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1:45 PM ET, March 16, 2016

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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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Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says He'll Skip Debate, Warns of Possible Convention Riots  —  Fresh off three more primary victories, Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll blow off the next Republican presidential debate and warned of “riots” if power-brokers deny him the nomination at the convention even if he's leading in the delegate count.
David Wells / fox13now.com:
Trump: 'I won't be there' for Fox News debate in Salt Lake City  —  Donald Trump said Wednesday morning he will not be at the GOP presidential primary debate next week in Salt Lake City.  —  “I will say this.  I will say this.  I think we've had enough debates.  We've had 11 or 12 debates.
CNN:
What's going on in Missouri?  —  Washington (CNN)With vote counting in Missouri completed for Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lead their respective party primaries there by less than half a percentage point.  Since the margin of victory in each case is less than 1 percentage point …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Paul Ryan won't categorically rule out accepting GOP nom  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan decided not to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, but he declined to rule out accepting it if a deadlocked party convention turns to him this summer.  —  “You know, I haven't given …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump, Cruz vow to barricade Kasich from convention  —  The two leading GOP campaigns intend to muscle the Ohio governor out of the race.  —  Advisers to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz say there's no way they'll allow John Kasich to even compete at a contested national convention — let alone prevail.
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump risks falling short of delegate count for nomination  —  has secured more than half of the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination, but will need to pick up his pace to reach a clinching 1,237 delegates and avoid a contested convention.  —  Trump's strong performance …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton had an amazing night — and not just because of her victories
Discussion: Washington Post
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Excellent Night, and a Peek Ahead to the Fall
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nicholas J.C. Pistor / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Recounts possible in both of Missouri's presidential primaries
Discussion: The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Who Is Merrick Garland?  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the longest serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, offered his own thoughts on who President Obama should nominate to fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.
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New York Times:
Obama Chooses Merrick Garland for Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday said he would nominate Merrick B. Garland as the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appeals court judge for the lifetime appointment and daring Republican senators …
Tanya Somanader / The White House:
Email from President Obama: “I've Made My Decision”  —  Summary: The President sent a message to the White House email list to announce that he has chosen a nominee who is eminently qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. … Today, I will announce the person whom I believe is eminently qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.
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 …
NBC News:
Obama to Nominate Federal Judge Merrick Garland For the Supreme Court
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, Grassley voted against Garland in 1997
Discussion: LawNewz and Weasel Zippers
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Liberals flirt with lowering bar on Supreme Court confirmation
Discussion: ABC News
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Merrick Garland Is Named As President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee
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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Matt Adams / Fox 59:   Disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle suffers bloody nose during prison yard beating
Ben Winslow / fox13now.com:
GOP presidential debate in SLC canceled  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Monday's GOP presidential debate scheduled here in Utah been canceled, FOX 13 News has confirmed.  —  The debate followed Donald Trump's announcement on “FOX & Friends” that he would not be appearing at the Salt Lake City debate.
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J. Freedom Du Lac / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I think you'd have riots' if contested convention results in a different nominee
Discussion: Mediaite, 89.3 KPCC and NPR
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump says he will skip Monday's Fox News debate
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Week
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Two Trump delegates with ‘foreign’ names underperform in Illinois
Rick Scott / Facebook:
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT CALLS ON REPUBLICANS TO COME TOGETHER  —  I'm asking all Republicans today to come together and begin preparing to win the general election in November.  —  With his victories yesterday, I believe it is now time for Republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind Donald Trump.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Florida Gov. Rick Scott endorses Donald Trump
Discussion: ABC News
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Endorses Trump Day After Rubio Leaves Race
Discussion: The Week
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Inside Marco's Hollow Campaign  —  Three days before Florida's climactic primary, Marco Rubio sank deep into a black leather armchair on his campaign bus.  He had just spent 25 minutes smiling wide for supporters at a high-end boutique selling $150 candles.
Discussion: Eschaton
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Goodbye, Bushism
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Rubio's demise marks the last gasp of the Republican reboot
Nick Gass / Politico:
RNC spokesman: Trump ‘speaking figuratively’ about convention riots  —  If the Republican National Committee is worried about the possibility of a contentious contested convention, one of its top officials showed no signs of concern Wednesday, even after the party's front-runner warned …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If I Lose At The Convention, 'I Think You'd Have Riots' (AUDIO)
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
 
 
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