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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz — In a surprise announcement, Jeb Bush will endorse Ted Cruz on Wednesday as an antidote to the “divisiveness and vulgarity” of Donald Trump, providing a badly needed boost to the Texas senator - but it's one that comes dangerously late in a game that Trump is dominating.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans in Bloomberg Poll Not Sold on Plan to Stop Trump — Trump gets crushed by Clinton in hypothetical match-up — Kasich is only Republican left in field who beats Clinton — The most committed Republican voters aren't rallying behind efforts to deny Donald Trump the party's nomination …
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Politico:
Paul Ryan sounds alarm about disheartening state of politics — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday warned against getting “disheartened” about the current state of politics, saying that Americans can't lose faith in their government. — In a sweeping speech, the Wisconsin Republican implicitly rebuked …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Trump is winning: His supporters think America is screwing over whites
Why Trump is winning: His supporters think America is screwing over whites
CNN:
Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for president
Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for president
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Reid: ‘Never, ever, ever underestimate Trump’
Reid: ‘Never, ever, ever underestimate Trump’
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor ‘Takers’
Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor ‘Takers’
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Whites ‘Losing Out’ To Minorities, Majority Of Trump Backers Say
Whites ‘Losing Out’ To Minorities, Majority Of Trump Backers Say
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
A Look at What Tuesday Night Means for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
A Look at What Tuesday Night Means for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
SCOTUS Bros Clearly Don't Understand How Women Get Contraceptives — The Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on Obamacare's contraceptive mandate presented the fourth challenge to the health care legislation since it was passed 2010, and thus the fourth opportunity for the justices to grapple …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument analysis: On new health care case, a single word may tell it all — Analysis — The Obama administration had four Supreme Court Justices quite plainly on its side Wednesday in the latest fight over the new health care law, but that may be all that it had because there was no way to stop …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Divided Supreme Court hears Obamacare birth control challenge
Divided Supreme Court hears Obamacare birth control challenge
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Seem Split in Case on Birth Control Mandate
Justices Seem Split in Case on Birth Control Mandate
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Associated Press:
IS TRAINS 400 FIGHTERS TO ATTACK EUROPE IN WAVE OF BLOODSHED — PARIS (AP) — The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time …
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Mike Larkin For / Daily Mail:
The late grow! TV legend David Letterman shows off new retirement look as he goes for a walk in St Barts — His face is known to everyone in America due to his 33-year run as host of The Late Show. — But TV legend David Letterman was virtually unrecognisable as he showed off …
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Nicole Bitette / New York Daily News:
David Letterman debuts bald and bearded retirement look in St. Barts — Is that really David Letterman or one of his mystery guests? — The “Late Show” host — whose celebrated career on late-night television lasted for more than 33 years — was nearly unrecognizable this week during a trip to St. Barts.
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Disney, Marvel to Boycott Georgia if Religious Liberty Bill Is Passed — The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Studios indicated opposition to a Georgia religious liberty bill pending before Gov. Nathan Deal, saying that they will take their business elsewhere “should any legislation allowing …
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney Threatens to Boycott Georgia If Governor Signs Anti-Gay Bill
Disney Threatens to Boycott Georgia If Governor Signs Anti-Gay Bill
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Donald J. Trump / Salon:
These guys are utterly terrifying: The GOP primary marches on, but yesterday proved that both of the options are horrible — Both Trump & Cruz made clear by their responses to Brussels that they're both spectacularly ill-suited to lead — Last night's Republican primaries were always considered …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker: “Ted Cruz Is The Only One Who's Got A Chance” To Beat Donald Trump
Scott Walker: “Ted Cruz Is The Only One Who's Got A Chance” To Beat Donald Trump
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Channels Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to Rebuke Donald Trump
Ted Cruz Channels Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to Rebuke Donald Trump
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama goes after Cruz for urging patrols of Muslim neighborhoods … President Obama on Wednesday delivered a sharply personal rebuke of GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz — for his call to institute surveillance on Muslim communities in response to the Brussels terrorist attacks.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Muslims Are ‘Protecting Each Other’ And Not Reporting The ‘Bad Ones’
Trump: Muslims Are ‘Protecting Each Other’ And Not Reporting The ‘Bad Ones’
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
President Obama Brings Ted Cruz' Father Into Muslim Surveillance Debate
President Obama Brings Ted Cruz' Father Into Muslim Surveillance Debate
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Salon, ThinkProgress and New York Magazine
David Weigel / Washington Post:
AIPAC's apology for Trump speech is unprecedented … This morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced something that American politicians have become all too familiar with — being overshadowed by Donald Trump. — The prime minister's video-linked speech …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Mocks Trump's ‘Foreign’ Wives: There 'Are Jobs Americans Won't Do'
Romney Mocks Trump's ‘Foreign’ Wives: There 'Are Jobs Americans Won't Do'
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Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
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Kalhan Rosenblatt For / Daily Mail:
THIRD brush with terror: American Mormon, 19, left with burns and shrapnel injuries in Brussels attack …
THIRD brush with terror: American Mormon, 19, left with burns and shrapnel injuries in Brussels attack …
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Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans — WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Obama administration official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility.
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
At Emory University, Writing ‘Trump 2016’ on Sidewalk Is a Racist Microaggression, Unsafe — As anyone who has spent five seconds at a college can attest, sidewalks covered in chalk messages are a pretty common fixture of the campus scene. But Emory University students had their delicate worldview shaken …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR starts ‘Trump Training’ to deal with threats — Donald Trump's campaign events have apparently become such a minefield for reporters that one major news organization has taken the extraordinary step of offering its correspondents a version of training for dealing with real minefields.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: Maybe God Uses Terrorist Attacks To Humiliate Obama — Michele Bachmann, the former congresswoman turned End Times prophet, took to WorldNetDaily today to blast President Obama for his approach to fighting the terrorist group ISIS. — As Bachmann sees it, ISIS strikes whenever …