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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.
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
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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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Report: Hillary Clinton Used Static Noise Machine to Prevent Reporters from Hearing Fundraising Speech
Report: Hillary Clinton Used Static Noise Machine to Prevent Reporters from Hearing Fundraising Speech
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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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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Defends Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, Rips Michelle Fields — The host of HBO's ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ supported Lewandowski, and claimed that “nothing happened” in his alleged simple assault of ex-Breitbart reporter Fields. — At a rally in Jupiter, Florida …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Political ‘Hunger Games’ roils Trump's inner circle
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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Jamie Grierson / Guardian:
David Cameron: blame me for mishandling Panama Papers news — Prime minister tells Tory forum he should have handled offshore fund revelations better as protesters call for resignation — David Cameron has said he must take the blame for the way Downing Street handled revelations …
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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
David Cameron dramatic tax mea culpa: ‘I should have done better’
David Cameron dramatic tax mea culpa: ‘I should have done better’
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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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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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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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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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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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