memeorandum: Trump: Senate should block Obama's Supreme Court nominee (Eliza Collins/Politico)

9:25 AM ET, March 16, 2016

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Tal Kopan / CNN:

Primary results: Live updates — Primary election results and updates as they happen as voters in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and North Carolina go to the ballot box.

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Yahoo Politics:

A big night for Clinton, as she wins in four states — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Tuesday was always supposed to be one of the most important nights in the Democratic presidential primary race, but for Hillary Clinton, it was even bigger than she and her team expected.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Kasich won Ohio. Now what? — John Kasich tasted victory for the first time in 2016 with a primary win in Ohio, and it came at precisely the moment he lost his chance to become the Republican presidential nominee without unprecedented chaos. — Despite the victory celebration …

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem race tightens as Bernie surges in Midwest

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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Wins 4 Races, Rebounding From Michigan Loss

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Wins Florida as Rubio Suspends Campaign for President

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Rubio's Exit and the G.O.P.'s Spoiled Buffet

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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Winning Votes, but Not Hearts

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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Read: Hillary Clinton's victory speech was a turn to the battle against Donald Trump

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Manu Raju / CNN:
Ted Cruz urged to apologize for attacks against Mitch McConnell

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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Trump Rolls Through Rubio, as Cruz and Kasich Offer Narrowing Alternate Paths

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Henry Olsen / National Review:
Decision Desk, Ides of March: Et Tu, GOP?

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CBS Miami:
Marco Rubio Suspends Campaign After Losing Florida Primary

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Paola Chavez / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Suspends 2016 Presidential Campaign

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Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Rubio: Trump is ‘an embarrassment’ and Republicans will pay big in November

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Julia Edwards / Reuters:

Srinivasan or Garland likely Obama choice for U.S. Supreme Court: source — President Barack Obama is likely to announce either Judge Sri Srinivasan or Judge Merrick Garland as his pick for U.S. Supreme Court nominee and the announcement could come as early as Wednesday, a source familiar with the selection process said on Tuesday.

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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.

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Eliza Collins / Politico:

Trump: Senate should block Obama's Supreme Court nominee — President Barack Obama plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday, but Donald Trump thinks the Senate shouldn't give the pick a hearing. — “I don't think so, no I think they should do what they're doing,” …

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

Obama to Announce Supreme Court Nominee — WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce on Wednesday his choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, even in the face of Republican vows not to consider his nominee, Mr. Obama said in an email to supporters sent from the White House.

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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:

Obama to Announce U.S. Supreme Court Nominee at 11 A.M. Today — President says choice is ‘eminently qualified’ for high court — Obama calls on Senate to ‘do their jobs’ and consider nominee — President Barack Obama said he will announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court at 11 a.m. Wednesday …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to announce SCOTUS nominee Wednesday

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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Indian Town Prays for a ‘Son’ on Supreme Court

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Grassley denies knowledge of group backing him in court battle

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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.

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Goodbye, Bushism

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

POLITICO reporter denied access to Trump event — POLITICO reporter Ben Schreckinger was denied entry to Donald Trump's press conference on Tuesday night, despite having previously been granted credentials by the campaign. — The move followed a threat last week from Trump officials …

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Top conservatives gather to plot third-party run against Trump — Three influential leaders of the conservative movement have summoned other top conservatives for a closed-door meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C., to talk about how to stop Donald Trump and, should he become the Republican nominee …

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton had an amazing night — and not just because of her victories

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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 …

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Ramesh Ponnuru / BloombergView.com:
A Fair Way to Choose a Republican Nominee

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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
OBAMA DISMAYED BY VULGARITY, VIOLENCE OF CAMPAIGN

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Robert Draper / New York Times:

Donald Trump and the Fall of the Republican Campaign Guru — As hapless as the news media and the Washington establishment have at times appeared as they flail about in the political tempest wrought by Donald Trump, there is another group in the 2016 election cycle that has come off looking …

Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Rubio Campaign Ends Where It Began

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Libor Jany / Star Tribune:

Local authorities, feds investigating alleged ISIL ‘kill list’ for Minnesota law enforcement — Caliphate Cyber Army released names; FBI is investigating threat. — TEXT SIZE — An alleged ISIL “kill list” containing the personal information of dozens of Minnesota law enforcement officers …

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Deborah Tannen / TIME:

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Disliking Hillary Clinton — Deborah Tannen is a linguistics professor at Georgetown University. — She is faced with a sexist double bind — President Barack Obama recently commented that in 2008 Hillary Clinton had to do everything he did, but she had to get up earlier to have her hair done.

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Bernie's longshot victory strategy — Bernie Sanders is falling further and further behind in pledged delegates — but even after Hillary Clinton's Tuesday romp, his campaign says there's a longshot strategy that lets him regain momentum and win the Democratic nomination by relying …

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