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The Panama Papers:
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption — Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens … Reading time: … A massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current …
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore — Guardian analysis of leaked papers will show how influential people including heads of government have exploited tax havens — The hidden wealth of some of the world's most prominent leaders …
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Hot Air, New York Times, Mashable, Informed Comment, Business Insider and Mediaite
Fusion:
Here are the famous politicos in ‘the Wikileaks of the mega-rich’ — It's being called the “Panama Papers” — a trove of 11.5 million leaked internal documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing how hundreds of thousands of people with money to hide used anonymous shell corporations across the world.
Luke Harding / Guardian:
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
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The Atlantic, Engadget, Business Insider, The Panama Papers and NPR
Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
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The Charlotte Observer
Richard Bilton / BBC:
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
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The Atlantic, Guardian, NBC News, The Panama Papers, ABC, Slate, Business Insider and Instapundit
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Liberal bastions may decide GOP race — Conservative voters in New York and California are finally going to have their say. — Republicans in the two liberal strongholds have long been marginalized in national politics, with their primaries coming late in the process and their general election votes canceled out by Democrats.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Kasich predicts open convention: 'It's going to be so much fun'
Kasich predicts open convention: 'It's going to be so much fun'
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Politico
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
An argument against the magical realism of the #neverTrump crowd
An argument against the magical realism of the #neverTrump crowd
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Politico
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump calls on Kasich to drop out of GOP primary, says he voiced displeasure to RNC chair
Trump calls on Kasich to drop out of GOP primary, says he voiced displeasure to RNC chair
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Slate, CNN, Stumpin' For Trump!, providencejournal.com and Raw Story
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history. — On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
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ABC News and Mother Jones
Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Four arrested in Utah for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl while mom got high in garage — VERNAL, Utah — Four men were booked into jail on felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Ivana Trump: We need immigrants to clean for us — 's ex-wife defended the Republican presidential front-runner's immigration policies in an interview published in Sunday's New York Post. — Ivana Trump said the first step for America to regain respect is adopting the billionaire's immigration policies.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
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Politico, Business Insider, Moe Lane and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign — The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers. — Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates — Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight. — The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
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CNN:
GOP candidates optimistic in North Dakota delegate hunt
GOP candidates optimistic in North Dakota delegate hunt
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RedState, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Cruz tops Trump in North Dakota delegate race
Cruz tops Trump in North Dakota delegate race
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The Resurgent, The Right Scoop, RedState, ABC News, NBC News and The Hill
Steven W Thrasher / Guardian:
Renting hell in New York City: how my hoarder landlady ruined my life — Steven W Thrasher paid $1,000 a month for a Brooklyn renter's dream - 2,400 square feet of space on a beautiful tree-lined block - that was too good to be true — or five years, I lived on the most beautiful block …
Eric Raymond / Armed and Dangerous:
This may be the week the SJWs lost it all...or, at least, their power to bully people in the hacker culture and the wider tech community. — May of you probably already know about the LambdaConf flap. In brief: LambdaConf, a technical conference on functional programming …
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Vox Popoli
Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi RV park owner evicts interracial couple — TUPELO — A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin. — “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is Hispanic …
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Raw Story
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Trump, Cruz Work to Block Kasich From Ballot at Open Convention — RNC Chair: Contested Convention is ‘Quite Possible’ 5:50 — The Donald Trump and Ted Cruz campaigns are working to prevent John Kasich from appearing on the ballot at the Republican National Convention in July …
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Latest from Crooks and Liars
Gabriel Kahn / Mother Jones:
For many decades, power players—Republicans and Democrats—have been marching toward a carbon-neutral existence. … California decreased its greenhouse gas emissions by 5.5 percent while increasing its gross domestic product by 17 percent. … To reach her goal, Nichols has to get close …
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Raw Story