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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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Donald Trump reorganizes campaign just before big state primaries — Two senior Trump sources confirmed an extensive reorganization of the Trump campaign to CBS News on Monday. — Paul Manafort, hired last week to be the convention manager, will now run the Trump campaign …
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Trump insiders frustrated at Lewandowski's attack on Florida GOP
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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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Oral argument in DAPA case highlights the need to block Merrick Garland
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Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration
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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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Pearl Jam Cancels 4/20 Raleigh, NC Concert in Opposition to HB2; Official Band Statement — PEARL JAM STATEMENT … Link to image of statement here. — What is HB2? — North Carolina's HB2 legislation targets the basic rights of transgender people and strips many nondiscrimination protections …
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Pearl Jam Cancels N Carolina Concert In Protest Of ‘Despicable’ Anti-LGBT Law
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Doris Roberts Dead at 90 — DEAD AT 90 — EXCLUSIVE
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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


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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Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill
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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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Snyder: At work, at home, I'll drink Flint water — Some scoff at governor's move as just a public relations stunt — FLINT — Gov. Rick Snyder said he visited a Flint home on Monday and drank filtered water out of the family's kitchen tap, adding that he plans to continue drinking filtered Flint tap water …
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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:


Democracy in the crosshairs — In recent debates, both Hillary Clinton — boasted about the millions of votes they have received in the presidential primaries, with each touting the 8 million or 9 million votes they have won so far. So, out of a country of about 321 million people …


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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Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
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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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How New York will be won — Two New Yorks are voting on Tuesday. — In the Democratic presidential primary, about half the vote will come from New York City's Five Boroughs — a percentage that increases to nearly three-quarters of the vote when the entire New York media market is included.
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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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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 …


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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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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