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2:50 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.
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.
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.
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 …
David French / National Review:
Keep Fighting — There Is No Other Choice  —  Trump greets supporters after Tuesday's primary results.  (Win McNamee/Getty)  —  There is no sugar-coating tonight's results.  Even the one, small bright spot — John Kasich denying Donald Trump Ohio's delegates — may end up presenting …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan to POLITICO: ‘I am not going to be the nominee’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP debate canceled after Trump pulls out
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Week
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton had an amazing night — and not just because of her victories
Discussion: Washington Post
J. Freedom Du Lac / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I think you'd have riots' if contested convention results in a different nominee
Discussion: Mediaite, NPR and 89.3 KPCC
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 …
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 …
Tanya Somanader / The White House:
Email from President Obama: “I've Made My Decision”
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
McConnell: Senate won't consider Garland nomination
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Liberals flirt with lowering bar on Supreme Court confirmation
Discussion: ABC News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, Grassley voted against Garland in 1997
Discussion: LawNewz and Weasel Zippers
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  —  Convicted pedophile and ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was pummeled in a vicious prison yard attack, according to a new report.  —  The disgraced Indiana sex offender suffered a swollen face, scratched neck …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Matt Adams / Fox 59:   Disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle suffers bloody nose during prison yard beating
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
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.
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
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
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 …
Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
Polar bear ‘contained’ after escaping area at Cincinnati Zoo … CINCINNATI, Ohio — A polar bear has been contained after breaching its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo.  —  No animals or people were harmed. … The incident happened Wednesday at around 11:30 a.m.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Excellent Night, and a Peek Ahead to the Fall  —  Tuesday night could not have gone much better for Hillary Clinton.  The results on the Democratic side moved her closer to winning the nomination.  The results on the Republican side pushed the G.O.P. even closer toward nominating …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
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