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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Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee — Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.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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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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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee
All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee
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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.
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Nixle:
Donald Trump Rally/Free Speech Event Press Release — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally at the Holiday Inn Express and Janesville Convention Center on Tuesday March 29, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. At the same time protesters gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express for a freedom of speech event.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Campaign manager's battery charge shows why Donald Trump doesn't need a normal PR strategy — Donald Trump's latest explanation for the criminal charges filed against his campaign manager on Tuesday is, literally, explosive. — In a CNN town hall with the Republican presidential candidates …
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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: In My Wildest Dreams I Don't See How a Jury Convicts Lewandowski (VIDEO)
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Threatens Legal Action Over Charge Against Campaign Manager
Donald Trump Threatens Legal Action Over Charge Against Campaign Manager
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton takes aim at Trump in N.Y. ad
Clinton takes aim at Trump in N.Y. ad
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FOX 61:
Listen: Woman calls 911 to report incorrect pizza order from Hartford shop … HARTFORD — A Hartford woman called 9-1-1 to report a problem with her pizza order, and police have released the recording. It happened a few weeks ago regarding an order from Empire Pizza on New Britain Ave in Hartford.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Spare Me Your Hypocritical Journalism Lecture, Mr. President
Spare Me Your Hypocritical Journalism Lecture, Mr. President
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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.
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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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.
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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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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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New York Times:
Images of Belgian Premier's Office Found on Laptop Linked to Brussels Attacks — BRUSSELS — A file with the floor plan and photographs of the office of the Belgian prime minister was found on a laptop computer discarded in a garbage can last week by one of the terrorists linked to the Brussels attacks …
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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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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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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