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Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton — In unusually candid remarks, President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Senator Bernie Sanders is nearing the point where his campaign against Hillary Clinton will come to an end …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid — (CNN)In a sign of just how much the Republican presidential primary has turned the party on its head, Sen. Lindsey Graham will host a fundraiser on Monday in support of Sen. Ted Cruz.
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David Montgomery / Twin Cities:
Candid Marco Rubio blasts Trump and media, calls Cruz ‘only conservative left in the race’ — Former presidential candidate Marco Rubio told a group of Minnesota supporters Wednesday he is hoping one of the remaining candidates for president will stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Lindsey Graham throws support to Ted Cruz
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio: I won't be anyone's VP
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Statement From Conservatives Against Trump — This morning I participated in a meeting of grassroots conservative activists from around the country who are committed to opposing Donald Trump. We have agreed to release the statement below: — We are a group of grassroots conservative activists …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP operatives, conservative leaders meet to thwart Trump … A secretive group of Republican operatives and conservative leaders convened Thursday morning for more than three hours to discuss ways to unite the right against Donald Trump, with a presentation about the feasibility of mounting …
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ to Erick Erickson's Third-Party Overtures, Would Be ‘Functionally Supporting Hillary Clinton’ — Thursday on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said conservative blogger Erick Erickson, who has recently said the Republicans …
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
If #NeverTrump Wants To Matter, Look To The Libertarians
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CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland — Hatch: SCOTUS vacancy last November would've made difference — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he is willing to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland — “If I can meet with a dictator in Uganda …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court Fight Enters New Phase as Garland Meets Senators
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
How Obama Threw A Curveball With The Safest SCOTUS Pick Imaginable
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cornyn: Supreme Court nominee in lame duck is ‘a terrible idea’
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Another Dem like Obama? Our best days are behind us: Ryan — Ryan on Trump: 'We'll make it work if it happens' — In an exclusive “Speakeasy” interview with CNBC's John Harwood, Speaker Paul Ryan explains how the House is responding to voter sentiment and gives his opinion …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan admonishes Trump for ‘riot’ remark
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Peggy Lee / WNEP-TV:
Religious Sister Charged with Shoplifting Coffee, Soap … BRIAR CREEK — State police in Columbia County say they nabbed a very unlikely thief: a religious sister. — Troopers tracked the woman to her convent in Danville after she allegedly shoplifted from a store.
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Michael J. Gerson / Facebook:
I feel bad, on one hand, to be so focused on (some would say, obsessed by) the Trump phenomenon. And it is my intention to write my next column or two on different topics. There is, in fact, a world outside of the GOP primaries. Two Republican friends I talked with yesterday told …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Sean Hannity: If GOP Elites Steal Nomination from Trump or Cruz, “I'm Walking” (VIDEO)
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Eli Lake / BloombergView.com:
Cruz Assembles an Unlikely Team of Foreign-Policy Rivals — In a year when the Republican Party is breaking apart because of Donald Trump, the only man left with a chance to beat him is trying to build a big tent — by GOP standards — when it comes to foreign affairs.
Ben Oldach / WHOTV:
Waitress Stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal-looking people’ … DES MOINES, Iowa — A popular waitress at a popular restaurant closed out one of her table's Tuesday night when she found a note from her patron. — “At first, I felt really upset, I felt attacked, I almost felt …
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Bloomberg Business:
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat — Alphabet executives questioned path to marketable products — Toyota, Amazon are among possible acquirers of division — The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary.
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Joel Manby / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed SeaWorld CEO: We're ending our orca breeding program. Here's why. — A killer whale raises its head out of the water during the first show since an orca killed a trainer at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 27, 2010. — Americans' attitudes about orcas have changed dramatically.
USA Today:
Laura Bush on Afghan women, U.S. interests and 2016 — Former first lady Laura Bush has written the introduction for a new book, We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope, published this month by Scribner. She sat down this week with USA TODAY's Capital Download to discuss why she hopes …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Laura Bush: 'Don't ask' if I'm voting for Trump
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Simpsons’ Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: “It Was a Warning to America” — It “just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom,” Dan Greaney recalls. — It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose.
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Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community — Last week, the president of Virginia Tech, Tim Sands, published an “open letter to the Virginia Tech community” defending lectures delivered by deplorable people like me (I'm speaking on the themes of Coming Apart on March 25).
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Faces National Security Establishment ‘Uprising’ Over Emails — Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing an “uprising” in the national security establishment prompted by long-standing anger about her cavalier handling of classified materials and government secrets.
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FOX5 San Diego:
Navy finds dog thought to be lost at sea for 5 weeks — CORONADO, Calif. - A German Shepard puppy thought to be lost at sea after she fell overboard was found on San Clemente Island by the US Navy. — Luna, an 18-month-old dog, had been on a fishing boat when she went overboard, U.S. Navy officials said.
Tanya Somanader / The White House:
Asked and Answered: Sending Direct Mail to Cuba for the First Time in 50 Years — Summary: A letter from the President is making its way to a 76-year-old letter writer in Cuba via direct mail for the first time in 50 years. — An American president has not traveled to Cuba in almost 90 years.
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WRAL-TV:
Trump rally assault victim applauds discipline of Cumberland County deputies — CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said that five deputies have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville on March 9.
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