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12:15 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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: RedState, FiveThirtyEight and Politico
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton had an amazing night — and not just because of her victories  —  Tuesday night was an amazing night for Hillary Clinton, and not just because her wins in Florida and Ohio made Bernie Sanders's path to the nomination nearly impossible.  —  Tuesday night was an amazing night …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
Discussion: Balkinization and ABC News
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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump says he will skip Monday's Fox News debate
Discussion: The Week
Nicholas J.C. Pistor / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Recounts possible in both of Missouri's presidential primaries
Discussion: The Week
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   Rubio's Exit and the G.O.P.'s Spoiled Buffet
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.
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.
NBC News:
Obama to Nominate Federal Judge Merrick Garland For the Supreme Court
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Confirmation Battle Begins
Discussion: BuzzFeed, CBS Chicago and Guardian
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Discussion: Raw Story and Western Journalism
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama picks Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
Discussion: The Week
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Liberals flirt with lowering bar on Supreme Court confirmation
Cristian Farias / The Huffington Post:
Obama To Nominate Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Vox, Hit & Run and Political Wire
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
President Obama to Announce Supreme Court Nominee Wednesday Morning
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump: Senate should block Obama's Supreme Court nominee
Discussion: The Week
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
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: Political Wire and 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
Robert Draper / New York Times:   Donald Trump and the Fall of the Republican Campaign Guru
CBS News:
Donald Trump to skip next Republican debate  —  Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will not be attending Fox News' debate next week, citing prior commitments to speak “in front of an important group of people.”  —  Trump told “Fox and Friends” during a phone interview that he was …
Discussion: Western Journalism
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Insider: Trump to skip GOP debate for pro-Israel conference
Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart, Hot Air and Politico
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 …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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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
Jane M. Von Bergen / Philly.com:
Man fired from Havertown Chipotle for working-condition tweets wins labor ruling  —  James Kennedy, who served burritos at Chipotle's in Havertown, was fired last year after he tweeted about wages and circulated a petition asking managers to allow workers to take their breaks.
Discussion: Associated Press
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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Danielle Cohen / The White House:
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