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EXCLUSIVE WTHR/HPI Poll: Trump, Clinton have small leads in Indiana, overall tight race — INDIANAPOLIS - — The results of the first statewide poll for Indiana's upcoming primary show a small lead for party front runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with a tight race on both sides of the aisle.
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Common Dreams, The Last Refuge, Prntly, Princeton Election Consortium, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Capitol Weekly, The Daily Caller and CNN
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump leads in California, Clinton-Sanders in close race — Republican Donald Trump holds a big lead in California, in a new Fox News Poll, while Hillary Clinton has a razor-thin edge over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race. — Trump captures 49 percent of likely Republican primary voters.
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Politico, Political Wire and Prntly
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Criticizes Fox News After Sean Hannity Dustup — “Fox News has got to decide what stories they want to air and what stories they want to tell.” — w.soundcloud.com — Ted Cruz criticized Fox News on Friday for the way some of their on air hosts have covered the delegate selection process.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders says Clinton's platform could determine how much he would campaign for her — What is the GOP establishment? … State of the race 2016 — Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview broadcast Friday that he would wait to see what Hillary Clinton includes …
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Politicus USA, Politico, The Week and The Daily Beast
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Virginia Governor Restoring Voting Rights to Felons — WASHINGTON — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia will use his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing his Republican-run legislature. The action will overturn a Civil War-era provision …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Voting Effect of Virginia's Move on Felons? Small but Potentially Decisive
The Voting Effect of Virginia's Move on Felons? Small but Potentially Decisive
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The Atlantic
governor.virginia.gov:
Governor McAuliffe Restores Voting and Civil Rights to Over 200,000 Virginians
Governor McAuliffe Restores Voting and Civil Rights to Over 200,000 Virginians
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Common Dreams, ABC News, CityLab, Crime and Consequences Blog and Courthouse News Service
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
About 200,000 convicted felons in Virginia will now have the right to vote in November
About 200,000 convicted felons in Virginia will now have the right to vote in November
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Feeds, The Gateway Pundit, Hit & Run and Hot Air
Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Prince Once Wrote A Donald Trump Song And It Is Spectacular — It is a ‘90s romantic ballad and it is called “Donald Trump (Black Version).” — Outside of his own hits, the late Prince was famous for having writing, instrumental, or production credits on other artists’ albums. — Mike Blake / Reuters
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Media Matters for America, Gothamist, Raw Story, Business Insider and The Week
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Backtracks on Pro-LGBT View
Trump Backtracks on Pro-LGBT View
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The Atlantic, Washington Blade and Shakesville
CBS News:
Donald Trump amends stance on North Carolina transgender bathroom law
Donald Trump amends stance on North Carolina transgender bathroom law
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Media Matters for America, Advocate, Patterico's Pontifications, Talking Points Memo and Towleroad
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz on Trump: ‘This has become the Washington campaign’
Cruz on Trump: ‘This has become the Washington campaign’
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Washington Post and LifeNews.com
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Priebus slams ‘Never Trump’ movement, calls for GOP unity — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Friday called for Republicans to unite ahead of the general election, striking back against the “Never Trump” movement. — “It is essential to victory in November …
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Politico, Hot Air, The Last Tradition, ABC News, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, The Bob and Chez Show and Washington Post
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz: Trump can't get to 1,237 if he loses Indiana
Cruz: Trump can't get to 1,237 if he loses Indiana
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The Right Scoop
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Unite or Die: RNC's Reince Priebus Defies ‘Never Trump’ Movement
Unite or Die: RNC's Reince Priebus Defies ‘Never Trump’ Movement
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Prntly and BizPac Review
WLWT Digital / WLWT-TV:
Ohio AG: Eighth body found in Pike Co. shooting, assailant ‘probably loose’ — At least 4 crime scenes discovered, AG says — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said eight people were found dead in Pike County on Friday morning. — The office said that the victims were shot “execution-style.”
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Hillary Clinton / Salon:
Hillary's primary success is a sham: Bernie Sanders will remain the true Democratic front-runner until the FBI finishes its Investigation — It's not over until the FBI clears Hillary Clinton— which it absolutely shouldn't — Bernie Sanders is the only Democratic candidate for president not linked to an FBI investigation.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, JustOneMinute and RedState
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Renews Attacks on Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania
Bernie Sanders Renews Attacks on Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania
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Liberal Values and Salon
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Grassley: FBI could leak Clinton email investigation — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley suggested on Friday that the FBI might leak reports of its investigation into presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state. — Grassley, Iowa's senior senator …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Daily Mail:
Boris Johnson branded ‘racist’ and likened to the right-wing Tea Party after his attack on the ‘part Kenyan’ Barack Obama — Mayor of London mentioned Obama's African ancestry as he criticised the decision to remove Winston Churchill bust from the Oval Office
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Daily Wire and Guardian
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The Independent:
Boris Johnson has criticised the US president Barack Obama and suggested his attitude …
Boris Johnson has criticised the US president Barack Obama and suggested his attitude …
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Trump Vets Chair: Charity Money? Not My Problem — Three months ago Donald Trump held a fundraiser for wounded veterans and apparently raised $6 million. But most of that money has yet to be distributed and Trump's chairman for veterans issues couldn't care less.
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Trump's Popularity Among Catholics Soars After Being Dissed by Pope Francis — The Pope's harsh words for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump last February seem not to have hurt the candidate's popularity among Catholics, which actually increased by more than 20% since the pontiff's unfortunate remarks.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Why Six Swing-State GOP Senators Are in Trouble - And How They Can Survive — In a complicated political season, nobody has more complications to worry about than the half-dozen Republican senators seeking re-election in tight, swing-state contests. — Those senators-hailing from Illinois …
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Daily Kos
Heide Brandes / Reuters:
Oklahoma lawmakers approve bill to revoke licenses of abortion doctors — An Oklahoma bill that could revoke the license of any doctor who performs an abortion has headed to the governor, with opponents saying the measure in unconstitutional and promising a legal battle against the cash-strapped state if it is approved.
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Michael Harrington / RedState:
Ted Cruz has won the nomination *Detailed Analysis* — An Update to New York Never Mattered — I have been called upon to demonstrate how I get that there is a less than 1% chance of Trump winning the nomination. Steve Deace said I was either “Mad Smart or just Mad”.
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Freedom's Lighthouse
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
WATCH: University Official Threatens to Call Police on Reporter at Milo Protest Because Students Need ‘Safe Space’ — A female journalist and her film crew were harassed by a university official while trying to cover a protest over the appearance of Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos at American University.
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Hit & Run
Rory Carroll / Guardian:
Secretive group of Hollywood conservatives suddenly dissolves — The announcement by the Friends of Abe fueled speculation that infighting over Donald Trump's candidacy had drained commitment — The Friends of Abe has acted as a clandestine club for Hollywood conservatives for more than a decade …
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The Atlantic, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune
Daily Mail:
Migrants versus the MAFIA: Cosa Nostra ‘declares war’ on refugees as mayor says Sicily capital feels more like Istanbul or Beirut than Europe — Mafia bosses have ‘declared war’ against migrants on the holiday paradise of Sicily as one thousand new arrivals pour on to the island every week.
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Vlad Tepes and The Daily Caller