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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's getting trounced in Indiana — Indiana hasn't cast its ballots for president yet, but Donald Trump is already losing. — Republican Party insiders in the state will select 27 delegates to the national convention on Saturday, and Trump is assured to be nearly shut out of support …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Inside Ted Cruz's Push to Grab All of Colorado's Delegates — This moment has been months in the making. — Ted Cruz backers have filled all nine of the delegate slots so far today in Colorado, swiftly navigating the complex process to consolidate support around his candidacy.
Associated Press:
Ted Cruz Adds 21 Delegates With Colorado Sweep — Sen. Ted Cruz has locked up the support of 21 total Colorado delegates to the Republican National Convention, representing a majority of the delegates the state will send to Cleveland in July. — Slates loyal to Cruz won every assembly …
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John Frank / Denver Post:
Ted Cruz is favored but Donald Trump is making minor play for national delegates
Ted Cruz is favored but Donald Trump is making minor play for national delegates
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TalkLeft and The Daily Caller
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: 90 percent predict contested GOP convention
Insiders: 90 percent predict contested GOP convention
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New York Times:
Hastert Molested at Least Four Boys, Prosecutors Say — CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Friday for the first time provided details of sexual abuse allegations against J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House, asserting that he molested at least four boys, as young as 14 …
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David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders Is Even Less Competitive Than He Appears — Bernie Sanders's supporters are fond of the hypothesis that Democratic superdelegates, the elected leaders and party officials who currently support Hillary Clinton by a lopsided-doesn't-even-begin-to- describe-it 469 to 31 …
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Amanda Becker / Reuters:
Clinton, Sanders face off in Wyoming as New York looms — WASHINGTON - Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are facing off in a U.S. presidential nominating contest in Wyoming on Saturday, as the candidates gear up for a crucial match-up in New York.
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Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
GOP Establishment Money Funding Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson To Attack Trump — The next time you hear Mark Levin on the radio, or watch Glenn Beck on TV, or read Erick Erickson, RedState.com on the Internet, you might just ask yourself who is paying for the message?
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The Right Scoop, Mediaite, BizPac Review, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Independent Journal … and The Last Refuge
Heidi Parker For / Daily Mail:
Cage fighter! Nicolas Cage, 52, in brawl with Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, 55, outside a Vegas casino after rocker ‘pulls a woman to the ground by her hair for asking the movie star for his autograph’ — The lady was a fan of Nicolas' and was saying hello with the musician grabbed …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Court Strikes Down Scott Walker's Right-To-Work Law As Unconstitutional — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court has struck down the state's right-to-work law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, calling it unconstitutional. — A Dane County Circuit Court judge issued the ruling Friday in a lawsuit filed by local unions.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders May Hear the Word ‘Socialist’ More, From Democrats — Bernie Sanders is expected to draw large crowds of young people as he campaigns with the actors Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon, but he has not exactly received the warmest of welcomes from the borough's political leaders.
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Reuters:
Papal official denies report Sanders invited himself to Vatican
Papal official denies report Sanders invited himself to Vatican
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Occupy Democrats, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Boing Boing, Daily News Bin, twitchy.com, Taylor Marsh and Washington Post
John Follain / Bloomberg:
Vatican Academy Criticizes Sanders's ‘Monumental Discourtesy’
Vatican Academy Criticizes Sanders's ‘Monumental Discourtesy’
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Politico, LifeNews.com, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama relents in fight over Fast and Furious documents — Four years after asserting executive privilege to block Congress from obtaining documents relating to a controversial federal gun trafficking investigation, President Barack Obama relented Friday, turning over to lawmakers thousands …
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Bearing Arms, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller and RedState
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bill Clinton: ‘I Almost Want to Apologize’ For Exchange With Black Lives Matter — Bill Clinton Expresses Regret Over His Response to Protesters 1:11 — Erie, Penn. — Bill Clinton issued a near-apology Friday for his role in a lengthy and heated exchange with Black Lives Matters protesters a day earlier in Philadelphia.
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Bill Clinton ‘almost’ apologizes for clash with Black Lives Matter protester
Bill Clinton ‘almost’ apologizes for clash with Black Lives Matter protester
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Business Insider and AOL
Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Black Lives Matter Organizer Claims Black on Black Crime Is a ‘Myth’ …
Black Lives Matter Organizer Claims Black on Black Crime Is a ‘Myth’ …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Man ticketed for flying Donald Trump flags at his home — WEST LONG BRANCH — A Shore man is determined to keep flying a pair of Donald Trump flags in front of his home, even though they've been repeatedly stolen or vandalized and the borough is forcing him to take them down.
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AOL, BizPac Review and Talking Points Memo
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Brian Thompson / NBC New York:
New Jersey Homeowner May Face Jail for Flying Trump Campaign Flag
New Jersey Homeowner May Face Jail for Flying Trump Campaign Flag
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BarbWire.com, The Week, mrctv.org/videos, The Gateway Pundit, JP Updates and Independent Journal …
Ivana Kottasova / CNNMoney:
Americans and Canadians might need visas for Europe — Be prepared! You might need a visa for your next European holiday or business trip. — The European Union is considering requiring Americans and Canadians to apply for visas, even if they only want to come for a short break.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
The Voter Support Agency Accused of Suppressing Votes — The federal Election Assistance Commission was formed after the disputed 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and given an innocuous name and a seemingly inoffensive mission: to help state election officials make it easier to vote.
New York Times:
Mr. Trump Reopens the Wounds of a Hate Crime — Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a Republican Party fund-raiser on Thursday in Patchogue, a village on the south shore of Long Island, about 60 miles from Manhattan. — This is a wretched development, a disgraceful provocation …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Charles Moore / Telegraph:
Justin Welby: DNA test reveals my secret father was Sir Winston Churchill's private secretary — The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Sir Winston Churchill's last private secretary after taking a DNA test to prove his paternity, The Telegraph can disclose.
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The Times of Israel, euronews and New York Times
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: Trump Knows That His Twitter Use Is A Problem — “We talk about it and a number of people have talked about it, including his family. And he knows that it's a problem. And the first part of solving the problem is recognizing that it exists.” — Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: Donald Trump Should Read The Bible And Pray
Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
SpaceX rocket successfully lands on ocean drone platform for first time — Falcon 9 rocket takes off with a cargo capsule bound for International Space Station before successfully landing on drone barge in fifth attempt — SpaceX landed a reusable rocket on a robotic drone on Friday …
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Associated Press:
Why few Americans in Panama Papers? Lawyer doesn't want them — PANAMA CITY (AP) — Rich and influential people around the globe have found themselves under siege since a major data leak revealed their ties to secretive financial accounts and shell companies in low-tax havens used to hide wealth.
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CNBC, YouGov US Opinion Center News, The Panama Papers and Slantpoint
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