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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.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Early exit polls show Sanders leading Clinton in Wisconsin
Early exit polls show Sanders leading Clinton in Wisconsin
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Washington Post, ABC News and Guardian
New York Times:
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
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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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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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Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Finding the Good News in Widespread Tax Cheating
Finding the Good News in Widespread Tax Cheating
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Reuters with CNBC / CNBC:
Iceland PM calls for dissolution of parliament after tax scandal
Iceland PM calls for dissolution of parliament after tax scandal
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WTVT:
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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ABC News:
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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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Top RNC officials meet to discuss contested convention details
Top RNC officials meet to discuss contested convention details
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Political Wire
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Mississippi poll: Clinton within 3 points of Trump
Mississippi poll: Clinton within 3 points of Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog and RedState
Nick Gass / Politico:
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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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Roger Stone Threatens To Sic Trump Voters On Delegates Who ‘Steal’ Nom (VIDEO)
Roger Stone Threatens To Sic Trump Voters On Delegates Who ‘Steal’ Nom (VIDEO)
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Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:
Priebus: ‘The party is choosing a nominee’
Priebus: ‘The party is choosing a nominee’
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
MSNBC edits out Roger Stone interview
MSNBC edits out Roger Stone interview
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Trump voters overwhelmingly feel under attack
Poll: Trump voters overwhelmingly feel under attack
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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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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump plans a series of policy speeches
Trump plans a series of policy speeches
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Obama Blasts Trump's Plan for Wall: ‘Good Luck With That’
Obama Blasts Trump's Plan for Wall: ‘Good Luck With That’
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Associated Press and abc7chicago.com
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
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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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.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Megyn Kelly, keeping ‘options open,’ says she might not stay at Fox News
Megyn Kelly, keeping ‘options open,’ says she might not stay at Fox News
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Mediaite, Politico and Washington Post
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
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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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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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.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
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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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Cruz threatens Trump's nationwide lead in Reuters/Ipsos poll
Cruz threatens Trump's nationwide lead in Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Dave Andrusko / NRL News Today:
National Right to Life Political Committees will support Sen. Ted Cruz in upcoming primaries
National Right to Life Political Committees will support Sen. Ted Cruz in upcoming primaries
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The Right Scoop, Right Wing Watch and LifeNews.com
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
‘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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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
It's Now Legal In Mississippi To Discriminate Against Unmarried Couples That Have Sex — Mississippi is now in competition with North Carolina for having the most anti-LGBT law on the books. Tuesday morning, Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed HB 1523 into law, endorsing a veritable catalog …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Donald Trump's ‘Very Easy’ Plan To Pay Off The National Debt In 8 Years — Donald Trump has been taking heat for saying that he plans to pay off the entire $19 trillion national debt in eight years while at the same time promising a massive tax cut that would cost $12 trillion and calling for budget-busting spending programs.
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
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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Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
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.