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New York Times:
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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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio nears Cruz endorsement — Marco Rubio is close to endorsing Ted Cruz, but the two proud senators — and recent fierce rivals — have some details to work out first. — Cruz has to ask for the Rubio's endorsement, and both sides need to decide that it will make a difference …
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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.
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
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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 …
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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Allen B. West
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
If #NeverTrump Wants To Matter, Look To The Libertarians
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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 huddles with GOP donors — PALM BEACH, Fla. House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the Party's biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
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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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Courtney Crowder / Des Moines Register:
D.M. waitress stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal looking people’
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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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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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.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Notorious Islamophobe Frank Gaffney To Join Cruz National Security Team
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Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump-loving NYC Sanitation workers trade fighting words with driver they blocked with their truck in Brooklyn — They're hauling for Trump — so let the trash talking begin! — A pair of crusty city Sanitation workers were caught on video Thursday morning screaming at a motorist …
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Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
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).
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Video Shows LaVoy Finicum's Last Moments: ‘Go Ahead And Shoot Me’ — Cell phone footage taken from the backseat of Oregon standoff leader LaVoy Finicum's truck shows the final moments before he was fatally shot by state police and the immediate aftermath of the confrontation.
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Raw Story
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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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist — SAN FRANCISCO — If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple's help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple's engineers. — Apple employees are already discussing …
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Melissa Click / Washington Post:
What would our world be like if no one ever took a chance? — Last fall, student protesters forced dramatic change at the University of Missouri after they demanded a better response from leaders to race and bias incidents on campus. — An assistant professor was caught on film during …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim — Last October, an ex-GOP Benghazi Committee staffer filed a lawsuit against the panel, claiming he was wrongly fired for refusing to center his investigation on Hillary Clinton — an accusation Clinton's defenders held up as proof that the panel …
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Hot Air
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.
WOOD-TV:
Satanic messages left behind after acid attack — ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) — An Allegan County man who allegedly poured acid on the face and chest of his girlfriend was charged on Thursday. — Gregory Alan Marsman, 53, was charged in an Allegan County courtroom Thursday afternoon with torture …
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