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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say — A Florida prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Donald Trump's campaign manager for battery after a March run-in with former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Donald Trump shuffles struggling campaign team — Wounded GOP front-runner Donald Trump is quietly setting up a parallel campaign structure, hiring known Republican fixers to professionalize his operation and sidelining his original team. — Under the guidance of his new strategist Paul Manafort …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's feud with the RNC reaches a striking new level — Donald Trump is coming to a striking realization: it's possible, if not likely, that he's going to reach the Republican National Convention this summer with the most pledged delegates, the most votes, and the most state victories …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! Anti-Trump RNC Delegate Says She'll Vote for Hillary Over Trump (VIDEO) — Rina Bharara is a delegate to the Republican National Convention. — Rina hates Republican front-runner Donald Trump. … Today on the Real Story with Gretchen Carlson Rina said she may vote for Hillary …
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S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Trump effect: Convention rule changes off the table for RNC's spring meeting
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Priebus: Trump's latest rant will ‘blow over’
Priebus: Trump's latest rant will ‘blow over’
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Colorado GOP chairman considers bringing sheriff to convention over Trump supporter threats
Colorado GOP chairman considers bringing sheriff to convention over Trump supporter threats
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
RNC member predicts: Trump can win with 1,100 delegates
RNC member predicts: Trump can win with 1,100 delegates
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Lowell McAdam / LinkedIn Pulse:
Feeling The Bern of Reality — The Facts About Verizon and The ‘Moral Economy’ — I read with interest Jeff Immelt's spirited response to Sen. Bernie Sanders putting GE on his hit-list of big corporations that are “destroying the moral fabric” of America. — In fact, I share his frustration.
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Jeff Merkley / New York Times:
Why I'm Supporting Bernie Sanders — NO decision we make as Americans more dramatically affects the direction of our country than our choice for president. He or she is more than the manager of the executive branch, commander in chief or appointer of judges.
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
I'm Voting for Bernie, but on One Condition — “He's not going to get the nomination, is he?” my wife asks anxiously as she gazes out of the kitchen window at the Bernie for President sign on our front lawn. No, I assure her, and he certainly won't win Maryland on April 26.
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Ben Norton / Salon:
Hillary Clinton rakes in Verizon cash while Bernie Sanders supports company's striking workers
Hillary Clinton rakes in Verizon cash while Bernie Sanders supports company's striking workers
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CBS News:
USS Donald Cook buzzed again by Russian jets in Baltic — Yet again Russian jets made provocatively close passes to an American warship, as tensions continue between Moscow and Washington over the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. — A senior defense official told CBS News that two recent incidents were …
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US Navy Ship Encounters Aggressive Russian Aircraft in Baltic Sea
US Navy Ship Encounters Aggressive Russian Aircraft in Baltic Sea
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Russian fighter jets in extremely close overflights with U.S. destroyer
Russian fighter jets in extremely close overflights with U.S. destroyer
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean … Inky the octopus didn't even try to cover his tracks. — By the time the staff at New Zealand's National Aquarium noticed that he was missing, telltale suction cup prints were the main clue to an easily-solved mystery.
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Inky the Octopus Escapes From a New Zealand Aquarium
Inky the Octopus Escapes From a New Zealand Aquarium
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Time Ted Cruz Defended a Ban on Dildos — His legal team argued there was no right “to stimulate one's genitals.” — In one chapter of his campaign book, A Time for Truth, Sen. Ted Cruz proudly chronicles his days as a Texas solicitor general, a post he held from 2003 to 2008.
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Office of the Governor of Louisiana:
Gov. Edwards Signs Non-discrimination Executive Order; Rescinds Marriage and Conscience Executive Order — BATON ROUGE - Today, Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order providing employment protections for state employees and employees of state contractors on the basis of race …
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Matthew Keys:
A quick note — Today is the most-important day of my life so far. The direction of the rest of my life rests with a single person and is almost completely beyond my control. — I'm not sure what to expect today. I anticipate I'll have more to say on the outcome shortly afterward.
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Wall Street Journal:
Regulators Propose Banning Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes for at Least Two Years — Startup hopes to avoid sanctions, but Holmes and No. 2 executive could be forced out of blood-testing business for failing to fix problems — Federal health regulators have proposed banning Theranos Inc …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump meets with Megyn Kelly at Trump Tower — Donald Trump and the Fox News host Megyn Kelly met at Trump Tower on Wednesday morning, a person with knowledge of the matter told CNNMoney. — The meeting was brokered by Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. — Representatives for Trump and Fox News had no immediate comment.
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Trump spokeswoman comes out swinging against Zuckerberg — Katrina Pierson, Trump Campaign Spokeswoman, responds to comments made by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg about not building walls. — Katrina Pierson, a spokeswoman for GOP front-runner Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Bully Stomped on Chest of Colton 6th Grader Who Died, Boy's Parents Say — The parents of a 12-year-old boy who died after playing soccer Tuesday during a physical education class at an elementary school in Colton said Wednesday that a school bully stomped on their son's chest before he lost consciousness.
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The Hill:
Clinton's dismal approval ratings prompt Dem fears — 's favorability ratings are historically low and increasingly a concern for her supporters. — Clinton is now viewed unfavorably by 55 percent of the electorate, according to the HuffPost Pollster average, which tracks findings from 42 different polling outfits.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A State-By-State Roadmap For The Rest Of The Republican Primary — Three weeks ago, when we last took a detailed look at Donald Trump's quest to win 1,237 delegates, his path looked rocky but endurable. The panel of eight experts FiveThirtyEight assembled projected Trump to wind up with 1,208 …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Toddler shot in face when gun stashed in mom's purse goes off while waiting at hospital — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A child was shot in the face at a Mississippi hospital after a gun went off inside her mother's purse. — The 2-year-old girl was waiting Wednesday morning …
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The Independent:
Half of all people could be carrying ‘gay genes’ — Around half of all people, including straight men and women, could carry “gay genes”, meaning that they continue to be passed down the generations despite the tendency of homosexuals not to have children, new research suggests.
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C. Ramsey Fahs / Harvard News:
In Most Extensive Comments in Centuries, Porcellian Club Criticizes Final Club Scrutiny — Defending the club, Porcellian Graduate President details socioeconomic diversity of the membership — The Porcellian Club, Harvard's oldest final club, broke its public silence Tuesday …
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WCMH-TV:
Woman indicted, accused of live streaming friend's rape — COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A woman has been indicted by a Grand Jury on charges she used the social media app Periscope to live stream her own friend's rape. — According to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, 18-year-old Marina Alexeevna Lonina …
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CNNMoney:
36,000 Verizon workers go on strike — 36,000 Verizon workers have walked off the job Wednesday after failing to reach a new labor agreement. — This is the largest strike in the United States since Verizon workers last walked off the job in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Fear the Cleveland Convention — The sense of dread is palpable. The nearer the Republican Party gets to a contested - in the most literal sense of the word - convention, the more terrible that prospect appears. For the GOP's elected representatives with careers to lose …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump fans threaten gun violence against protesters ahead of Pittsburgh visit — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Donald Trump supporters are planning an armed demonstration to intimidate protesters when the Republican presidential candidate visits Pittsburgh for a town hall meeting and campaign rally.
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Bloomberg.com:
Rapper Ice Cube on Hillary Clinton's ‘Super Predators’ Comment — Rapper and actor Ice Cube, who was recently inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame with his band N.W.A., discusses the Black Lives Matter movement and Hillary Clinton's controversial “super predators” remark from a 1996 speech on “With All Due Respect.”
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
In Speech on Global Human Rights Abuses, Kerry Attacks Trump — The release of the State Department's annual report on human rights typically focuses on grotesque abuses and atrocities in far-flung corners of the world. But this year, Secretary of State John Kerry found himself addressing something closer …