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New York Times:
Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Coordinate Against Donald Trump — Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio have agreed to coordinate in future primary contests in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, with each candidate standing aside …
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Cruz for President:
Cruz Campaign Releases Statement on Upcoming Primaries — Cruz to Focus Campaign's Time and Resources in Indiana, Allow Kasich to Focus on Oregon and New Mexico — HOUSTON, Texas - Cruz for President Campaign Manager Jeff Roe today released the following statement:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins — New Public Policy Polling surveys in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island conducted on behalf of VoteVets.Org Action Fund find the Democratic race for President in those states competitive, while on the Republican side Donald Trump …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Kasich wants Ind. votes despite Cruz pact — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich on Monday said that Indiana's voters should still back him, despite an alliance with Ted Cruz — to clear the way for his presidential rival in the state's Republican primary.
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David Mark / CNN:
Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump — (CNN)Ted Cruz and John Kasich issued startling statements Sunday night about their paths ahead, the first sign the two campaigns are coordinating to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump to Hire Another Veteran Operative to Fight for Delegates — Ken McKay adds tactical expertise to the billionaire's campaign at a crucial time. — Donald Trump is hiring his third campaign manager of a former rival, adding another veteran political operative to help fight for the delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Cruz-Kasich Deal Means a Much Better Chance to Stop Trump
Cruz-Kasich Deal Means a Much Better Chance to Stop Trump
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Washington Post, National Review, Hullabaloo and The Atlantic
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘It is very significant Kasich is pulling out of Indiana’
Cruz: ‘It is very significant Kasich is pulling out of Indiana’
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's reaction to the Cruz-Kasich alliance was epic
Donald Trump's reaction to the Cruz-Kasich alliance was epic
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American Spectator
Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Losing Unbound Delegate Race to Ted Cruz
Exclusive: Donald Trump Losing Unbound Delegate Race to Ted Cruz
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RedState
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Donald Trump blasts John Kasich and Ted Cruz's alliance: ‘A horrible act of desperation’
Donald Trump blasts John Kasich and Ted Cruz's alliance: ‘A horrible act of desperation’
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Washington Monthly and AOL
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: 'Don't think you're ever going to see me again' if I lose — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — said if he loses the Republican nomination, people shouldn't expect him to stick around in the public eye. — “They fight like hell for six months …
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If I Lose, 'I Don't Think You're Ever Going To See Me Again'
Jim Webb / Washington Post:
We can celebrate Harriet Tubman without disparaging Andrew Jackson — Jim Webb, a Democratic U.S. senator from Virginia from 2007 to 2013, is the author of “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America.” — One would think we could celebrate the recognition that Harriet Tubman …
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Telegraph:
Leading gay rights activist hacked to death in Bangladesh — Two people were hacked to death on Monday at an apartment in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said, with a local television channel identifying one of them as a leading gay rights activist. — “Unidentified attackers entered …
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BBC:
Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death
Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death
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Mtschnyder / CBS Dallas:
Manziel Indicted By Dallas County Grand Jury — DALLAS (KRLD-AM) - Sources in the Dallas County District Attorney's office tell L.P. Phillips of KRLD-AM, Johnny Manziel has been indicted by a Dallas County Grand Jury on a misdemeanor assault with bodily injury charge.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's 107-Year-Old Dance Partner Unable To Obtain Photo ID — A video of Virginia McLaurin dancing with the Obamas went viral in February, but the 107-year-old DC resident has been unable to travel for a flood of interview requests, as she has been unable to replace a photo ID she lost years ago …
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Courtland Milloy / Washington Post:
Obama's dance partner is persona non grata in D.C. government
Obama's dance partner is persona non grata in D.C. government
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Mediaite
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Kansas Governor Justifies Kicking 15,000 People Off Food Stamps — For over five years now, Kansas has served as an economic policy experiment for anti-tax, small-government conservatives. Their lab work is costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars, crippling public service budgets …
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Residents of Colorado town baffled after entire police force suddenly quits — If you find yourself in an emergency situation in Green Mountain Falls, Colo., don't bother calling police. — In this scenic western hamlet, they no longer exist. — All four members of the 700-person town's …
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Mediaite
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP's Supreme Court block will backfire — As the GOP's Senate majority hangs in the balance, here is the inspiring message from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — (R- Ky.) as he asks voters to keep Republicans in charge: Senate Republicans will stop President Obama from putting anyone on the Supreme Court.
Wall Street Journal:
Campaign's Populist Tone Rankles America's CEOs — Executives worry rhetoric on immigration and trade will have repercussions beyond November — Chief executives at big American companies are increasingly frustrated by the populist tone of the presidential campaign, and concerns are mounting …
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The Week
ESPN:
Tom Brady's four-game suspension upheld — A federal appeals court has ruled that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game Deflategate suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the NFL Players Association.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Bad Old Days — Roger Stone, the political provocateur, visited the bar at the Four Seasons Hotel on primary day last week to reminisce about his long friendship with Donald Trump. It started in 1979, when Stone was a twenty-six-year-old aide in Ronald Reagan's Presidential campaign.
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