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11:30 AM 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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Milwaukee snubs Trump  —  MILWAUKEE — Sixteen miles separated Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Monday night, but the distance between them felt much greater.  —  Trump, the national front-runner, arrived to a half-empty auditorium at the Milwaukee Theatre in a defensive crouch …
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Behind in Wisconsin, Loses Some of the Self-Confidence in Appeal to Voters
Discussion: Political Wire
Patrick Reis / Politico:
Trump is in trouble in Wisconsin
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Eric Bradner / CNN:   Wisconsin primary: 5 things to watch
NBC News:
Donald Trump's National Lead Dips After Controversial Week: Poll
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump's Support Dips Nationally
Discussion: AOL
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 …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source  —  A major investor in the Republican Party sees a chance to snatch back the nomination.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:   Here's exactly how a brokered Republican convention would work
Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” Pipe Dream
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Robby Mook:
To Hillary Clinton supporters: The facts on where the race stands  —  Thanks to nearly 9 million voters across the country and the support of people like you, Hillary Clinton has built a nearly insurmountable lead among both delegates and actual voters.  Contrary to the claims of the Sanders campaign …
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
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 …
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Gov. Robert Bentley on scandal: 'I've asked God to forgive me'  —  Governor Bentley talks about scandal ad asks God for forgiveness  —  Gov. Robert Bentley made perhaps his most heartfelt apology yet on Monday, repeatedly asking the people of Alabama for forgiveness for the scandal that has engulfed his administration.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Radioactive wild boar roaming Fukushima countryside  —  Communities in northern Japan are being overwhelmed by radioactive wild boars which are rampaging across the countryside after being contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.  —  The animals' numbers are increasing …
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Exclusive: Police Investigate Death Threats Made Against Michelle Fields — Listen to the Chilling Audio  —  Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields contacted authorities Friday after an individual made multiple death threats against her.  —  In audio obtained by TheBlaze …
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
Click2Houston.com:
United Airlines flight attendant opens emergency door, deploys slide after plane lands at Bush IAH  —  HOUSTON - A United Airlines flight attendant intentionally opened a plane door and inflated the emergency slide after the aircraft landed Monday at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Discussion: Consumerist, Mashable, WCMH-TV and WFLA-TV
Kevin Burke:
The TSA Randomizer iPad App Cost $1.4 Million  —  You may have seen the TSA Randomizer on your last flight.  A TSA agent holds an iPad.  The agent taps the iPad, a large arrow points right or left, and you follow it into a given lane.  —  How much does the TSA pay for an app that a beginner could build in a day?
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Anti-Muslim goons rip up Quran and beg Trump to turn Phoenix mosque into a 7-Eleven  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Donald Trump supporters traveled hundreds of miles to protest an empty Phoenix mosque, much to the irritation of its neighbors.
Discussion: KPNX
Kiersten Nuñez / fox13now.com:
Alleged drunk driver loses dog out car window while doing U-turn, police say  —  OREM, Utah — A motorist, allegedly driving three times the legal limit, temporarily lost her dog when it fell out the car window as she attempted a U-turn on an Orem City road.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Panama Papers Leaker: ‘I Want to Make These Crimes Public’  —  An anonymous source began to expose the finances of the world's most feared and powerful men like Vladimir Putin with a single question: ‘Interested in data?’  —  LONDON — When an encrypted message first flashed …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Chalk and Awe  —  The new Free Speech Movement.  —  If you find Donald Trump's presidential campaign a source of pure despair, allow us to offer some mitigation.  The campaign is having at least one salutary effect, as reported by the New York Times:
 
 
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Washington Post:
There is math, there is fantasy math, and then there's Donald Trump's economic math
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Winston Moseley, Who Killed Kitty Genovese, Dies in Prison at 81
Associated Press:
Supreme Court Will Take up Case About Juror's Racial Bias
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German retiree ‘fed to dog’ by Russian wife in Mallorca
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Melania Trump on The Donald: I Tell Him to Stay Away from the Retweets (VIDEO)
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Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Obama Admin Tells Landlords They Can't Refuse To House Criminals
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MSNBC:
What does a tight Dem race in WI mean for NY?
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and NBC News
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Peter White / Deadline:
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