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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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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.
CNN:
Trump campaign manager charged with simple battery
Trump campaign manager charged with simple battery
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Daily Mail:
‘Can I press charges?’ …
‘Can I press charges?’ …
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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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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
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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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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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kirk rips ‘closed-minded’ GOP on Garland nomination
Kirk rips ‘closed-minded’ GOP on Garland nomination
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
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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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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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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Result but no guidance on public unions' fees (FINAL UPDATE)
Opinion analysis: Result but no guidance on public unions' fees (FINAL UPDATE)
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Mandatory Union Fees Survive as U.S. Supreme Court Deadlocks
Mandatory Union Fees Survive as U.S. Supreme Court Deadlocks
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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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JSOnline:
By any measure, Donald Trump is unfit to be president — No to Donald Trump. — No to his bigotry. — No to his contempt for women and minorities. No to his vague, clueless bluster about the problems facing the nation. — No to Trumpism, which runs counter to the ideals of this nation …
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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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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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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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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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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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts — Even Michael Savage had had enough. — As the insults and innuendos over candidates' wives and tabloid reports of suspected affairs dominated the back and forth between Senator Ted Cruz and Donald J. Trump, Mr. Savage …
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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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Emily Kirschenheuter / KRON4.com:
Viral video prompts investigation at SFSU — SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Campus police at San Francisco State University have launched an investigation into a viral video that shows a female student confronting a male student on campus about his dreadlocks. — Campus officials confirmed …
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Phil Plait / Slate:
Jupiter Got Whacked by Yet Another Asteroid/Comet! — On March 17, Gerrit Kernbauer, an amateur astronomer in Mödling, Austria, was taking video of Jupiter using a 20 cm telescope. This is a common technique to capture thousands of frames of an object, so that the best parts of each frame …
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James T. Mulder / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Nurse who took pics of patients' private parts at Syracuse hospital turns in license — SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A nurse who took photos of an unconscious Upstate University Hospital patient's penis with her smart phone has turned in her nursing license. — The state Education Department announced …
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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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Alex Weprin / Politico:
2016 election coverage keeps shattering cable news ratings records — For the first time since it launched in 1996, Fox News was the most-watched channel in all of cable TV last quarter, topping ESPN, which had NFL and college football playoff games; AMC, which televises the ratings juggernaut …