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4:25 PM ET, April 5, 2016

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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
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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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Obama Blasts Trump's Plan for Wall: ‘Good Luck With That’
Discussion: abc7chicago.com
Bernie Sanders / New York Daily News:
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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
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.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Karl Rove: If Trump wins Wisconsin, ‘the contest is over’
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Mississippi poll: Clinton within 3 points of Trump  —  Despite winning Mississippi's Republican presidential primary by double digits, Donald Trump could turn Mississippi blue for the first time in 40 years, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday.  —  Trump won Mississippi last month …
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Dave Andrusko / NRL News Today:
National Right to Life Political Committees will support Sen. Ted Cruz in upcoming primaries
NBC News:
Donald Trump's National Lead Dips After Controversial Week: Poll
New York Times:
Ted Cruz Is Fuming Because John Kasich Won't Bow Out  —  MADISON, Wis. — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, eyeing a victory here that could reshape the race for the Republican presidential nomination, has appeared most vexed by a rival he views as more of a long-term nuisance than a short-term threat: Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Real Kasich Threat
CNN:
Panama Papers fallout: Iceland's Prime Minister resigns  —  Reykjavik, Iceland (CNN)The Panama Papers leaks apparently resulted in a political casualty Tuesday when Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned.  —  Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, the deputy chair of the Progressive Party …
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Bryan Dewan / ThinkProgress:
Prime Minister Resigns After Thousands Of Icelanders Protest Over Panama Papers Scandal
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Campaign manager: Sanders can win nomination at contested convention … 's campaign manager insisted Tuesday that the Vermont senator will win the Democratic nomination over Hillary Clinton  —  at the party's convention this summer.  —  “I think what this campaign is looking …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Cruz, Sanders seek game-changing wins in Wisconsin
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders campaign planning for contested convention
Discussion: RedState
Jeff Tavss / WPLG-TV:
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.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
You probably missed Sarah Palin's speech in Wisconsin.  It was totally bizarre. … Sarah Palin went to Wisconsin over the weekend to tout her preferred candidate — Donald Trump — at a GOP fundraising dinner in advance of the Badger State's presidential primary today.  What happened next will stun you.
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
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.
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Finding the Good News in Widespread Tax Cheating  —  The war on rampant tax evasion may not be hopeless after all.  —  It might not look that way after an enormous leak of documents from a Panama law firm suggesting that prominent figures worldwide have used offshore companies to hide billions of dollars.
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Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Twitter Said to Win NFL Deal for Thursday Night Streaming Rights  —  Twitter Inc., making a strategic push into online programming, won a deal to show Thursday night National Football League games online, a person familiar with the matter said.  —  The social-media company was said to be bidding …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Alabama lawmakers threaten to impeach sex scandal-plagued governor  —  State lawmakers in Alabama said they had begun the impeachment process for the state's governor on Tuesday.  —  Rep. Ed Henry, a Republican, announced during a news conference at the statehouse in Montgomery …
Discussion: WAFF-TV and Joe.My.God.
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The Charlotte Observer:
PayPal withdraws plans for Charlotte expansion over HB2  —  The technology company opposes North Carolina's new LGBT law  —  The company had announced plans to build a global operations center in Charlotte that would employ 400  —  Democratic governor candidate Roy Cooper calls for law's repeal
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
7 lingering questions in the Clinton email investigation  —  The FBI appears to be entering the home stretch of its investigation into Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton  —  's private email server.  —  Yet even as arrangements are reportedly being made to interview Clinton and her top aides, much remains unclear.
Wgn Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Candy bar shoplifter faces life in prison  —  Share Update: … (NEW ORLEANS) A man faces life in prison for stealing candy.  —  Jacobia Grimes is accused of taking $31 worth of candy bars from a store in Louisiana.  —  Grimes has five prior theft convictions.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver
Scott Allen / Washington Post:
Walmart still selling Maryland T-shirts featuring the outline of Massachusetts  —  The outlines of Colorado and Wyoming look somewhat similar.  Mississippi resembles Alabama flipped horizontally.  New Hampshire sort of looks like Vermont rotated clockwise 180 degrees.
Discussion: FOX 61, AOL and Consumerist
Associated Press:
Tennessee Lawmakers Vote for Bible as State's Official Book  —  Having already made a .50-caliber sniper gun the official state rifle, Tennessee lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to making the Holy Bible the state's official book.  —  The state Senate voted 19-8 in favor …
 
 
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Capitol Fax.com:
Kirk poll has him trailing Duckworth in an “incredibly tight” race
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's false claim that he has released his full federal tax returns
Discussion: Mediaite
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
‘Jackie’ must testify in lawsuit over Rolling Stone rape story
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Roger Stone Threatens To Sic Trump Voters On Delegates Who ‘Steal’ Nom (VIDEO)
Discussion: RedState
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Makes Up The Name Of A Federal Agency He Would Axe As Prez (VIDEO)
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
KCTV:
Man murdered in front of daughter in Kansas City parking lot
Discussion: Raw Story and KFOR-TV
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
DNC chair: I'm not doing good job ‘blocking’ Sanders
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Here's exactly how a brokered Republican convention would work
 Earlier Items: 
Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” Pipe Dream
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Radioactive wild boar roaming Fukushima countryside
Click2Houston.com:
United Airlines flight attendant opens emergency door, deploys slide after plane lands at Bush IAH
Discussion: Mashable, Consumerist, WFLA-TV and WWLP-TV
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Obama Admin Tells Landlords They Can't Refuse To House Criminals
The Week:
Republicans are plotting economic disaster for 2016
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Sanders reshapes Obama's 2016 plans
 

 
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