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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump orders new campaign hierarchy, spending plan — In a shakeup that's roiling Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the GOP front-runner told senior staffers at a Saturday meeting that he wants his recent hires Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley to take the reins in upcoming states …
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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.
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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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Oral argument in DAPA case highlights the need to block Merrick Garland — The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in United States v. Texas. This is the case in which Texas and 25 other states challenge the Obama administration's deferred-action policy (DAPA), otherwise known as executive amnesty …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Dirty Way Texas Could Win Its Supreme Court Challenge To Obama's Immigration Policies — WASHINGTON, DC — One of the biggest uncertainties in United States v. Texas, a challenge to Obama administration programs that could enable over 4 million undocumented immigrants to temporarily remain …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration
Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court appears deadlocked over Obama's immigration plan
Supreme Court appears deadlocked over Obama's immigration plan
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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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Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Sanders Campaign Complains About Clinton's Joint Fundraising Committee
Bernie Sanders:
Clinton-DNC Joint Fundraising Raises Serious Campaign Finance Concerns
Clinton-DNC Joint Fundraising Raises Serious Campaign Finance Concerns
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump hope N.Y. primary cements their front-runner status
Clinton and Trump hope N.Y. primary cements their front-runner status
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TMZ.com:
Doris Roberts Dead at 90 — DEAD AT 90 — EXCLUSIVE
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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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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
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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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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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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy — Bernie Sanders released his 2014 tax return this weekend, revealing that he and his wife took $60,208 in deductions from their taxable income. These deductions are all perfectly legal and permitted under the U.S. tax code, but they present a morally inconvenient …
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Chris Jancelewicz / globalnews.ca:
David Furnish, Elton John sex scandal: British media forbidden from covering couple — The alleged story goes something like this: Elton John's partner and now-husband of 23 years, Canadian David Furnish, has been having a longtime affair with British businessman Daniel Laurence. — Story continues below
Justin Holcomb / Townhall.com:
UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike — The $15 minimum wage hike in California has sent financially troubled UC Berkeley into decision making mode, and “the people who clean buildings, who work in food services or health clinics,” says Todd Stenhouse, will be the ones without a job.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Virgin Islands GOP Meeting Ends With Shoving, Shouting and Cops — Things are really spinning out of control for the Virgin Islands Republican Party. — The Republican Territorial Committee held a joint meeting Saturday at a gun range in St. Croix, but the meeting erupted into chaos …
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Doyle Rice / USA Today:
4 dead as historic, 20-inch rain swamps Houston area — Flooding in Houston forced families to flee their homes by ANY means necessary. — Drenching rain, which brought flash floods to much of eastern and southern Texas on Sunday and Monday, deluged Houston, killing four and leading to scores of water rescues.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Obama Crime Wave Comes to Minnesota — The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that so far in 2016, shootings in Minneapolis are up by an astounding 85% over 2015. Other violent crime is up as well: … The increased gun violence is centered on mostly-black North Minneapolis:
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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Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S. — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the blood-testing company misled investors about the state of its technology and operations — Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether Theranos Inc. misled investors …
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Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Video: Transgender Anti-Trump Agitator Spits in Trump Supporter's Face — “I'm a tranny, go ahead, punch a woman!” — Video shot in Portland shows a transgender anti-Trump demonstrator spit in a Trump supporter's face before asserting, “I'm a tranny, go ahead, punch a woman!”
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House signals veto on Saudi 9/11 bill — The White House on Monday signaled President Obama would veto legislation to allow Americans to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for any role officials played in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. — “Given the long list of concerns I have expressed …
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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.
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
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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