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Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. ex-Breitbart reporter — Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump campaign manager, was charged this morning with misdemeanor battery after allegations of forcefully grabbing a reporter at a Jupiter news conference, town police confirmed this morning.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump threatens to press charges against reporter — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Tuesday threatened to press charges against former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, claiming she grabbed him after a press conference. — “Victory press conference was over.
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Fiercely Defends Campaign Manager Charged With Battery — Corey Lewandowski is innocent, the billionaire says: “Look at tapes-nothing there!” — Donald Trump's campaign manager was charged with misdemeanor battery against a journalist Tuesday, an accusation the Republican presidential front-runner slammed as meritless.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Spox: Campaign Manager Will Stay On Even If Convicted Of Battery
Trump Spox: Campaign Manager Will Stay On Even If Convicted Of Battery
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New York Times:
Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's Campaign Manager, Is Charged With Battery
Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's Campaign Manager, Is Charged With Battery
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Corey Lewandowski Arrest Nothing But A Political Attack
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Corey Lewandowski Arrest Nothing But A Political Attack
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign Manager Charged With Battery Of Reporter He Called ‘Delusional’
Trump Campaign Manager Charged With Battery Of Reporter He Called ‘Delusional’
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Police Charge Top Trump Aide With Battery For Manhandling Reporter (VIDEO)
Police Charge Top Trump Aide With Battery For Manhandling Reporter (VIDEO)
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Republican Senator: I'm ‘Perplexed’ At Mitch McConnell's Decision To Block Merrick Garland — Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is “not real happy” with her. — That's because Collins is part of a growing group of Republican Senators who have decided …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
How To Make Sense Of The Baffling Order The Supreme Court Just Handed Down On Birth Control — The biggest birth control case to reach the Supreme Court in 40 years just got a whole lot more confusing. — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down an unusual order seeking more briefing in Zubik v. Burwell …
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court — If Antonin Scalia were alive, things could have turned out very differently. — A case that had the potential to weaken public sector unions across the United States ended with a somewhat unexpected victory for unions on Tuesday …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Victory for Unions as Supreme Court, Scalia Gone, Ties 4-4 — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed organized labor a major victory, deadlocking 4 to 4 in a case that had threatened to cripple the ability of public unions to collect fees from workers who chose not join …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court deadlocks over public employee union case; Calif. teachers must pay dues … The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was unable to resolve a major challenge to organized labor, and the result was a defeat for a group of California teachers who claim their free speech rights …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kirk rips ‘closed-minded’ GOP on Garland nomination
Kirk rips ‘closed-minded’ GOP on Garland nomination
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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court's tie vote upholds public employee fees for unions
Supreme Court's tie vote upholds public employee fees for unions
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: The Biggest Legal Attack On Unions In Decades Is Dead
BREAKING: The Biggest Legal Attack On Unions In Decades Is Dead
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo:
Governor Cuomo Bans Non-Essential State Travel to North Carolina — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review …
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Colin Campbell / The Charlotte Observer:
McCrory blames ‘inaccurate’ news stories for backlash against NC LGBT law
McCrory blames ‘inaccurate’ news stories for backlash against NC LGBT law
Anne Blythe / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC transgender law draws lawsuit; Gov. Pat McCrory goes on offense
NC transgender law draws lawsuit; Gov. Pat McCrory goes on offense
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Gary Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina Attorney General Won't Defend Anti-Gay Law In Court
North Carolina Attorney General Won't Defend Anti-Gay Law In Court
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Susan Sarandon: Trump Might Be Better for America Than Hillary Clinton — If Bernie Sanders fails to get the Democratic nomination, Susan Sarandon isn't sure she'll vote for Hillary Clinton. She even said Monday that Trump could be the better option. — One of the biggest question marks …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The strange silence about Hillarymania: Clinton fires up voters more than Bernie does, so why is no one talking about it? — More Clinton supporters are enthusiastic than those backing Sanders, but the media won't tell you that — Hillary Clinton suffers from an “enthusiasm gap.”
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David Mitchell / FOX31 Denver:
Widower gets charged $853 ‘rebooking’ fee when wife dies before cruise … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man had just lost his wife only to be dealt another painful blow. — He received an $850 charge from Viking River Cruises because his late wife wasn't going on the prepaid trip.
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump berates Scott Walker for not raising taxes in Wisconsin — After the governor's endorsement of Ted Cruz the Republican frontrunner said Walker had failed to tackle a $2.2bn deficit and ‘the schools were going begging’ — Donald Trump attacked Wisconsin governor Scott Walker …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump brings GOP civil war to Paul Ryan's backyard
Trump brings GOP civil war to Paul Ryan's backyard
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Cnycentral / WRGB:
Nurse who snapped photo of patient's penis surrenders license — FULTON, N.Y. — A Fulton nurse convicted of taking a photo of an unconscious patient's penis with her iPhone last year surrendered her license, according to the New York State Education Department.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Nev. candidate says Reid urged him to quit, because ‘a Muslim cannot win this race.’ … A Muslim Democrat running for a U.S. House seat in Nevada says that — in a private meeting last year — Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had encouraged him to end his campaign by saying, “a Muslim cannot win this race.”
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Harry Reid accused of telling candidate to stand down because “a Muslim can't win”
Harry Reid accused of telling candidate to stand down because “a Muslim can't win”
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Juliet Perry / CNN:
Real ‘Siberian unicorn’ remains found — (CNN)New research has revealed the ‘Siberian unicorn’ roamed the planet far more recently than we originally thought. — The bad news is it looked nothing like the mythical creatures portrayed in so many fairy tales. — Real unicorns — not so pretty.
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
New Jersey hospital emergency room becomes first in U.S. to end use of opioid painkillers — PATERSON, N.J. — St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center announced it has become the first hospital in the country to implement a program that will manage patients' pain in the emergency room without the use of opioid painkillers.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Half of Voters Back Muslim Travel Ban, Patrols of Muslim Neighborhoods — Have the terrorists won? The main motif to emerge from a new Morning Consult survey taken after the attacks in Brussels last week is that the threat of terrorism may diminish how much people worry about privacy and civil rights.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
James Noble, Absent-Minded Governor on ‘Benson,’ Dies at 94 — James Noble, the actor best known for his role as the absent-minded governor on the hit 1980s sitcom “Benson,” died on Monday at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. He was 94. — His death was confirmed by Douglas Moser …
Heather Holeman / KFOR-TV:
Man invents gun that looks exactly like a cell phone — Good idea or bad? — Kirk Kjellberg from Minnesota says he came up with the “Ideal Conceal” pocket gun, designed to look identical to a smartphone, after a little boy pointed out Kjellberg's own larger, not-so-concealed gun at a restaurant.
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