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Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes — ‘Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump erupted on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning after a weekend that saw Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sweep all of Colorado's 34 delegates without …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
After Loss in Colorado, Donald Trump Supporters Give State Chairman an Earful — It has been two days since Senator Ted Cruz of Texas swept Colorado's delegates, and Steve House, the chairman of the state's Republican Party, is feeling the wrath of Donald J. Trump's supporters.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
‘Hillary would beat him from jail’
‘Hillary would beat him from jail’
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Independent Journal …
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Despite Complaints, Delegate System Has Given Trump a 22 Percent Bonus
Despite Complaints, Delegate System Has Given Trump a 22 Percent Bonus
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NBC News, Taylor Marsh, RedState, Hot Air and The Federalist
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Colorado Proves Donald Trump Can't Handle The Rigors Of A Campaign
Colorado Proves Donald Trump Can't Handle The Rigors Of A Campaign
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The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, LawNewz, Independent Journal …, The Right Scoop and The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Cory Gardner: Trump Has “Diminishing Future,” Will Keep Losing Delegates
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Colorado Trump delegate burns GOP registration after being turned away from state convention
Video: Colorado Trump delegate burns GOP registration after being turned away from state convention
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The Hill and There seems …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: I'd Be Never Trump Too If Election Stakes Weren't So High — “For me, it's about the children and the grandchildren.” — w.soundcloud.com — Ben Carson said in a radio interview last week that his support for Donald Trump is purely pragmatic, adding that he wouldn't support Trump …
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Guardian
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Donald Trump's ‘kinder, gentler’ version: Kirsten Powers — The Donald explains why politics is ‘a crazy business’ and why he never cries anymore. — CONNECT — Is Donald Trump about to make a pivot toward presidential? — In an hour-long interview Thursday in his New York office …
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Politico
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Is The Weakest GOP Front-Runner In The Modern Era — Despite getting drubbed in Wisconsin this week, Donald Trump has won more votes than any other Republican candidate this year. So, he's doing OK, right? Well, for all the talk that unbound delegates and quirky convention rules …
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The Moderate Voice, The Right Scoop and Hullabaloo
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Carson: ‘If it was just me’ I'd be team #NeverTrump too
Carson: ‘If it was just me’ I'd be team #NeverTrump too
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The Right Scoop
David Moye / The Huffington Post:
Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Due To State's Anti-LGBT Laws — “I think that porn has the power to do what Bruce Springsteen can't.” — There's a new kink in North Carolina's LGBT controversy: A popular porn website is banning all computers from “The Tar Heel State.”
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Washington Times, The Verge and Balloon Juice
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Joe Otterson / The Wrap:
Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Over Anti-LGBT Law — XHamster users in the Tar Heel state will just have to find porn somewhere else on the Internet — XHamster just delivered a serious money shot on the North Carolina legislature. — Users from the Tar Hell State began complaining …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio set off cringing with painful joke about ‘colored people time’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — New York City's annual Inner Circle Dinner brought New York politicians together for an evening of food and fun but also for stiff politicians performing awkward skits.
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New York Magazine, Gawker and Fusion
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Racially Charged Joke by Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio Leaves Some Cringing
Racially Charged Joke by Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio Leaves Some Cringing
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Power Line, Salon and ABC News
Dustin B Levy / York Daily Record:
Gettysburg man selling Hillary Clinton's car
Gettysburg man selling Hillary Clinton's car
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Mashable, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: “The Drudge Report Has Become The Attack Site For The Trump Campaign” — “By all appearances, Roger Stone now decides what's on Drudge.” — Ted Cruz says the Drudge Report has become propaganda for Donald Trump's campaign. — “Drudge Report over the years has done …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
What Trump can learn from Reagan and the '76 delegate fight
What Trump can learn from Reagan and the '76 delegate fight
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RedState, Newsweek and Associated Press
CBS News:
Meet the “Trump Bros” — Jack Rowe, an 18-year-old high school student from St. Paul, Minnesota, sat in the front row of a Donald Trump rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin last weekend, sandwiched between two friends. — He had caucused for Trump in Minnesota for the very first time a few weeks earlier.
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Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
jama.jamanetwork.com:
The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014 — FREE ONLINE FIRST — Raj Chetty, PhD1; Michael Stepner, BA2; Sarah Abraham, BA2; Shelby Lin, MPhil3; Benjamin Scuderi, BA4; Nicholas Turner, PhD5; Augustin Bergeron, MA4; David Cutler, PhD4 — JAMA.
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Slantpoint, Here & Now, New York Times, NPR, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Bloomberg and Marginal REVOLUTION
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC Poll: Trump, Clinton Hold Sizable Leads in New York — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have opened up double-digit leads in New York ahead of the state's April 19 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. — “The road to the convention goes through New York …
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Washington Post, Vox and Political Wire
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Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
New Poll: Clinton Up 14 Points In New York
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: New Jersey Judge to Decide if Cruz Is Eligible to Run in Primary #MakeCruzCanadianAgain — This won't please the GOP party elites one bit! — A New Jersey judge heard arguments today on behalf of law professor Victor Williams and a group of concerned citizens regarding Senator …
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New York's PIX11 and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Jarrett Bell / USA Today:
Sean Payton rails against guns after Will Smith's death — Listen to Sean Payton. Carefully. He's mad. Sad. Frustrated. Passionate. — “If this opinion in Louisiana is super unpopular,” Payton told USA TODAY Sports in a 33-minute phone conversation on Monday, his first interview since Will Smith's death, “so be it.”
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NBCSports.com, abc7news.com, NBC News, Mediaite and CBS New York
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is GOP headed for its own Bush v. Gore? — It's now likely Republicans are headed toward a contested convention in July. But they might be headed toward more than that — the party could be on its way to an internal version of the 2000 election, the race in which the candidate who lost …
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Booman Tribune
Hillary Clinton / New York Daily News:
TRANSCRIPT: Hillary Clinton meets with the Daily News Editorial Board, April 9, 2016 — The Daily Editorial Board interviewed Hillary Clinton, Democratic candidate for President, on April 9 in the offices of the newspaper in downtown Manhattan. — Daily News: Welcome.
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Washington Monthly, Daily News Bin, Washington Post and TheStreet.com
Des Moines Register:
Grassley: Sky won't fall with one less justice … Six. Seven. Nine. Ten. Seven. Nine. — These numbers reveal the absurdity of the argument that somehow the federal judiciary is debilitated without a ninth Supreme Court justice for a brief period of time.
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The Week and Talking Points Memo
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
‘Scarier than we initially thought:’ CDC sounds warning on Zika virus — WASHINGTON — Public health officials said Monday they've learned a lot more about Zika since the Obama administration made a $1.9 billion request to Congress to combat the mosquito-borne virus, and are increasingly concerned …
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The Week and Florida Politics
JONATHAN TURLEY:
TENTH CIRCUIT REVERSES SISTER WIVES DECISION — This afternoon, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued its decision in Brown v. Buhman, No. 14-4117, reversing the decision striking down the cohabitation provision of the Utah polygamy law. The opinion of the panel is attached below.
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fox13now.com and Politico
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump, the Face of Dad's Get Out The Vote Effort, Forgets to Change Registration — Donald Trump's daughter has mas made calls and videos asking supporters to do what she (and her brother Eric) forgot to do. — Despite spending the last four months lecturing Trump supporters …
Associated Press:
Texas Attorney General Charged With Federal Securities Fraud — Federal securities regulators charged Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday with four civil counts of fraud, piling on more legal troubles for the Republican already under criminal indictment for allegations that he deceived friends …
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Occupy Democrats and LawNewz