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New York Times:
Deadly Explosions Bring Brussels Airport to a Halt  —  BRUSSELS — Two explosions killed at least one person and forced the evacuation of Brussels Airport around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the authorities and news reports, halting arrivals and departures.
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BBC:
Brussels explosions: Airport and metro hit with ‘at least 13 killed’  —  Several explosions have struck Brussels airport and the metro system, causing at least 13 deaths, Belgian media say.  —  Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump's Frightening Response To The Brussels Attacks  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is seizing upon the attacks in Brussels to again call for the Mexican border to be closed, Muslims to be banned from entering the country, and terrorism suspects to be waterboarded.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Who Is the Man in the Tan Jacket: Police Searching for Possible Suspect From Airport Blasts
Discussion: abc13.com and KTAR.com
CNN:
2 explosions at Brussels airport, reports of several killed  —  Brussels, Belgium (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 4:44 a.m. ET]  —  An explosion has occurred at a subway station in Molenbeek, Brussels, according to CNN affiliate RTL.  The station is near the European quarter.
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
Belgian Authorities Overwhelmed By Terror Investigations  —  “It's literally an impossible situation,” one counterterrorism official told BuzzFeed News.  —  Michael Hastings Fellow  —  Reporting From  —  Brussels  —  BRUSSELS — Within minutes of a bomb blast at Brussels' main airport, mobile phone and internet networks crashed.
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Brussels is ‘catastrophic,’ waterboarding Paris suspect ‘would be fine’
Daily Mail:
‘It was like the apocalypse.. you could see peoples’ …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz calls for patrols of Muslim neighborhoods  —  Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for a freeze on any new refugees from areas affected by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, as well as new powers for law enforcement to patrol “Muslim neighborhoods.”  —  “We need to immediately halt the flow of refugees …
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Calls for Border Closings, ‘A Lot More than Waterboarding’ After Attacks  —  “You have to get the information and you have to get it rapidly,” the Republican presidential front-runner said Tuesday morning following a series of deadly attacks in Brussels.
The Hill:
Trump: 'Frankly, we're having problems with the Muslims'
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Hot Air
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Cruz: Empower Police To “Patrol And Secure Muslim Neighborhoods” After Brussels Attack
Discussion: WRIC-TV and KXAN-TV
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Cruz: “We Don't Need Another Lecture on Islamophobia”
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
‘Why do they hate us so much?’  —  How the Brussels attacks strike …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump: Brussels attacks show ‘terrorists are totally winning’
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Past Terrorist Attacks Helped Trump Capitalize On Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Michael Kaplan / International Business Times:
Muslims Fear Backlash After Brussels Attack: Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Often Follows Violence
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
AIPAC rebukes Trump for anti-Obama comments  —  The president of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) rebuked Donald Trump  —  on Tuesday, scolding him for his harsh comments about President Obama.  —  “Last evening, something occurred …
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Can the media cover Trump minus the contempt?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Sarah Palin Signs Deal to Preside Judge Judy-Style Over Her Own Reality TV Courtroom  —  Move over, Judge Judy.  There's a new TV courtroom judge coming to town - and it's none other than former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  —  The onetime vice presidential candidate has been tapped to preside …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says He Will Delegate Supreme Court Appointments To The Heritage Foundation  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, in an apparent bid to placate conservatives who fear that he could appoint an insufficiently ideological justice if elected president, plans to release a list of 5-10 names sometime in the next week.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Supreme Court deadlocked for first time since Scalia's death  —  The Supreme Court issued a deadlocked ruling Tuesday, its first since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.  —  The court tied 4-4 in a case involving whether a pair of wives should be held financially responsible for the failure of their husbands' real estate endeavor.
SSRN:
Why President Obama Has the Constitutional Power to Appoint—and Not Just Nominate—a Replacement for Justice Scalia  —  University of Illinois College of Law & University of Chicago Law School  —  Abstract:  —  After Justice Antonin Scalia's recent death, politicians wasted no time before teeing …
Discussion: Balkinization and Prairie Weather
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
So, Florida AG Pam Bondi's Unhinged Media Relations Stooge Just Called  —  We just got a very angry email and subsequent very angry phone call from someone claiming to be Whitney Ray, Media Relations stooge for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.  I'm going to reprint the email in full …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump camp issues rare admission of error: Charity donation to Florida AG was a mistake … Aides to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said this week that his charitable foundation made a mistake when it donated $25,000 to a political committee backing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi …
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump Foundation admits error in donation to Florida attorney general campaign
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Foundation Blames “Clerical Error” for Illegal Pam Bondi Contribution
Discussion: The PolitiStick
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
As Brussels Reels From ISIS-led Terror Attack, Obama Attends Baseball Game In Cuba; UPDATE: He's Doing ‘The Wave’ With Castro; UPDATE: FARC Rebels Were At the Game  —  UPDATE: The First family has arrived at the ballgame; Obama's doing the wave with Castro.
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and RedState
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The Castro Bros Aren't Feeling The Bern
Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
Obama in Cuba: ‘I have come to bury the last remnant of the cold war’ - live
CBS News:
U.S. Mormons, military family among injured in Brussels  —  SALT LAKE CITY - Several Americans are among the casualties of the attacks at an airport and metro station in Brussels on Tuesday.  —  Mormon church officials say three missionaries from Utah were seriously injured …
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Bill Clinton knocks ‘awful legacy’ of last 8 years  —  10k Shares  —  Former President Bill Clinton, stumping on behalf of his wife in Washington state on Monday, urged people to vote for Hillary Clinton “if you believe we've finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us.”
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump Campaign Manager Might Sue BuzzFeed  —  “I told McKay Coppins that his story was inaccurate.  I told him not to publish.”  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is considering suing BuzzFeed over an article alleging that he made unwanted sexual advances toward female …
Discussion: Mediaite and RedState
 
 
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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Flashback: New York Times mocked Trump for saying “there is something bad going on” in Brussels
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