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Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Americans overwhelmingly view Trump negatively — WASHINGTON (AP) — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Peter King: New Yorkers Voting For Cruz “Should Have Their Head Examined” — “Look, I hope he gets the cold shoulder and other things from every New Yorker. Send him back where he belongs.” — Rep. Peter King of New York said in a radio interview on Thursday that New Yorkers should not vote …
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Rudy Giuliani is voting for Donald Trump — Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he's voting for fellow New Yorker Donald Trump for president in the April 19 Republican primary. — “I support Trump. I'm gonna vote for Trump,” Giuliani told The Post Thursday.
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Wisconsin Debacle a Major Warning to the GOP — “Tonight is a turning point,” an exultant Ted Cruz declared in his victory speech on Tuesday night after a blowout win in the Wisconsin primary over Donald Trump. “Tonight, Wisconsin has lit a candle guiding the way forward,” Cruz continued.
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Can America Learn to Love Ted Cruz?
Can America Learn to Love Ted Cruz?
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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Trump's weak delegate operation could derail his nomination
Trump's weak delegate operation could derail his nomination
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Rudolph Giuliani to Vote for, but Not Endorse, Donald Trump
Rudolph Giuliani to Vote for, but Not Endorse, Donald Trump
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Breitbart:
Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination
Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Buchanan on Trump, Cruz Joining Forces: ‘That Ticket Would Set the Country on Fire’
Buchanan on Trump, Cruz Joining Forces: ‘That Ticket Would Set the Country on Fire’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Carson: ‘Ironic’ Cruz is getting establishment support
Carson: ‘Ironic’ Cruz is getting establishment support
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Not Good, Not Good At All — As you no doubt saw, last night Bernie Sanders launched a pretty blistering attack on Hillary Clinton, calling her unqualified to be president because of various past positions, relationships and votes. The attack was premised on Sanders' claim that Clinton …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Bernie Sanders Says Clinton Isn't ‘Qualified’ to Be President — New Yorkers are a blunt and confrontational bunch, so it's only appropriate that as the presidential campaign heads to the Empire State—birthplace of Bernie Sanders and adopted home of Hillary Clinton—ahead of the April 19 primary …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Team Sanders accuses Clinton of running ‘smear campaign’
Team Sanders accuses Clinton of running ‘smear campaign’
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Reading Between the Lines of Hillary and Bernie's Big Media Battle
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Why a race further down the Wisconsin ballot rattled Democrats
Why a race further down the Wisconsin ballot rattled Democrats
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Shoshana Weissmann / Weekly Standard:
Bill Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Are Defending Murders And Drug Dealers — On Thursday, while Bill Clinton was giving a speech to a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters, he was repeatedly interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters. — He responded to them, saying …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Bill Clinton Battles Black Lives Matter Protesters in Philly: 'They're Afraid of the Truth!' — Former president Bill Clinton got in a heated argument with Black Lives Matter protesters as he was campaigning for his wife Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, battling the protesters over his passage of criminal justice reform.
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Panama Papers Reveal Clinton's Kremlin Connection — John and Tony Podesta aren't fooling anyone — The revelations of the so-called Panama Papers that are roiling the world's political and financial elites this week include important facts about Team Clinton.
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David Pegg / Guardian:
David Cameron admits he profited from father's Panama offshore trust fund
David Cameron admits he profited from father's Panama offshore trust fund
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Vladimir Putin Says Allegations in Panama Papers Are an American Plot
Chicago Tribune:
Dennis Hastert accused of sexual abuse by at least 4, sources say — Stephen Reinboldt's sister Jolene Burdge speaks out about her brother's alleged abuse by Dennis Hastert decades ago. (John Kim/Chicago Tribune) — For months, federal authorities have hinted at the motive behind …
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Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren't Making Payments — New figure raises worries that millions of them may never repay more than $200 billion owed — More than 40% of Americans who borrowed from the government's main student-loan program aren't making payments or are behind …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Dems on FEC target conservatives, vote to punish maker of anti-Obama movie — The three Democrats on the Federal Election Commission, in their latest and boldest move to regulate conservative media, voted in unison to punish a movie maker critical of President Obama after he distributed …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Staffer: Wisconsin GOPers Cheered Voter ID Bill For What It ‘Could Do For Us’ — A former top staffer for a Republican legislator in Wisconsin suggested this week that GOP legislators were motivated to pass the state's tough photo voter ID law because they believed it would help them at the ballot box …
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Mark Davis / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Ben & Jerry's co-founder tempts Secret Service by stamping messages on money — Ben & Jerry's co-founder says money is corrupting politics, so he stamps message on cash — H&R Block and others have faced questions about the legality of advertising on money
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Sessions: Don't bet on me being Trump's VP — 's lone Senate supporter threw cold water on the notion that he might be chosen as the Republican presidential hopeful's running mate on Thursday. — (R-Ala.) told reporters outside the Senate chamber that he has no expectation …
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Arwa Mahdawi / Guardian:
20,000 lesbians in the desert: welcome to the Dinah, a world without men — For five days in Palm Springs, Arwa Mahdawi entered an alternate reality where gay women celebrate each other with pool parties, dancing and debauchery — very year at the end of March, 20,000 lesbians from around …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Verizon to Proceed With Yahoo Bid, Google Weighs Offer — Time, buyout firms Bain, TPG said to still consider bid — AT&T, Comcast said to lose interest; Microsoft won't bid — Verizon Communications Inc. plans to make a first-round bid for Yahoo Inc.'s Web business next week …
WOAI:
Student body-slammed by school police officer — SAN ANTONIO - A viral video showing a school police officer body-slamming a 12-year-old girl to the ground has sparked a San Antonio Independent School District investigation. — The district confirmed the officer was put on paid leave Wednesday morning.
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Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Michael Oren: Sanders should apologize for Gaza ‘blood libel’ — Candidate's claims of Israeli ruthlessness and inflated death toll endanger the Jewish state's security, MK and former envoy to US says — Bernie Sanders should retract and apologize for his “libelous” suggestion that Israel killed …
Katie Connor / Cosmopolitan:
Scarlett Johansson on Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood: “We're Moving Backward” — The May 2016 cover star talks Planned Parenthood, hitting rock bottom, and more. — On cutting the budget for Planned Parenthood: “There are countries at war, there's terrorism, global warming …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court: Yes, Puerto Rico's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday stated unambiguously that Puerto Rico's ban on same-sex couples' marriages is unconstitutional, throwing a federal judge off a case after the judge had ruled in March that the ban was still in effect.
Keith Srakocic / Associated Press:
Indiana Trooper Sued Twice For Proselytizing During Traffic Stops — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana State Police trooper faces a second lawsuit accusing him of preaching to citizens while on duty. — Wendy Pyle filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis claiming …
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