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11:05 AM ET, March 18, 2016

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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.
Carl Campanile / New York Post:   Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:   Hillary, Bernie must unite to beat Trump
Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong  —  Somewhere Alexander Hamilton is smiling.  For the battle that's beginning over President Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court vindicates the famous Founder's assurances on judicial appointments.
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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.
Discussion: Politico
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Politico
NPR:
Transcript And Video: President Obama's Interview With NPR's Nina Totenberg
Discussion: New York Times
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Merrick Garland Heads To Capitol Hill For What Could Be A Futile Exercise
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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 …
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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Ari Melber / NBC News:
RNC Rules: Insiders Speak Out on Contested Convention  —  Brokered Convention?  Here are the Rules 1:46  —  If no presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates and Republicans face a contested convention this summer, a small group of party insiders will have huge sway over who wins …
Discussion: NBC News
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spokesman: RNC would support Trump ‘100 percent’
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Conservatives call for ‘unity ticket’ to stop Trump
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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Scott Wong / The Hill:   Contested convention is looking more likely, says Speaker Ryan
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 …
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl's Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa  —  Papaw made dinner for six grandkids, but only one showed up. :'(  —  This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma.  —  On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather.
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’
Discussion: Eater, KWWL-TV and Raw Story
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
‘Earth Hour’ Blackout Cancelled Because Of Migrant Rape  —  The annual virtue-signalling festival known as ‘Earth Hour’ won't be celebrated in one Swedish town this year, thanks to a sex-crime epidemic sweeping the municipality.  —  The small Swedish town of Östersund — population 44,300 …
Henry Goldman / Bloomberg Business:
Stabbing Surge Stumps NYC Police, Sows Fear Among Residents  —  Slashings increase while total shootings and homicides fall  —  NYPD tracking motives for knife assaults for the first time  —  New York City has seen a 20 percent increase in stabbings this year compared with last …
Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
Obama-Backed Solar Plant Could Be Shut Down For Not Producing Enough Energy  —  California regulators may force a massive solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert to shut down after years of under-producing electricity — not to mention the plant was blinding pilots flying over the area and incinerating birds.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Power Line
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 …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Obama to pick first female four-star commander  —  President Barack Obama plans to nominate Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson to be the head of U.S. Northern Command — which would make her the first female combatant commander, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Friday.  —  Robinson is now the head of Pacific Air Forces.
Discussion: The Week
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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David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever
Discussion: Instapundit
Brian M. Rosenthal / Houston Chronicle:
‘Jesus Shot’ at center of Miller's controversial, taxpayer-funded trip
Discussion: Raw Story
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Biden Names Leader for ‘Moonshot’ Cancer Campaign
Discussion: STAT and The Week
Angus Chen / NPR:
Stand To Work If You Like, But Don't Brag About The Benefits
Discussion: Fusion
New York Times:
Clinton's Bold Vision, Hidden in Plain Sight?
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Jack Montague, free speech and the rush to judgment
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Icahn Pares Ambitions for Tax-Reform Effort After Setbacks
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Lauren French / Politico:
Endangered House Republicans: Trump who?
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Bridge Scandal Trial May Prevent a Trump-Christie Ticket
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Primary Outcome Is in Kasich's Hands
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump-loving NYC Sanitation workers trade fighting words with driver they blocked with their truck in Brooklyn
Discussion: Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ex-Benghazi investigator drops Clinton bias claim
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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