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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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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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Mediaite and Politicus USA
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court nominee Garland bows out of more cases
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Obama Heralds ‘New Day’ in US-Cuban Relations — In a statement following meetings with Cuban President Raúl Castro in Havana today, President Barack Obama declared it a “new day” in U.S.-Cuban relations. — “For more than half a century, the sight of a U.S. president here in Havana would have been unimaginable.
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Police officer: Trump protesters were 'the most hateful, evil people I've ever seen' — Protesters at recent Donald Trump campaign rallies have made almost as much news as the presidential candidate himself — getting sucker-punched, landing sucker punches, stopping traffic, stopping the rallies …
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Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is the most unpopular presidential candidate since the former head of the Ku Klux Klan … If Republicans nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, he would be the least popular major party nominee in at least three decades of Washington Post-ABC News polling.
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Politicus USA
Paul Watson / Infowars:
Tucson Cop: Anti-Trump Protesters “Most Hateful People I've Ever Seen”
Tucson Cop: Anti-Trump Protesters “Most Hateful People I've Ever Seen”
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The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and dcclothesline.com
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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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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The Atlantic and Guardian
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Sanders crushes Clinton among Democrats abroad
Sanders crushes Clinton among Democrats abroad
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Liberal Values and The Week
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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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.
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.
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump will (almost certainly) never be elected president. Here's why. — THE MORNING PLUM: — With Donald Trump steamrolling towards the GOP nomination, the political chatter is increasingly focused on whether Trump could win a general election by making surprise inroads into states in the industrial Midwest.
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
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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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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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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
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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Let's be honest – Donald Trump is a:
Let's be honest - Donald Trump is a loser. Count all his failed businesses. See how he kept his father's empire afloat by cheating people with scams like Trump University and by using strategic corporate bankruptcy (excuse me, bankruptcies) to skip out on debt.
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Made Up A Spokesman For Times When He Didn't Want To Give Interviews — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, unusually candid in his media appearances, invented a spokesman that he himself portrayed off and on for a decade so he could buy himself time before talking to the press, according to a report from the Washington Post.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
US HOME SALES SLUMP IN FEBRUARY; SUPPLY SHORTAGE HITS MARKET — WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans retreated from home-buying in February, reversing months of prior gains as low inventories push up prices to levels that restrict sales. — The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales …
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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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
Jen Yamato / The Daily Beast:
Burt Reynolds on Old Pal Donald Trump: 'Like a Sheriff That's Quick on the Draw' — The iconic actor opens up about his new documentary ‘The Bandit,’ which premiered at SXSW, that memorable Cosmo spread, and Trump's presidential run. — Burt Reynolds knows Donald Trump. Burt Reynolds likes Donald Trump.
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Slantpoint, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and Independent Journal Review