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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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Wall Street Journal, JustOneMinute, Vox and Business Insider
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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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Vox, National Review and Politico
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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SCOTUSblog, The Atlantic, Talk Media News, Outside the Beltway, Associated Press and Althouse
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Texas GOPers Vote To Debate Secession At State Convention
Texas GOPers Vote To Debate Secession At State Convention
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The Bob and Chez Show
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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The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Washington Monthly, ABC News, Reuters, US News, USA Today, Slate, NPR, Fox News, CNN, BuzzFeed, Politico, New York Magazine, SCOTUSblog, Hot Air and New York Times
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
King, Gohmert clash with pro-immigration protesters
King, Gohmert clash with pro-immigration protesters
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ABC News, Washington Post and Right Wing Watch
Wall Street Journal:
‘I Am President. I Am Not King’
‘I Am President. I Am Not King’
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Media Matters for America and The Resurgent
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
More Than Immigration at the High Court
More Than Immigration at the High Court
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ThinkProgress, The Colorado Independent, Vox and Off the Kuff
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell ‘Increasingly Optimistic’ That GOP Will Have Contested Convention — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turned down an opportunity to comment on his personal beef with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to implicitly criticize Donald Trump and said he is “increasingly optimistic” …
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Hullabaloo
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
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New York Magazine, The Hill, Hot Air, The Right Scoop and The Gateway Pundit
Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention
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The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP operative sues Trump, Lewandowski for defamation — A veteran Republican operative filed a defamation suit against Donald Trump and his campaign manager in New York on Monday over statements the pair made earlier this year portraying her as a spurned job-seeker with a grudge against the Republican front-runner.
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RedState, The Right Scoop, The Gateway Pundit and TVNewser
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump orders new campaign hierarchy, spending plan
Trump orders new campaign hierarchy, spending plan
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RedState
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump insiders frustrated at Lewandowski's attack on Florida GOP
Trump insiders frustrated at Lewandowski's attack on Florida GOP
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RedState, Raw Story, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
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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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular
Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular
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Mediaite, RedState, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. / The Hill:
Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill — On Monday, April 18, legislators' offices will be visited by individuals associated with a group unknown to most lawmakers: The United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO). In the interest of helping members of the U.S. Congress understand precisely …
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Trail Blazers Blog, Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz adviser claims ‘Islamic supremacism’ being pushed in Congress — 's (R-Texas) office refused to meet with Muslim advocates on Monday, they claimed, after a controversial adviser for Cruz's presidential campaign accused the advocates of pushing “the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood.”
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The Bob and Chez Show
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Clinton in NY: I always carry hot sauce — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — on Monday said that she always keeps a bottle of hot sauce handy in her bag. — “Hot sauce,” she said when asked what she constantly carries in her bag.
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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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Autumn Driscoll / Associated Press:
Sandy Hook Truther Gets Two Years Probation For Harassing Victim's Family — BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A New York City man accused of harassing relatives of a teacher killed in the Newtown school massacre has been sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal.
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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
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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The Daily Caller, Mediaite and National Review
Joel Ebert / Tennessean.com:
Transgender bathroom bill sponsor pulls proposal until next year — The House sponsor of a controversial bill that would require students in public school grades K-12 and higher education institutions to use the restroom that corresponds with their sex at birth is delaying action on the bill until next year.
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Human Rights Campaign, Washington Blade and Towleroad
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Pearl Jam Cancels N Carolina Concert In Protest Of ‘Despicable’ Anti-LGBT Law — Pearl Jam canceled its concert on Monday that was scheduled for April 20 in North Carolina in protest of the law that eliminates local governments' ability to pass legislation to protect gay and transgender individuals.
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Towleroad and myfox8.com
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 …