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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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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
President Obama: ‘Mr. Trump Is Not Succeeding Me’ — President Barack Obama said Thursday that Trump was not “succeeding” him when he addressed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser, according to a transcript of his remarks released a day later.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Blocking Trump could hurt Republicans in election - Reuters/Ipsos poll — A third of Republican voters who support Donald Trump could turn their backs on their party in November's presidential election if he is denied the nomination in a contested convention, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Wins Majority of Delegates in Colorado
Ted Cruz Wins Majority of Delegates in Colorado
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Inside Ted Cruz's Push to Grab All of Colorado's Delegates
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: 90 percent predict contested GOP convention
Insiders: 90 percent predict contested GOP convention
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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
How the feds uncovered Dennis Hastert's sordid past — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert through the years. — Approached by federal agents last year about dozens of large cash bank withdrawals, Dennis Hastert claimed he was being extorted by a former student who said Hastert …
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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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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Sanders was right, Clinton is unqualified — has finally found something he agrees with Bernie Sanders — on. — Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, tweeted Saturday morning that he agreed with Sanders calling Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton — “unqualified.”
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Amanda Becker / Reuters:
Clinton, Sanders face off in Wyoming as New York looms
Clinton, Sanders face off in Wyoming as New York looms
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David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders Is Even Less Competitive Than He Appears
Bernie Sanders Is Even Less Competitive Than He Appears
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump brags about a million mysterious postcards that were addressed to a parking lot … This guy Donald Trump just sort of tweets things sometimes. As you are probably aware, those things are not necessarily always true. It just matters that they cast Trump in a good light.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
North Carolina Congressman: Bruce Springsteen Is a “Bully” for Canceling Concert — EMAIL ME — “We've got other artists coming soon — Def Leppard, Justin Bieber,” says Rep. Mark Walker. — A U.S. congressman who represents portions of Greensboro, N.C., is accusing Bruce Springsteen of being a …
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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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Gregory L. Diskant / Washington Post:
Obama can appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court if the Senate does nothing — Gregory L. Diskant is a senior partner at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and a member of the national governing board of Common Cause. — On Nov. 12, 1975, while I was serving as a clerk …
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Daily Mail:
Erotic sex and the ‘pursuit of pleasure’ between couples is a ‘gift from God’, Pope says in 260-page Joy Of Love report - but he's not ready to budge on gay marriage — By , COREY CHARLTON FOR MAILONLINE and SIMON CALDWELL FOR THE DAILY MAIL — Pope Francis has encouraged married couples …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Subpoenaed Into Silence on Global Warming — The Competitive Enterprise Institute is getting subpoenaed by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands to cough up its communications regarding climate change. The scope of the subpoena is quite broad, covering the period from 1997 to 2007 …
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New York Post:
FBI probing Mayor de Blasio's fundraising activities — US Attorney Preet Bharara now has Mayor de Blasio in his cross hairs — investigating his campaign fund-raising activities as part of a widening probe into NYPD corruption, sources said yesterday. — The feds are looking …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Political ‘Hunger Games’ roils Trump's inner circle — Donald Trump's campaign overhaul has inflamed an internecine struggle among three of his closest advisors, creating an atmosphere that multiple sources likened to a political “Hunger Games.” — According to interviews with more than a dozen people …
South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Gov. Scott releases ad attacking woman who attacked him at Starbucks — Sun Sentinel … Privacy Policy — A video has appeared on Gov. Rick Scott's YouTube Channel attacking Cara Jennings, the woman whose tirade against Scott at a Gainesville Starbucks was caught on video.
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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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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