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1:30 PM ET, April 5, 2016

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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  —  Trump and Cruz fear GOP convention delegates might prefer a winner.  —  All of a sudden the two Republican presidential front-runners seem unnaturally preoccupied with the guy in third place, and they're teaming up to demand that John Kasich drop out.
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Behind in Wisconsin, Loses Some of the Self-Confidence in Appeal to Voters
ABC News:
The Note: Wisconsin Primary Primer
Eric Bradner / CNN:   Wisconsin primary: 5 things to watch
Patrick Reis / Politico:
Trump is in trouble in Wisconsin
Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” Pipe Dream
Denver Post:
Donald Trump shut out in first two delegate contests and trails in support ahead of Saturday state convention
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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Trump eyeing money transfers from immigrants in plan to build wall  —  would force Mexico to pay for a wall along its border with the U.S. by threatening to block money transfers from immigrants in the U.S., The Washington Post reports.  —  The Post on Tuesday said that Trump plans …
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
As Wisconsin votes, both front-runners are playing defense
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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Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Finding the Good News in Widespread Tax Cheating
BBC:
Panama Papers: Iceland prime minister seeks early poll
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.
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.
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Rick Pfeiffer / Niagara Gazette:
FBI director talks terrorism, Hillary Clinton during Buffalo visit
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
NBC News:
Donald Trump's National Lead Dips After Controversial Week: Poll  —  Anti-Trump Forces Fighting for a Cruz Win in Wisconsin 2:41  —  Ahead of the Wisconsin primary, Donald Trump remains the frontrunner but his support among Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally has dropped three points …
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump's Support Dips Nationally
Discussion: AOL
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 …
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: AOL, FOX 61 and Consumerist
German Lopez / Vox:
PayPal makes it official: North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ law will cost the state jobs  —  Businesses have been increasingly critical of North Carolina's recently passed anti-LGBTQ law.  Now, it looks like one big company — PayPal — is officially pulling its business from the state in a move …
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 …
The Week:
Republicans are plotting economic disaster for 2016  —  Our free email newsletters … Since George W. Bush's presidency, Republican economic ideas have become drastically more conservative.  Instead of massive tax cuts for the rich coupled with a general tolerance of the rest of government …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
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.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Sanders reshapes Obama's 2016 plans  —  Bernie Sanders is keeping Barack Obama locked in limbo.  —  Despite his steadily rising popularity, the president's expected role in 2016 as the Democratic Party unifier is on hold for another three-and-a-half months, if Sanders keeps his campaign going through the July convention.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
DNC chair: I'm not doing good job ‘blocking’ Sanders  —  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) late Monday night defended her handling of her party's presidential primary.  —  On Comedy Central's “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Wgn Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Candy bar shoplifter faces life in prison
Discussion: FOX31 Denver and KFOR-TV
Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Senator Wants Investigation Into Gun That Looks Like iPhone
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Gov. Robert Bentley on scandal: 'I've asked God to forgive me'
Discussion: Washington Post
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Anti-Muslim goons rip up Quran and beg Trump to turn Phoenix mosque into a 7-Eleven
Discussion: KPNX and alan.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Here's exactly how a brokered Republican convention would work
Kiersten Nuñez / fox13now.com:
Alleged drunk driver loses dog out car window while doing U-turn, police say
The Times & The Sunday Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Obama Admin Tells Landlords They Can't Refuse To House Criminals
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Chalk and Awe  —  The new Free Speech Movement.