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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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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 …
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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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Trump is winning: His supporters think America is screwing over whites — THE MORNING PLUM: — Donald Trump continued stomping towards the GOP nomination with a big win in Arizona last night, which will stir more anxiety among GOP elites who worry that his strategy of courting white backlash …
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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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Reid: ‘Never, ever, ever underestimate Trump’
Reid: ‘Never, ever, ever underestimate Trump’
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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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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Most Republicans want the GOP to unite behind Trump
Poll: Most Republicans want the GOP to unite behind Trump
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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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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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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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2
Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2
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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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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
Argument analysis: On new health care case, a single word may tell it all
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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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CNN:
Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for president — Washington (CNN)Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz on Wednesday morning, calling his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination a “principled conservative” and urging fellow Republicans to reject Donald Trump as the next GOP nominee.
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Jeb Bush / Facebook:
I wanted you all to be the first to know that today I am endorsing Ted Cruz for President.
I wanted you all to be the first to know that today I am endorsing Ted Cruz for President.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Cruz stole my policies, Michael Douglas' line
Trump: Cruz stole my policies, Michael Douglas' line
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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
David Letterman debuts bald and bearded retirement look in 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Donald Trump? — The night before Super Tuesday I was on a plane from Oklahoma City to Cleveland, my hometown, when a thought struck me: I truly had no idea what was going on in America. — I'd been traveling a fair bit during the rush of primary season, and you start to feel unstuck when you do that.
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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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