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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Colorado's Marijuana Laws — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an unusual lawsuit challenging Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana. — “The State of Colorado authorizes, oversees, protects and profits …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
John Roberts Criticized Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Before There Was a Vacancy — WASHINGTON — Last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered some blunt remarks about the Supreme Court confirmation process. The Senate should ensure that nominees are qualified, he said, and leave politics out of it.
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Talking Points Memo, Slantpoint, Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup: Majority Of Americans Say Merrick Garland Should Be Confirmed
Gallup: Majority Of Americans Say Merrick Garland Should Be Confirmed
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Politicus USA
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court nominee Garland bows out of more cases
New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Finally Uniting Top Republican Donors — Against Him — The prospect of a Donald J. Trump nomination is accomplishing what a diverse and talented field of Republican presidential contenders could not: uniting the party's big-money donor establishment.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Trump puts GOP House majority in jeopardy — Donald Trump is on the verge of two things once thought to be impossible: winning the Republican presidential nomination, and putting Republicans' historically large House majority in danger. — Democrats have for the past year discussed …
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Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement and Joe.My.God.
Associated Press:
OBAMA, CASTRO COME FACE TO FACE IN HISTORIC MEETING IN CUBA — HAVANA (AP) — Brushing off decades of distrust, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands Monday in Havana's Palace of the Revolution, opening a meeting aimed at advancing the diplomatic opening that both leaders have pursued.
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CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba ties
CBS/NYT Poll: Majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba ties
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Hit & Run, Politico, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and The Week
Gary Herbert / Facebook:
I am announcing today that I will join Mitt Romney in casting my ballot tomorrow night for Texas Senator Ted Cruz. — Tomorrow night, Utah will award 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention. If one of the Republican candidates can receive more than 50 percent of the vote …
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KUTV-TV, RedState, Politico and The Right Scoop
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Utah governor voting for Cruz
Utah governor voting for Cruz
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Hot Air, Breitbart, Frontloading HQ and Salt Lake Tribune
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
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Washington Monthly, Deseret News and Hot Air
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump plans AIPAC surprise — Over the nine months of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has yet to step to a podium and read from a script. That changes Monday, when he is set to address more than 18,000 people attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
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Yahoo Politics, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, Jewish Insider, New York Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and TIME
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Candidates Aim for AIPAC Vote
The Note: Candidates Aim for AIPAC Vote
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Gawker, Shakesville and Infowars
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump Over Israel-Palestine: 'Some Things Aren't Negotiable'
Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump Over Israel-Palestine: 'Some Things Aren't Negotiable'
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Associated Press, Politico and Washington Post
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats to Sanders: Time to wind it down — Democratic senators of all stripes are as impressed as they are surprised by Bernie Sanders' insurgent campaign. — But the time has come, they say, for Sanders to start winding things down. — After holding their fire on Sanders …
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Associated Press, Towleroad, Hit & Run and Hot Air
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Court Rules Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional — The Federal District Court for Florida's Northern District ruled Monday that the prison gerrymandering in Florida's Jefferson County unconstitutionally dilutes the voting power of its residents.
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ACLU of Florida and Shakesville
Julia Bryan / Democrats Abroad:
Global Presidential Primary Results — The results are in! In an unprecedented turnout, up 50% from 2008, 34,570 voters cast their ballots from over 170 countries all around the world, through in person voting, by fax, email, and post, and the results are as follows:
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abc13.com:
Man arrested for sex on Vegas Ferris wheel fatally shot after leaving Houston club — Two suspects have been arrested after a driver was gunned down Saturday morning in southwest Houston.
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New York's PIX11, FOX31 Denver, KTLA and Fox 59
Daily Mail:
The ‘Flying Bum’ is ready for lift off: World's largest aircraft the Airlander 10 is fitted with fins and engines ahead of its first flight — Airlander 10 was originally developed as part of a US Army project which was then abandoned in 2012 — A British company is now converting the aircraft …
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Infowars
Erin McIntyre / Daily Sentinel:
No Trump voters allowed — Junction landlord screens renters based on politics — For rent: Downtown apartment, 2 bedrooms. Includes organic garden space, hot tub, great backyard. You can bring your dogs if they have references as good as yours. If voting for Donald Trump, do not call.
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Vox and CBS Denver
Washington Post:
Donald Trump reveals foreign policy team in meeting with The Washington Post … Donald Trump revealed part of his foreign policy advisory team and outlined an unabashedly non-interventionist approach to world affairs during a wide-ranging meeting Monday with The Washington Post's editorial board.
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Politico, Right Wing Watch and Jewish Insider
ESPN:
Indian Wells CEO lauds ‘attractive’ players in WTA — Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore said women players ride the coattails of the men in comments before Serena Williams met Victoria Azarenka in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday. He apologized later, but not before Williams had a chance to react.
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The Atlantic, CNN, Guardian, NPR, USA Today, The Week, Slantpoint, NBC News, theGrio and CBS Los Angeles
León Krauze / New Yorker:
Me Gusta Trump: Portrait of a Hispanic Trump Voter — John Castillo grew up in Lincoln Heights, the heart of Hispanic Los Angeles, in a tight-knit Mexican-American family. His father's name was Juan, but his mother decided to name their son John. He attended Cathedral High School …
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Can we please retire the notion that Donald Trump is hijacking someone else's party? — In mid-July of 2015, a month after Donald Trump announced his presidential run, I joined a gaggle of political junkies in a clubby bar four blocks from the White House to hear a legendary campaign strategist expound on the race ahead.
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Balloon Juice
Max Fisher / Vox:
How Saudi Arabia captured Washington … There was a moment almost exactly one year ago, in March 2015, that revealed some uncomfortable truths about America's relationship with Saudi Arabia. — That month, as Saudi Arabia prepared to launch what would become its disastrous war against Shia rebels …
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New York Times and Israpundit
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court may decide against Va. Republicans in redistricting fight … The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to leave in place a lower court's decision that Virginia improperly considered race when drawing congressional districts. — Operating without the late Justice Antonin Scalia …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Priebus: ‘You let the process play out’ … Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in an interview Sunday dismissed the notion that presidential candidates who fall just short of the necessary number of delegates should receive the Republican nomination.