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Palm Beach Post:
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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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Police Charge Top Trump Aide With Battery For Manhandling Reporter (VIDEO) — This post has been updated. — Local Florida police charged Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with misdemeanor battery Tuesday after a former reporter for Breitbart accused him of manhandling her.
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Mediaite, Death and Taxes and Raw Story
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Unions Win Fee Victory as Supreme Court Ties 4-4 — WASHINGTON — A case that seemed poised to deal a major blow to public unions ended in a 4-4 tie on Tuesday at the Supreme Court, effectively delivering a big victory to the unions. — When the case was argued in January …
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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court's tie vote upholds public employee fees for unions — Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County public school teacher, sued to challenge the mandatory fees paid to the California Teachers Assn. — The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a …
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court
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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
A Narrow Escape for Public-Sector Unions
A Narrow Escape for Public-Sector Unions
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Chicago Tribune, Joe.My.God., ON LABOR, ACS Blog and Vox
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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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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NBC News:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Calls LGBT Criticism ‘Political Theater’
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Calls LGBT Criticism ‘Political Theater’
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Richard Socarides / New Yorker:
North Carolina and the Gay-Rights Backlash
North Carolina and the Gay-Rights Backlash
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Ryan T. Anderson / The Daily Signal:
NBA's Threatening North Carolina Is Textbook Cultural Cronyism
NBA's Threatening North Carolina Is Textbook Cultural Cronyism
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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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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
This Is How Bernie Sanders Will Win the Nomination — According to the Sanders campaign. — After sweeping victories in three contests over the weekend, Bernie Sanders' campaign has a message for Hillary Clinton: “Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated.”
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's popularity nosedives in critical stretch — Donald Trump wasn't wildly popular to begin with. And now he's becoming even more disliked among American voters, creating a significant threat to his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination.
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NBC News:
Poll: Trump Nearly at 50 Percent Support Among Republicans Nationally
Poll: Trump Nearly at 50 Percent Support Among Republicans Nationally
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Ari Melber / NBC News:
16 GOP Senators Back Meeting With Obama's SCOTUS Pick
16 GOP Senators Back Meeting With Obama's SCOTUS Pick
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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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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump brings GOP civil war to Paul Ryan's backyard — When Donald Trump plants a flag Tuesday in the hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, he'll be sounding the opening shot of a weeklong battle for Wisconsin — a symbolic beachhead in his fight to vanquish the Republican establishment.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Will Walker Do?
The Note: What Will Walker Do?
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz Ahead Of Wisconsin Primary
Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz Ahead Of Wisconsin Primary
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The Week
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.
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David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Ted Cruz dodges question about whether he's ‘always been faithful’ to his wife as endorser Carly Fiorina leaps in to insist a declaration that he's not an adulterer is a 'dance to Donald trump's tune' — Texas senator could put National Enquirer scandal to rest with a simple statement that he has never strayed in his 14-year marriage
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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GazetteXtra:
Protesters arrested after occupying Janesville Holiday Inn — JANESVILLE — Six protesters were arrested and could face trespassing, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer charges after dozens initially entered the Holiday Inn Express on Monday evening as part of an anti-Donald Trump protest.
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Frank Schultz / GazetteXtra:
Protesters occupy Janesville Holiday Inn
Protesters occupy Janesville Holiday Inn
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism — If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, one of the main reasons will be that many in the conservative movement found him acceptable. And one of the main reasons that many conservatives are finding Trump acceptable …
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CNN:
Top Kasich aide: Romney tried to help broker backchannel with Cruz campaign — Programming note: CNN will host the final three Republican candidates at a live town hall in Milwaukee from 8-11 p.m. ET Tuesday. — (CNN)In a storyline that could be ripped from a House of Cards script …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Urges Journalists to Cover the Substance of the Campaign — WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a forceful critique on Monday of politicians and the journalists who cover them, lamenting the circuslike atmosphere of the presidential campaign and declaring, “A job well done …
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Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Obama says journalists partly to blame for tone of presidential race
Obama says journalists partly to blame for tone of presidential race
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Daily Mail:
Grinning passenger poses for a SELFIE alongside hijacker wearing a ‘suicide vest’: Jet is forced to land in Cyprus where hostage taker gives himself up after demanding officials hand a letter to his ex-wife — Are you the man taking the selfie with the hijacker? Do you know him?
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This 2014 study explains an enormous amount about Trumpism — As Donald Trump inches closer to the nomination, it's clear that he's very popular with a certain type of white voter. Why that's the case is up for debate. — The political movement behind Trump clearly mixes elements of economic distress …