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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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Donald J. Trump / Salon:
These guys are utterly terrifying: The GOP primary marches on, but yesterday proved that both …
These guys are utterly terrifying: The GOP primary marches on, but yesterday proved that both …
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US News and Hullabaloo
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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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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Supreme Court appears split in ObamaCare contraceptive fight
Supreme Court appears split in ObamaCare contraceptive fight
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NPR, Los Angeles Times, Fox News and Politicus USA
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, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and New York Magazine
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Obama: We will go after ISIS until it's ‘finally destroyed’
Obama: We will go after ISIS until it's ‘finally destroyed’
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Newt Gingrich's Secret Campaign for Donald Trump — The former House speaker has not endorsed in 2016. But behind the scenes he has been lobbying GOP insiders hard to Make America Great Again. — In public, Newt Gingrich won't say he's endorsing Donald Trump.
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Newt Gingrich Is Bullish on Donald Trump — A spirited debate with the former speaker on the merits of the mogul. — Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House and onetime presidential candidate, has always been considered a man of ideas. After leading his party to power …
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Politico, The Resurgent, Political Insider blog and Mediaite
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 …
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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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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
Speaker.gov:
FULL TEXT: Speaker Ryan on the State of American Politics
FULL TEXT: Speaker Ryan on the State of American Politics
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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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Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Post
Hailey Holloway / WATE-TV:
Family: Gatlinburg man, wife still missing after Brussels attacks; given misinformation — GATLINBURG (WATE) - The family of a Gatlinburg man who went missing after Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels said they were mistakenly informed that the missing couple had been found.
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Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
American Teen Survives Attack in Brussels, His Third Brush With Terrorism
American Teen Survives Attack in Brussels, His Third Brush With Terrorism
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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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Sandra Phillips / FOX5 San Diego:
Cross-border drug tunnel linked restaurant to home — CALEXICO, Calif. - For the first time in a decade, federal agents uncovered a completed drug tunnel in Calexico, a border city about 100 miles east of San Diego. — The opening of a drug tunnel was found in a fairly new home in Calexico …
Amy Maxmen / Science:
Why watching comb jellies poop has stunned evolutionary biologists — No buts about it, the butthole is one of the finest innovations in the past 540 million years of animal evolution. The first animals that arose seem to have literally had potty mouths: Their modern-day descendants …
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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Tinder Blog:
Swipe the Vote — First it was Bernie supporters, then it was Rubio. We've been amazed by the amount of users expressing their political views with matches during this presidential campaign. That's why we decided to build Swipe the Vote. — But don't worry if you haven't decided whether you're …
Associated Press:
Emory University president says students are scared and ‘in pain’ after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ in chalk on campus — The president of Emory University has spoken to demonstrators who said they were frightened after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ in chalk around campus.
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Gerry Broome / BuzzFeed:
North Carolina House Passes Bill To Allow Anti-LGBT Discrimination — House Bill 2 would override local LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances in the state and ban transgender people from certain restrooms. — It was designed to negate a law in Charlotte to protects LGBT people from discrimination …
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Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
Robert Jeffress Rebukes Glenn Beck for Criticism of Southern Evangelicals — Robert Jeffress, pastor of the 12,000 member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, is rebuking talk radio host Glenn Beck for his recent criticism of evangelical Christians who live in the South and are not supporting Sen. Ted Cruz …
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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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