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12:30 PM ET, March 30, 2016

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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Teen girl pepper-sprayed in fight outside Trump rally  —  Police say they're looking for two suspects: one for the sexual assault and one who pepper-sprayed the teenager.Video provided by Newsy Newslook  —  JANESVILLE, Wis. — As GOP frontrunner Donald Trump prepared to speak to supporters …
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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.
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.
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Teenager Pepper-Sprayed In Face After Shouting Match At Trump Rally (VIDEOS)
Discussion: The Week and Oliver Willis
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Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee  —  Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.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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People.com:
Who Is the Real Donald Trump? 'I'm a Much Nicer Person than People Would Think'
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and The Week
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Donald Trump, Revoking a Vow, Says He Won't Support Another G.O.P. Nominee
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.
Discussion: WGN-TV
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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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: WKRN-TV, NBC News, fox8.com and FOX31 Denver
Brian Marschhauser / Yorktown Articles:
'I'd Like to Solve the Puzzle': Yorktown's Santoli Wins Big on ‘Wheel’ … YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown resident Robert Santoli didn't just win his recent appearance on “Wheel of Fortune”; he dominated, finishing with a near-perfect sweep of the puzzles, including solving the opening round toss-up with only one letter on the board.
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
If Bernie Sanders wins the New York Democratic primary, some superdelegates vow to back Hillary Clinton anyway  —  Maybe the system really is rigged.  —  At least a half-dozen Democratic superdelegates in New York State who have already decided to support Hillary Clinton said Tuesday …
Discussion: NY State of Politics
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton ‘Perfectly Willing’ to Debate Sanders in New York, Aide Says
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
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
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.
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 …
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: RedState and The Moderate Voice
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.”
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.
Discussion: WRBL-TV, KWQC-TV and Herald Sun
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama Commutes Prison Sentences For 61 Drug Offenders  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Vox
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Gingrich vs. Megyn Kelly: Is Lewandowski Now A Criminal?  People Are Shoved In Spin Rooms  —  NEWT GINGRICH: Notice the language you just used.  Suddenly it goes from a misdemeanor to a criminal violation.  —  MEGYN KELLY, FOX NEWS: It is a criminal violation.  —  GINGRICH: So now we have — is Lewandowski a criminal?
 
 
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
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The Hill:
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Daily Mail:
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