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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Gains in Louisiana After Loss There to Donald Trump — Despite coming up short in state's Republican presidential primary, Texan picks up more delegates and controls key convention roles — Donald Trump beat Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this month in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary …
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Revealed: Donald Trump's Big Plan to Stop a Contested Republican Convention — Who are the delegates that could pick the GOP nominee? — On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has a clear answer to questions about a contested convention in Cleveland — it's not happening.
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Donald Trump can't stop saying nasty things about women. It could cost him. … Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the press around on a tour after a campaign press conference at the at the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be a Trump International Hotel, in Washington on Monday.
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Jessie Opoien / madison.com:
Scott Walker predicts open GOP convention would nominate someone not currently running — If the Republican Party finds itself with an open convention in July, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker believes the nominee may not be Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or John Kasich.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump revs up Heidi Cruz attacks
Trump revs up Heidi Cruz attacks
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J.R. Taylor / National Enquirer:
SHOCKING CLAIMS: Pervy Ted Cruz Caught Cheating — With 5 Secret Mistresses! — The romps that could destroy his presidential campaign! — Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trying to survive an explosive “dirt file” on the finger-wagging conservative senator!
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
The National Enquirer Runs Story of Multiple Ted Cruz Affairs... Oh dear, the National Enquirer has come out with a story claiming evidence of multiple sexual trysts by presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz. — Worse yet for the Cruz camp, the framework within the article is structurally very concerning:
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WCSC-TV:
Report: Woman killed in ‘freak accident’ at Summerville drive-thru did not hit accelerator — An incident report from what authorities called a “freak accident” that killed a woman at a Summerville drive-thru Wednesday suggests she did not hit the accelerator prior to becoming pinned by her vehicle door.
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CBS Miami:
Republican Curbelo Open To Voting For Clinton — MIAMI (CBSMiami) — In recent weeks Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo has been telling some Democrats in his district he would vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump if those were his two choices, according to those who have spoken to him.
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Jim Newell / Slate:
Don't Drop Out, Bernie — The Democrats have launched a smarmy …
Don't Drop Out, Bernie — The Democrats have launched a smarmy …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders campaign keeps lawsuit against the DNC alive — 's presidential campaign has officially served the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with its lawsuit over access to party voter files, it said Thursday in a court filing. — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had given the campaign …
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Garry Shandling / TMZ.com:
Dead at 66 — Comedian Garry Shandling died at an L.A. area hospital on Thursday ... TMZ has learned. — The 66-year-old star was not suffering from any illness ... as far as we know ... so, it appears this was sudden. A source connected to Shandling says he was healthy and speaking to people on Thursday morning.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lost emails from Clinton server discovered — Conservative legal watchdogs have discovered new emails from Hillary Clinton — 's private email server dating back to the first days of her tenure as secretary of State. — The previously undisclosed February 2009 emails between Clinton …
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Received Training On Classified Docs Just ONCE in Three Years At State
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Received Training On Classified Docs Just ONCE in Three Years At State
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Warren: 'I'm still cheering Bernie on' — (D-Mass.) on Thursday said she has no desire for Bernie Sanders — 's exit from the Democratic presidential primary. — “He has put the right issues on the table both for the Democratic Party and for the country in general so I'm still cheering Bernie on …
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Steve LeBlanc / BostonGlobe.com:
'I'm still cheering Bernie on,' Elizabeth Warren says
'I'm still cheering Bernie on,' Elizabeth Warren says
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Why Emily's List is spending big to defeat a progressive Democrat — Rep. Chris Van Hollen seems an unlikely target for a Democratic super PAC's biggest-ever primary campaign. A rising star in the party, the Senate candidate is a longtime protege of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
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Davenport man protesting law that requires him to pay for another man's child … DAVENPORT, Iowa- A Quad City man is protesting a child support law that requires him to pay for another man's child. — Joe Vandusen thought it was a joke when he received a certified letter from the Iowa Department …
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Wall Street Journal:
Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks — Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps — AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. were on the defensive last week after accusations swirled they were throttling the quality of Netflix Inc. video on their wireless networks.
Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Free Beacon Poll: Cruz Expands Lead Over Trump in Wisconsin — Ted Cruz holds a modest lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin two weeks before that state's winner-take-all Republican primary, according to a new Washington Free Beacon poll. — The Basswood Research survey …
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Daily Mail:
Brother and sister from New York confirmed dead in Brussels attack — The brother and sister from New York were at Brussels Airport to catch a flight back to the U.S. on Tuesday when the first bomb went off — Their mother in America was speaking to them on the phone when the first explosion was heard and the line went dead
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Matthew Lee / WCMH-TV:
Two Americans confirmed dead in Brussels bombings — BRUSSELS (AP) - At least two American citizens have been confirmed killed in this week's attacks in Brussels, a U.S. official said Friday, as Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting the city to express his condolences to the Belgian people.
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Los Angeles Times:
Long delay in identifying the flight attendant who fled LAX raises security concerns — A JetBlue flight attendant accused of attempting to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at LAX has been arrested in New York, authorities said.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Glenn Beck: ‘No real Christian’ should support Trump — Glenn Beck on Thursday suggested that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — is incompatible with Christians who take their faith seriously. — “No Christian, no real Christian - I don't mean a judgmental Christian …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
How The Donald can win — When it comes to the question of whether Donald Trump — can win a general election this November, both parties need to accept it: Yes, he can. — Trump's path — made up of new and mostly white voters without college degrees — is a narrow one …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago area sees greatest population loss of any major U.S. city, region in 2015 — Anna van Slee and her family are leaving the Uptown neighborhood for Thousand Oaks, Calif., on March 24, 2016. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) — After years of financial woes, Lindsey Yates and her husband …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz plays dangerous game in Wisconsin — Ted Cruz's campaign manager predicted Cruz would win Iowa “outside the margin of error.” Marco Rubio stole the spotlight. Cruz himself predicted that Super Tuesday's slew of southern primaries would be the firewall against Donald Trump's surging campaign.
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Angry Arizona Voters Demand: Why Such Long Lines at Polling Sites? — PHOENIX — Cynthia Perez, a lawyer, stopped by a polling site on her way to work here on Tuesday, thinking she could vote early and get on with her day. She changed her mind when she found a line so long she could not see the end of it.
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Abre' Conner / aclunc.org:
Two Lawyers Walk into a Bar. And Get Kicked Out for Being Black. — Issues : — Racial Justice — We began the evening on a quest for a good karaoke night, and went to a bar called Brig. After waiting for more than half an hour to sing, we started to wonder when our number would be called.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Feeling G.O.P. Peril, Muslims Try to Get Out Vote — WASHINGTON — American Muslims are watching in growing horror as Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz battle for the Republican presidential nomination, outdoing each other with provocative proposals that have included Muslim registries …
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