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Rebekah L. Sanders / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders to Sheriff Arpaio: ‘Watch out, Joe’ — Bernie Sanders addressed supporters in Phoenix Tuesday as Hillary Clinton rolled up primary victories in several states. Sanders remained optimistic, saying “we are doing something very radical in American politics _ we are telling the truth.”
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New York Times, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and American Spectator
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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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Washington Post, Althouse, The Week, Roll Call, NY1 News, Associated Press, Allen B. West, Shakesville and addictinginfo.org
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
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Weasel Zippers and WND
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
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USA Today, Common Dreams, Reuters and The Atlantic
NPR:
Transcript And Video: President Obama's Interview With NPR's Nina Totenberg — President Obama spoke with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Thursday about why he selected Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, why he thinks the judge deserves a hearing from the Senate …
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Business Insider, Politicus USA and New York Times
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Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary
Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary
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LifeNews.com and Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court — When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile …
The Court — When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile …
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Vox, Washington Free Beacon and Politico
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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Mother Jones, Vox, New York Magazine and Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
A Trump Reality Check — He is the least commanding GOP front-runner since Ford. — Donald Trump won't debate his Republican rivals again but he will continue to argue on Twitter. On Thursday the businessman demanded an apology after we—"the dummies at the @WSJ Editorial Board" …
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Politico
CNN:
Belgian police checking if man detained is Paris terror attack suspect — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 12:59 p.m. ET] — Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam was captured alive Friday, a Belgian counter-terrorism source said. Belgium's state broadcaster reported that the 26-year-old Abdeslam …
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Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Fox News Insider, Associated Press, The Week, The Right Scoop and Washington Free Beacon
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Daily Mail:
‘We got him!’: Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks …
‘We got him!’: Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks …
Discussion:
Allen B. West
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam ‘arrested in Brussels terror raid’
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam ‘arrested in Brussels terror raid’
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Telegraph and Common Dreams
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 …
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The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, NBC News and RealClearPolitics
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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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RedState, Scared Monkeys and Towleroad
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 …
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.
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will — Staffers at the five major television networks are grappling with what role their organizations may have played in amplifying Donald Trump's successful campaign of insults, generalizations about minority groups, and at times flat lies.
Discussion:
Mother Jones and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever — The voters have spoken. — In convincing fashion, Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee. And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it. Voters are rarely wise but are usually sensible. They understand their own problems.
Discussion:
Instapundit
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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ABC News and Washington Post
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Hillary Has an NSA Problem — The FBI has been investigating Clinton for months—but an even more secretive Federal agency has its own important beef with her — For a year now, Hillary Clinton's misuse of email during her tenure as Secretary of State has hung like a dark cloud over her presidential campaign.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and The Week
Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Debriefing Mike Murphy — On a pleasant Super Tuesday afternoon — one of 10 or 11 Super Tuesdays we seem to be having this March — I am standing in the bloated carcass of that much-maligned beast known as The Establishment. In the unmarked suite of a generic mid-Wilshire office building …
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan huddles with anti-Trump 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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Washington Post, The Stranger …, Rush Limbaugh, New York Times and Talking Points Memo
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Another Dem like Obama? Our best days are behind us: Ryan
Another Dem like Obama? Our best days are behind us: Ryan
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The Week, The Hill, New York Magazine, The Bob and Chez Show, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Infowars, Western Journalism and Washington Post
Cassandra Sweet / Wall Street Journal:
Ivanpah Solar Plant May Be Forced to Shut Down — Federally backed project asks California regulators for more time to sort out its problems — A federally backed, $2.2 billion solar project in the California desert isn't producing the electricity it is contractually required to deliver to PG&E Corp. …
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The Daily Caller and Power Line
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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 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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Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit