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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Allies Launch Plan to Undercut Donald Trump Now — Democrat's presidential campaign also readies a strategy of engaging Republican on issues without trading insults — Pro-Democratic groups are launching an orchestrated bid to weaken GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump ahead …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
As Hillary Clinton Sweeps States, One Group Resists: White Men — White men narrowly backed Hillary Clinton in her 2008 race for president, but they are resisting her candidacy this time around in major battleground states, rattling some Democrats about her general-election strategy.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has to worry about a steep drop-off of the black vote that could imperil her chances of winning the White House in November, an analysis had found.
New York Times:
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton
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Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
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Washington Monthly
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins
Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court — When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile questioning at his 2005 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, he invoked a fellow judge on the federal appeals court in Washington: Merrick B. Garland, now President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. — The questions came from Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa.
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary — Just after President Obama and I concluded our interview — and after the microphones and cameras clicked off — he added a thought. — Senate Republicans' vow not to consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland …
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Slate:
Why Democrats usually pick moderate-liberal justices and Republicans usually pick conservative ones. — President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court may have come as a surprise to the political world. But it shouldn't have. Garland is the kind of nominee whom …
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Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Merrick Garland Heads To Capitol Hill For What Could Be A Futile Exercise
Merrick Garland Heads To Capitol Hill For What Could Be A Futile Exercise
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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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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
Out of Race, Marco Rubio Returns to the Senate
Out of Race, Marco Rubio Returns to the Senate
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
Marco Rubio Says He Won't Run for Re-Election — or Governor in 2018
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CBS News:
Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric — NEW YORK — The Secret Service, FBI and New York Police Department are investigating what sources tell CBS News is a threatening piece of mail sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump. — The mail, sent to Eric Trump at his posh Manhattan residence …
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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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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces contemplate the end — With Donald Trump marching toward a nomination that few believed he could win, Republicans once bent on defeating him are now reassessing their efforts to stop him. — Trump's dazed and demoralized adversaries find themselves at a defining moment …
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Washington Post
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’
D.M. waitress stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal looking people’
Darcie Moran / MLive.com:
Convicted felon sings Adele-inspired ‘sorry’ to judge at sentencing — A convicted felon seemed to feel particularly soulful at his sentencing last week for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon. — Brian Earl Taylor, 21, surprised a courtroom of onlookers when he sang …
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Construction Worker on 2nd Day of Job Dies in ‘Not Work-Related’ Fall From 53rd Floor in DTLA — A construction worker on his second day on the job died Thursday after falling from the 53rd floor of the Wilshire Grand Center tower and landing on a passing car in downtown L.A. in an incident …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention — In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates. — That's according to members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states …
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