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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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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Michelle Fields to Pursue Civil Action Against Trump and His Campaign Manager for Defamation
Michelle Fields to Pursue Civil Action Against Trump and His Campaign Manager for Defamation
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Free legal advice to Michelle Fields: don't bring a civil lawsuit
Washington Post:
Republicans like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The general public doesn't. — What is a super PAC? … State of the 2016 race — Strong headwinds of unpopularity continue to hobble leading Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz with the public at-large, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Editorials / New York Daily News:
Daily News Editorial Board says vote John Kasich: His maturity and pragmatism shine, especially in contrast to the dangerous and disgraceful character of Donald Trump — New York's 2.7 million registered Republican voters can break the fever that torments their party by voting for principled …
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Inside Ted Cruz's novel strategy for winning from behind — What is a super PAC? … State of the 2016 race — IRVINE, Calif. — Eight days before Republican voters in the state of New York would award a massive trove of 95 delegates, Ted Cruz stood three time zones away in a hotel ballroom packed …
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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
After His Honeymoon, Ted Cruz Immediately Bought 100 Cans Of Soup — Thanks to CNN's town hall, America just got another glimpse into the waking hell that is Heidi Cruz's daily life. Tonight's entry into the Heidi Cruz catalogue of the macabre: A newlywed Ted Cruz celebrates by buying 100 cans of Campbell's Chunky soup.
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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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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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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Cruz on Trump campaign: 'They're acting like union boss thugs'
Cruz on Trump campaign: 'They're acting like union boss thugs'
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump asks Pittsburgh: How's Joe Paterno? … Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — invoked the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno on Wednesday. — “How's Joe Paterno? We gonna bring that back?” Trump said during a rally in Pittsburgh. “How about that whole deal?”
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality’ — “I think that having so many Southern states go first kind of distorts reality” — Bernie Sanders told “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore at a taping Wednesday evening that scheduling Southern states early in the Democratic primary “distorts reality.”
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Meena Jang / Billboard:
Ice Cube: ‘Donald Trump Is What Americans Aspire to Be’ — EMAIL ME — Ice Cube likened GOP candidate Donald Trump to the “American dream” during a sit-down with Bloomberg. — “Donald Trump is what Americans love. Donald Trump is what Americans aspire to be — rich, powerful …
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US Navy Ship Encounters Aggressive Russian Aircraft in Baltic Sea — STUTTGART, Germany (NNS) — A United States Navy destroyer operating in international waters in the Baltic Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft April 11 and 12. — USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) …
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Sacramento Bee:
UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet — UC Davis sought to eliminate negative search results for school and chancellor — Strategic communications budget soared during Katehi's tenure — Students occupying area outside Katehi's office call for her resignation
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
How to Fix the U.S. Supreme Court Impasse — Americans, like all humans, are trapped in history; thus we can't know now whether the American republic is on its deathbed or simply spiking one of its periodic fevers. The patient has recovered from near-fatal illness before …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Megyn Kelly: Meeting with Trump allowed us to ‘clear the air’ — Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said on her show “The Kelly File” Wednesday night that her meeting with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — allowed the two to “clear the air.” — “The meeting was at my request …
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 …
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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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump — Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton. — But privately, the super PAC conceived by Rove is suggesting to its donors …
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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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Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Michael Moore Boycotts North Carolina: You Anti-Gay Bigots Don't Get to See My Latest Flop — Michael Moore joined rocker Bruce Springsteen and other celebrities in boycotting North Carolina after the state passed a religious freedom law that some have slammed as discriminatory against transgendered persons.
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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 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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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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Katy Perry wins a victory in battle to buy nuns' convent in Los Feliz — The convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Feliz has ornate architecture and views of downtown and the San Gabriel Mountains. — In a victory for Katy Perry, a Los Angeles judge announced Wednesday …
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