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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration — The Supreme Court appeared divided during oral arguments Monday in a crucial case challenging the executive actions on immigration that President Obama took in 2014. — Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is typically the court's swing voter …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court appears deadlocked over Obama's immigration plan — Supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washingtonon Monday. — The Supreme Court appeared deadlocked Monday over President Obama's plan to offer work permits to as many as 4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Split on Obama's Immigration Plan — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed sharply divided during an extended argument over a challenge to President Obama's plan that would shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work in the country legally.
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Political Wire and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
‘I Am President. I Am Not King’ — The Supreme Court turns to Obama's lawless immigration order. — One reason American politics is so polarized is that President Obama has been so cavalier about his constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws he dislikes.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Initial prognosis poor for Obama's immigration program at Supreme Court
Initial prognosis poor for Obama's immigration program at Supreme Court
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Politico, CNN, Right Wing Watch and Hot Air
Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention — Republicans have been struggling for months in the shadow of Donald Trump to get corporate sponsors to pony up for their convention. Now Democratic fundraisers are feeling their pain, too.
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Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
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The Right Scoop
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'
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The Gateway Pundit
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cruz Talks Trump, ‘New York Values’ in ‘GMA’ Town Hall
Cruz Talks Trump, ‘New York Values’ in ‘GMA’ Town Hall
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Washington Post, FOX News Radio, Talking Points Memo and Business Insider
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton's National Lead Down to Two Points — Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders nationally by just two points in the Democratic presidential race, according to results from a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — Clinton gets support from 50 percent of Democratic primary voters …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular
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RedState, Mediaite, Consortiumnews.com, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Catey Hill / MarketWatch:
45% of Americans pay no federal income tax — Many Americans don't have to worry about giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned cash for their income taxes this year. — An estimated 45.3% of American households — roughly 77.5 million — will pay no federal individual income tax …
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Clayton Cramer
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump insiders frustrated at Lewandowski's attack on Florida GOP — Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was cleaning up one political mess in Florida when he walked himself into another, launching an error-filled attack on the state's GOP chairman and revealing his camp's internal goal for delegate accumulation.
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story and New York Magazine
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Sanders's Practically Unprecedented Success — NEW YORK—By steadily increasing his support in national polls to the point where it now essentially equals Hillary Clinton's, Bernie Sanders has crossed a threshold that few other challengers to a heavily favored front-runner have ever reached.
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Eric Trump: My Dad Is Going to Go After Hillary in a Way That No One Has Ever Gone After Her Before … Monday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, weighed in on Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's decision …
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 …
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, US News and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Robber Baron Recessions — When Verizon workers went on strike last week, they were mainly protesting efforts to outsource work to low-wage, non-union contractors. But they were also angry about the company's unwillingness to invest in its own business. In particular, Verizon has shown …
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Washington Monthly and bradford-delong.com
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders keeps saying his average donation is $27, but his own numbers contradict that … By the time Larry David appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to spoof Bernie Sanders in early February, his talking point about his campaign's average donation being $27 was already well known enough to be a punchline.
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Common Dreams, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
GOP ‘King of Dirty Tricks’ on RNC's Plan to Stop Trump — What Roger Stone knows about Trump's strategy (he's winging it), and the efforts to take the candidate down — Depending on whom you talk to, Roger Stone, the veteran GOP strategist and consigliere to a long line of Republicans …
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RedState and Washington Examiner
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
Defaults hit highest level since '09 bust — Get ready to step over some landmines, investors. The number of companies defaulting on their debt is hitting levels not seen since the financial crisis, and it's not just a problem for bondholders. — So far this year, 46 companies have defaulted …
Mike McPhate / New York Times:
Teenager Is Accused of Live-Streaming a Friend's Rape on Periscope — When an Ohio teenager witnessed her 17-year-old friend being raped, according to officials, she not only failed to help the victim, she pointed her phone and streamed a live video of it on the Periscope app.
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The Verge and The American Conservative
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Texas GOPers Vote To Debate Secession At State Convention — A group that advocates for Texas seceding from the United States says at least 22 local Republican conventions passed resolutions last month that called for a vote on secession at the state convention, The Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
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The Bob and Chez Show
Stuart Taylor Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas — I covered the confirmation hearings in 1991. HBO's movie heavily edits history to favor Anita Hill. — By — The current battle over President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland is child's play compared with the lurid brawl …
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The Federalist and Mediaite
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Gillibrand's tearful plea to Bernie: Give up your guns — ALBANY, N.Y. — Bernie Sanders is known for sticking to his guns — literally — and that might be his undoing in big, bullet-strafed states like New York. — Sanders, a paragon of political consistency who has almost never flip-flopped …
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National Review and The Daily Caller