
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WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Waukegan man calls 911 claiming to have killed 19 children — Share Update: … WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Authorities arrested a man after he called them claiming to have killed 19 children in Lake County, Illinois. — According to a statement by the Lake County Sheriff's Office …
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: You Have To Admit Trump Calling Me A Child Molester ‘Did Work’ — After his surprising endorsement of Donald Trump, former candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that he understands why Trump attacked him during his campaign, even calling him a child molester, saying “it did work.”
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Trump Appears To Have Heavily Plagiarized Op-Ed From Carson — An op-ed penned this month by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and published online appears to be blatantly plagiarized from an article written days earlier under former rival Ben Carson's name, The Daily Caller has determined.
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Salena Zito / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Kasich's Pennsylvania ballot challenge withdrawn; clears way to primary — John Kasich will appear on the ballot in Pennsylvania, giving him the ability to compete against frontrunner Donald J. Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the April 26th Republican presidential primary.
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