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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Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee — Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Revoking a Vow, Says He Won't Support Another G.O.P. Nominee
Donald Trump, Revoking a Vow, Says He Won't Support Another G.O.P. Nominee
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Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
All three GOP candidates backed away from their pledge to support GOP nominee
All three GOP candidates backed away from their pledge to support GOP nominee
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New GOP rift as candidates refuse to pledge support for nominee
New GOP rift as candidates refuse to pledge support for nominee
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Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, New York Magazine and Q13 FOX News
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Teen girl pepper-sprayed, groped outside Wisconsin Trump rally — JANESVILLE, Wis. — As GOP front-runner Donald Trump prepared to speak to supporters in Wisconsin on Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl outside the venue was pepper-sprayed by another bystander, police said.
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New York Daily News:
Teen girl groped, pepper sprayed in face during protest outside Donald Trump event in Wisconsin — A vibrant orange spray of oleoresin capsicum blasted the girl in the face after she shoved a man who was packed among dozens of pro-Trump supporters shouting “All Lives Matters” outside the Janesville event Tuesday.
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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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Rubio Makes Unprecedented Bid to Keep Delegates for Contested Convention — Trump Won't Promise to Support GOP Nominee 0:34 — Despite suspending his campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio is attempting to keep every delegate he won while running for President. — The unusual move reflects preparations …
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Talking Points Memo, RedState and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
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Althouse and The Atlantic
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 …
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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) — Greta Van Susteren and her “On the Record” panel discussed the battery charges against Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski today by a Florida court. — Greta started the segment …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck's Lie Could Blow Up Ted Cruz — Glenn Beck has been one of Ted Cruz's most high profile surrogates—but Beck's support could become a little less desirable when he heads to court this summer for allegedly defaming a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post and Althouse
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
White House maps out next phase of Court fight — With small cracks emerging in the Republican Supreme Court blockade — and private indications from some GOP senators that they'd likely back Merrick Garland if he ever did come up for a vote — the White House is preparing to press …
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New York Times, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans seethe at talk of giving up White House
Republicans seethe at talk of giving up White House
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Bloomberg Business and Hot Air
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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Althouse, WKRN-TV, KXAN-TV and The American Conservative
The Hill:
Trump angst pours in from overseas — Lobbyists in Washington say they are being flooded with questions and concerns from foreign governments about the rise of Donald Trump — Officials around the globe are closely following the U.S. presidential race, to the point where some have asked …
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 …
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.
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Dina Bass / Bloomberg Business:
Clippy's Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots — Predictions about artificial intelligence tend to fall into two scenarios. Some picture a utopia of computer-augmented superhumans living lives of leisure and intellectual pursuit. Others believe it's just a matter of time before software coheres …
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Business Insider and The Verge
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Second judge says Clinton email setup may have been in ‘bad faith’ — A second federal judge has taken the rare step of allowing a group suing for records from Hillary Clinton's time as U.S. secretary of state to seek sworn testimony from officials, saying there was “evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith.”
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Political Wire, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Bloomberg Business:
Why Do Americans Feel So Miserable? — Most Recent Videos — Single Best Chart: Political Debate of America
KRON4.com:
Dad dies after rescuing kids from pool electrocution — BURLINGAME (KRON) — A Burlingame man is dead and his daughter is fighting for her life after an electrical shock in the family swimming pool. — It happened in Palm Springs on Easter Sunday. — The man's 9-year-old daughter is still in intensive care.
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 …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Report Finds Sharp Increase in Veterans Denied V.A. Benefits — Joshua Bunn was a rifleman in one of the bloodiest valleys in Afghanistan, where his infantry unit killed hundreds of enemy fighters and lost more comrades than any other battalion in the Marine Corps in 2009.
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Swords to Plowshares
CNN:
Full Rush Transcript: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall — RUSH TRANSCRIPT, Mandatory credit: CNN … COOPER: And welcome back. We're coming to you tonight from the Riverside Theater in downtown Milwaukee with the “360” townhall.
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Shakesville, Washington Post and RedState
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 …
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
The Republican blame game — The GOP will never win back Trump voters unless it faces up to its own failures. — Who is to blame for the unraveling of the Republican Party? — If you listen to establishment gurus, you'd be led to believe that the Republican primary voter revolt was birthed …
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