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8:35 AM ET, March 30, 2016

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Daily Mail:
Toughen up!  The video of Donald Trump's campaign manager ‘assaulting’ a female reporter is ridiculous.  A man would have been condemned as a laughing stock for complaining  —  A few years ago, I was punched in the head three times at the British Press Awards in London.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Greta Van Susteren: In My Wildest Dreams I Don't See How a Jury Convicts Lewandowski (VIDEO)
Palm Beach Post:
Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. ex-Breitbart reporter
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Corey Lewandowski Arrest Nothing But A Political Attack
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee  —  Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.  —  Asked during a CNN town hall whether he stood by the earlier pledge — which he signed in September after meeting with party chairman Reince Priebus — Trump said: “No, I don't.”
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Establishment in Wisconsin Unites Against Trump  —  Next week's primary there will be biggest test yet for New York businessman's presidential campaign  —  ROTHSCHILD, Wis.—Wisconsin's presidential primary next Tuesday represents the biggest test yet of Donald Trump's ability to overthrow …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP panelists eager to scrap rule that helps Trump  —  All four early appointees of the rules committee for this year's Republican convention told POLITICO they're prepared to weaken or scrap a rule that could limit the convention's alternatives to Donald Trump.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention  —  Ted Cruz said Tuesday that if there were a contested Republican convention, an obscure rule adopted at the 2012 GOP convention would block John Kasich from competing in a floor fight for the GOP presidential nomination.
Discussion: Althouse and The Atlantic
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Rubio Makes Unprecedented Bid to Keep Delegates for Contested Convention
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
KTUU-TV:
Anchorage school suspends 1st-graders for plotting to poison classmate  —  Three first-grade students at Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage have been suspended after plotting to poison and kill a classmate, the school principal says.  —  In a bizarre case, Anchorage police …
Discussion: fox8.com, WCMH-TV and FOX6Now.com
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton takes aim at Trump in N.Y. ad  —  Hillary Clinton is locked in a contested New York primary with Bernie Sanders — but the first television ad she plans to run here is all about Donald Trump.  —  The 30-second TV spot that will begin airing ahead of the April 19 primary …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, CNN, Washington Post and The Week
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Fiercely Defends Campaign Manager Charged With Battery
JSOnline:
By any measure, Donald Trump is unfit to be president
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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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New York Daily News:
Teen girl groped, pepper sprayed in face during protest outside Donald Trump event in Wisconsin
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Result but no guidance on public unions' fees (FINAL UPDATE)
Greg Margason / Fox 59:
Muncie man arrested for stabbing brother with fork over pot roast  —  MUNCIE, Ind. (March 29, 2016)- Police arrested a Muncie man after he allegedly stabbed his brother with a fork over a pot roast.  —  On Monday, police say Rodney Gilliam and his brother Randy Gilliam were drinking alcohol and got into an argument.
Discussion: WGN-TV
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 …
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.
Discussion: Fox 59, Q13 FOX News and FOX31 Denver
Brandon Darby / Breitbart:
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Trump for President  —  In an official statement first obtained by Breitbart Texas, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States.  The unusually bold statement comes just days after a senior policy adviser …
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Israeli firm helped FBI hack iPhone  —  The Israeli mobile forensics firm Cellebrite helped the FBI hack into the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, NBC reports, citing industry sources.  —  The firm has been rumored to be behind the FBI's newfound ability to access the device …
David S. Bernstein / Politico:
Why Hillary Clinton Should Be Worried About Ross Perot  —  As the Clinton camp looks ahead to the November election, it's not clear whether this is a time to celebrate or panic.  Its leading opponent isn't the kind of conventional Republican it has been gearing up to run against …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ex-Miss Wisconsin tears up thanking Trump at rally  —  A Donald Trump  —  supporter who claimed to be Miss Wisconsin 2005 thanked the GOP front-runner in an emotional moment at a Tuesday rally for his help as she struggles with an incurable disease.  —  She thanked Trump for sending …
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.
Discussion: Consumerist and WGN-TV
 
 
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The Washington Times http / Associated Press:
Library of Congress cancels ‘illegal aliens’ subject heading
Discussion: Hot Air
KRON4.com:
Dad dies after rescuing kids from pool electrocution
Discussion: WOOD-TV and KWQC-TV
Matt Byrne / The Portland Press Herald:
Backlash from Brussels terrorism frustrates Muslims in Maine
Discussion: Central Maine and Jihad Watch
NBC Southern California:
Transgender Man Sues Barbershop for Discrimination
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Leahy asked State Dept. to investigate Israeli human rights ‘violations’
Discussion: Washington Times
Sam Sanders / NPR:
President Obama Chides Media For 2016 Election Coverage
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Driver dies after crash sends Jeep over bridge, into trees in Phenix City
Discussion: WNCN
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NC transgender law draws lawsuit; Gov. Pat McCrory goes on offense
 

 
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