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7:50 AM ET, April 18, 2016

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Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
My threesome with Clarence Thomas  —  A former gal pal of Clarence Thomas said the future Supreme Court justice was a manscaping maven with an impeccable scent during their ménage-à-trois days.  —  “He mostly always smelled like soap and just naturally had a wonderful odor to his body …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Focus on Chief Justice as Supreme Court Hears Immigration Challenge  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. twice voted to save President Obama's health care law, infuriating his usual allies on the right.  Now, conservatives are nervous that the chief justice will disappoint …
Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side  —  THE legal controversy surrounding the Obama administration's immigration enforcement policies will soon come to a head when the Supreme Court justices hear the case United States v. Texas on Monday.  Texas claims that the president's executive …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama amnesty Supreme Court case to test limits of presidential power  —  The Constitution was ratified more than two centuries ago, and in all that time no president had ever tested the limits of executive power enough to force the Supreme Court to rule whether he has lived up to the founders' command …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama's immigration legacy goes to court
Discussion: Washington Post
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump on contested convention: 'I hope it doesn't involve violence' … STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he hopes a contested Republican convention in July “doesn't involve violence” if he is denied the nomination during second-ballot voting.
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Florida offers reminder of Cruz's tough slog ahead
Discussion: RedState
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Trump Campaign: Cruz Staged ‘Attack’ In Georgia To Steal Delegates...'Not Grassroots Activism'
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Donald Trump Says ‘Rigged’ Convention Should Not Be Met With Violence
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Supporters Steal American Flag, Walk out of Georgia Convention After Losing Delegate Fight
CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump keeps large lead in New York; ahead in California
Discussion: Hot Air, Hullabaloo and RedState
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11  —  In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America's delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom.
Discussion: Breitbart and Jihad Watch
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Kristin Donnelly / NBC News:
Secret 28 Pages of 9/11 Report Under New Scrutiny
Discussion: Pamela Geller, Forbes and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
No Agreement on Oil Freeze at Doha Meeting
Discussion: Washington Post
Daily Mail:
Victims of 9/11 families accuse Obama of ‘siding with Saudi Arabia’ …
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Dilma Rousseff Is Impeached by Brazil's Lower House of Congress  —  BRASÍLIA — Brazilian legislators voted on Sunday night to approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the nation's first female president, whose tenure has been buffeted by a dizzying corruption scandal, a shrinking economy and spreading disillusionment.
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
Brazilian congress votes to impeach president Dilma Rousseff  —  Government concedes after lower house overwhelmingly backs move to remove Rousseff, who now faces vote in senate  —  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday as a hostile and corruption-tainted congress voted to impeach her.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust  —  Earlier this month, a couple of inventive young go-getters at Buzzfeed tied enough rubber bands around the center of a watermelon to make it explode.  Nearly a million people watched the giant berry burst on Facebook Live.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement  —  Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency.  Bernie's isn't anything new.  But it can be.  —  He'd just been declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and now Bernie Sanders, speaking from a stage in Laramie …
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
The pageant of Donald Trump's dreams  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump piled into his limousine with a group of pin-up calendar models dressed in skimpy dresses.  It was a snowy night in Manhattan, December 1992, and the festive group was embarking on a circuit of exclusive clubs after a sumptuous dinner at the Plaza Hotel's Oak Room.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Texas man brings real gun to water gun fight — and shoots 15-year-old girl  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Law enforcement officials in Spring, Texas said over the weekend that they were questioning a man after he shot a 15-year-old girl who was playing with water guns.
Discussion: AOL and Click2Houston.com
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Hacking Your Phone  —  Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how cellphones and mobile phone networks are vulnerable to hacking  —  The following script is from “Hacking Your Phone” which aired on April 17, 2016.  Sharyn Alfonsi is the correspondent.  Howard L. Rosenberg and Julie Holstein, producers.
Discussion: The Hill
Bloomberg:
Mexico Won't Be ‘Bullied’ by Trump's Threat to Fund Border Wall  —  It's also a matter of ‘dignity,’ finance minister says  —  Country plans to buy back some debt in coming weeks: Videgaray  —  Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray called billionaire Donald Trump's proposal to force …
 
 
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Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters:
Castro, 84, says Cuba's leaders are too old, proposes limits
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump's Trade Policies
Discussion: CNNMoney, Forbes and New York Times
New York Times:
Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act
Mwschooley / CBS Boston:
Lowell Senior Panhandling To Help Pay Way To Medical School
New York Times:
Race for Latest Class of Nuclear Arms Threatens to Revive Cold War
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Michael Bates / BatesLine:
Cruz supporters sweep Oklahoma 1st District Convention
Michael Slezak / Guardian:
Robots, lasers, poison: the high-tech bid to cull wild cats in the outback
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Police: Mother leaves infant in hot car for strip club audition, 2 arrested
New York Times:
Why Americans Can't Vote  —  The state of the nation's underfunded …
Laura Bult / New York Daily News:
Hundreds of New York state voters to file suit calling the closed primary 'a threat to our …
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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