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Live: Republican Primary Exit Poll Analysis — Who turned out in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary and what motivated their votes? — Here are some of our observations of exit poll results from Republicans voting in the primary tonight. — This latest update is based on preliminary exit poll results.
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Top RNC officials meet to discuss contested convention details
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Mississippi poll: Clinton within 3 points of Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog and RedState

What a Win in Wisconsin Would Mean for Ted Cruz
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TRANSCRIPT: Bernie Sanders meets with the Daily News Editorial Board — Daily News: We are very well aware of the broad themes of your campaign by now. So we'd like to hone in on some of the more particular issues to get a sense of how your presidency might evolve.
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This New York Daily News interview was pretty close to a disaster for Bernie Sanders … Bernie Sanders sat down with the New York Daily News editorial board on Monday, seeking their endorsement in the upcoming April 19 Empire State primary. It did not go well for the senator from Vermont.
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Sanders needs Wisconsin win to reset race against Clinton
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Iceland's Prime Minister Steps Down Amid Panama Papers Scandal — LONDON — The prime minister of Iceland stepped down on Tuesday, according to his deputy, succumbing to political pressure two days after an enormous leak of documents from a secretive Panamanian law firm about offshore shell companies and tax shelters.
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Sanders hits Clinton over Panama Papers leaks — Responding to the 11.5 million documents leaked this week showing how a Panama law firm helped some of the world's wealthiest people establish offshore tax havens on the Central American country — the so-called Panama Papers …
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Americans show up in the Panama Papers, too — No politicians of note are in files but plenty of others — Among them: Retirees, scammers, and tax evaders All find a use for secrecy of offshore companies — WASHINGTON — The passports of at least 200 Americans show up in this week's massive leak …
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Finding the Good News in Widespread Tax Cheating
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Florida hunters nab nearly 15-foot gator that was snacking on their cattle — OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (FOX 13) - Two hunters at a Florida farm say it's the largest alligator they've ever captured in the wild: nearly 15 feet long. — Lee Lightsey, the owner of Outwest Farms in Okeechobee …
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Roger Stone threatens to send Trump supporters to delegate hotel rooms — Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone is threatening to make public the hotel room numbers of Republican National Convention delegates who switch from Trump to another candidate. — “We're going to have protests, demonstrations.
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Roger Stone Threatens To Sic Trump Voters On Delegates Who ‘Steal’ Nom (VIDEO)
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Priebus: ‘The party is choosing a nominee’
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MSNBC edits out Roger Stone interview
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Poll: Trump voters overwhelmingly feel under attack
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Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall — Will Paul Ryan be the Republican nominee? … State of the 2016 race … Donald Trump says he will force Mexico to pay for a border wall as president by threatening to cut off the flow of billions of dollars in payments …
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Trump plans a series of policy speeches
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Obama Blasts Trump's Plan for Wall: ‘Good Luck With That’
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How Megyn Kelly Survived Donald Trump — Megyn Kelly was leaving her Manhattan apartment on a recent day when her doorman ime slothrew his arms around her. “Why is Peter hugging me?” the star anchor of Fox News remembers thinking. The embrace was meant as reassurance after yet another nasty tweet written by Donald Trump.
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Megyn Kelly, keeping ‘options open,’ says she might not stay at Fox News
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Dad charged after allegedly leaving baby in car to get strip club lap dance — A Van Nuys father has been charged with leaving his 9-month-old girl in his car for an hour during a daytime visit to a strip club, prosecutors said. — Auwin Dargin, 24, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of child abuse …
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Trump campaign in disarray — Donald Trump's campaign is increasingly falling into disarray as the Manhattan billionaire braces for a loss in Wisconsin that could set him on course for an uncertain convention floor fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
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George Mason Tinkers With Name of Scalia Law School to Avoid Awkward Acronym — Days after George Mason University's law school announced that it was renaming itself after Justice Antonin Scalia, the school is slightly adjusting what it's calling itself — thanks to unforeseen and unfortunate wordplay.
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Motorcyclist claims Miami driver attempted to run him off road — Rider claims he is ‘inexperienced’ and panicked — MIAMI - A South Florida motorcyclist claims he was almost forced off a Miami roadway in a road rage incident that was all caught on video and posted to YouTube.
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Exclusive: Republican presidential hopeful Cruz in national dead heat with Trump - Reuters/Ipsos poll — Republican presidential underdog Ted Cruz has pulled into a statistical dead heat with front-runner Donald Trump, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. — The U.S. senator from Texas …
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Cruz threatens Trump's nationwide lead in Reuters/Ipsos poll
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National Right to Life Political Committees will support Sen. Ted Cruz in upcoming primaries
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‘Jackie’ must testify in lawsuit over Rolling Stone rape story — A Virginia judge has ruled that the woman at the center of Rolling Stone's discredited story about an alleged frat house gang rape must testify as part of a lawsuit against the magazine. — The woman identified only as …
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Gov. Phil Bryant signs MS ‘religious freedom’ bill — House Speaker Philip Gunn says his HB1523 religious objections bill is not about discrimination. He believes business leaders fears about it are unfounded and he's confident it will stand up to court challenges. Geoff Pender/The Clarion-Ledger
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9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics — Reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak got the tip early Saturday afternoon that there was heavy police activity on Ninth Street. She hustled over with her pen and camera, as any good reporter would, and soon …
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Twitter Gets NFL Thursday Night Games for a Bargain Price — Company said to pay around $10 million to live-stream 10 games — ‘We did not take the highest bidder on the table,’ said NFL — Twitter Inc. just did its first broadcast deal, and it's a big one.

Iran Says: Spirit? What Spirit? We're Preparing For War! — As Scott noted this morning, President Obama complains that Iran has violated the “spirit” of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by launching ballistic missiles and calling for the destruction of Israel.
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