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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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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Michelle Fields to Pursue Civil Action Against Trump and His Campaign Manager for Defamation — Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields said Wednesday night that she plans to pursue civil action against Donald Trump and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over an incident that occurred last month.
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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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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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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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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality’
Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality’
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Ben Norton / Salon:
Hillary Clinton rakes in Verizon cash while Bernie Sanders supports company's striking workers — Verizon donated $100,000-$250,000 to Clinton Foundation; executives & lobbyists gave thousands to Hillary campaign — In some ways, it would hard for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton to be more different.
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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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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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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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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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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump's insincere process arguments — “Gestapo tactics.” That's how Donald Trump's recently installed campaign manager Paul Manafort characterized the Ted Cruz campaign's successful effort to win all 34 of Colorado's national convention delegates awarded at the long-scheduled …
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 …
dpa-international.com:
Are Islamists using the German military as training ground? — Berlin (dpa) - Sascha B was a calm, competent and sociable young man, moving steadily through the ranks of the German military over the course of three years as he trained Bundeswehr recruits in the use of infantry weapons.
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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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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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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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CNN:
Obama at the CIA: ‘Depraved’ ISIS now on the defensive — Washington (CNN)ISIS is on the defensive after a “bad few months,” President Barack Obama claimed Wednesday during a rare trip to CIA headquarters outside Washington. — He said the “depraved” nature of the organization …
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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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Rudy Takala / Washington Examiner:
Snowden slams Clinton double standard on classified information — Edward Snowden doesn't seem happy that Hillary Clinton might escape the same felony charges for exposing classified information that prosecutors have sought against him. — “Espionage Act violations don't require intent to harm …
Bloomberg:
The Transformation — “As far as we're concerned, it's a completely new resort,” said GM Tom Reolens, a 10-year veteran of the property who managed Ellison's total overhaul, from new rooms to new pools. “We opened up all the views, changed all the landscaping, all new restaurants, and have altered the look to be much more Hawaiian.”
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