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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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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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Mike Cernovich Presents … and Vox Popoli
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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders to Trump: No majority, no nomination — A majority of Republican insiders say Donald Trump should not get the GOP presidential nomination if he falls short of winning a majority of delegates - even if Trump amasses more than any of his opponents. — That's according to The POLITICO Caucus …
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CBS Miami:
Republican Curbelo Open To Voting For Clinton
Republican Curbelo Open To Voting For Clinton
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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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Salon and Slantpoint
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Warren: 'I'm still cheering Bernie on'
Warren: 'I'm still cheering Bernie on'
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Political Wire and Occupy Democrats
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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Times of San Diego, Liberal Values and Bloomberg Business
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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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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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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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 …
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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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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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
'You're Damn Right': Beck Slams Religious Trump Backers, Says ‘No Real Christian’ Would Vote for the New York Mogul
'You're Damn Right': Beck Slams Religious Trump Backers, Says ‘No Real Christian’ Would Vote for the New York Mogul
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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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WQAD-TV:
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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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 …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump revs up Heidi Cruz attacks — over the Republican presidential rival's wife after she slammed his statements for having “no basis in reality.” — Trump shared an image on Twitter around midnight Wednesday comparing his wife, Melania, a former model, to Cruz's wife, stating, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: I Didn't Attack Trump Earlier Because Those Who Did “Ended Up As Roadkill”
Ted Cruz: I Didn't Attack Trump Earlier Because Those Who Did “Ended Up As Roadkill”
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Politico
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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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.
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.
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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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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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 …
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
America to Establishment: Who the hell are you people ? — Establishment has been defined as Wall Street, D.C., Big Media — Some say Hillary Clinton also fits the definition of establishment — Almost universally, the establishment is seen as incestuous and isolated — ST. LOUIS
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