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6:50 PM ET, April 25, 2016

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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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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump on Kasich: ‘Never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’  —  ridiculed John Kasich's “disgusting” eating during a rally in Rhode Island on Monday.  —  “Did you see him?  He has a news conference, all the time when he's eating.  I have never seen a human being eat …
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:
New York Times:
Ted Cruz-John Kasich Alliance Against Donald Trump Quickly Weakens  —  The temporary alliance between Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, was already in danger of fraying to the point of irrelevance on Monday …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's reaction to the Cruz-Kasich alliance was epic … The campaigns of Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced Sunday night that they would work together in Indiana, New Mexico and Oregon in an attempt to keep Donald Trump from the Republican presidential nomination.
Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Donald Trump to return to Indiana Wednesday, will be joined by former IU coach Bob Knight
Discussion: WANE-TV, New York Magazine and Prntly
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bobby Knight to campaign for Trump in Indiana
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton in DE Doesn't Bother Mentioning Sanders
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Week
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:   Why the Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance seems destined to fail
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Flings Insults: ‘Disgusting’ Kasich Can't Stop Stuffing His Face (VIDEO)
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rolls out a new nickname for Kasich
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, ESPN and The Slot
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Cruz Campaign Vetting Carly for VP  —  Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned.  —  According to a spokeswoman for Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time presidential candidate is being vetted by Cruz's campaign.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz considering Fiorina for VP
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:   Non-Nominee Cruz Reportedly Begins Vetting Non-Candidate Fiorina For Veep
Robin Wilson / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Plain Dealer:
Tamir Rice settlement should help educate kids on guns, Cleveland police union president says  —  Eric Heisig, cleveland.com By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of the Cleveland rank-and-file police union says the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice should use money …
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Michael Pearson / CNN:
Tamir Rice shooting: Cleveland to pay $6 million to settle family's lawsuit
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hot Air
Office of Media Relations:
Americans Overwhelmingly Engaged in 2016 Election but Tone of Race Is Affecting Voters, New GW Battleground Poll Shows  —  Obama's Approval Rating Turns Positive for First Time in Three Years  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199
Chicago Tribune:
Alleged sex abuse victim sues Dennis Hastert for breach of contract  —  Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert through the years.  —  The man known only as Individual A has filed a lawsuit alleging former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert still owes him $1.8 million — plus accrued interest …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Alleged Hastert victim files $1.8 million lawsuit
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Daily Mail:
Jay-Z's not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission  —  I never like it when entertainers go all political.  —  The cynic in me believes it's rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.
Discussion: Mashable, Raw Story and Mediaite
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly lands big interview with Trump  —  MORE FROM:  —  Megyn Kelly has landed a big interview with Donald Trump after the warring pair agreed to end their feud.  —  Trump will sit for an in-depth interview on Kelly's special, which airs on Fox on May 17, a source confirmed to Page Six.
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 …
Tobias Salinger / New York Daily News:
Texas father murdered 2-year-old daughter because she interrupted his computer games  —  A North Texas man beat and killed his 2-year-old daughter because she distracted him from his computer games, police said.  —  Anthony Michael Sanders, 31, was charged Friday with capital murder …
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’  —  Actor Tim Robbins is alleging the “election is being stolen” from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  In a tweet Monday afternoon, the actor called out The New York Times and CNN, suggesting the media is tipping …
Breitbart:
Rape Trees, Dead Migrants and the Consequences of an Open Border  —  Many of the most caring people in the U.S. think they are helping the poor from Latin America by leaving our Southwest border wide open between ports-of-entry, but they are not.  Several of the transnational criminal organizations …
New York Post:
9/11 Memorial guards order kids to stop singing National Anthem  —  Two tone-deaf security guards at the 9/11 Memorial got tough with some wide-eyed middle-school kids visiting the city for the first time from their small town in North Carolina — because they sang “The Star Spangled Banner.”
Mohammad Jamil Khan / Dhaka Tribune:
LGBT magazine Roopbaan editor hacked to death  —  Two persons including the editor of Roopbaan, the country's first ever LGBT magazine, have been hacked to death at a flat in capital's Kalabagan.  —  The deceased are Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and his friend Tanay  —  Mojumdar  —  Abdul Baten, deputy commissioner of
Harvard University:
Harvard IOP Spring 2016 Poll  —  CLINTON IN COMMANDING LEAD OVER TRUMP AMONG YOUNG VOTERS, HARVARD YOUTH POLL FINDS  —  Sanders remains most popular candidate for America's 18- to 29-year-olds; Nearly half believe today's politics are unable to meet the country's challenges; Majority reject both socialism and capitalism
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 …
Heather Long / CNNMoney:
Yes, China has won big from U.S. trade  —  America's middle class is deeply concerned about jobs, pay and their future, and many of them are blaming China.  —  In the U.S., 43% of voters believe trade with other countries is a bad thing, according to the Pew Research Center.  It's not that hard to understand why.
 
 
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Suffolk University:
Poll Documents:  —  Press Release: Poll Shows Turmoil …
Discussion: USA Today and Political Wire
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Sentencing reform could help U.S. economy: White House panel
Caleb Howe / RedState:
VIDEO: Target Welcomes Man To Use Women's Room, Promises To Handle Women's Complaints
Discussion: Mediaite
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
How police took $53,000 from a Christian band, an orphanage and a church
Gary Gutting / New York Times:
Should Everybody Vote?  —  At election time we inevitably hear …
Discussion: Washington Post
Anna Mulrine / Christian Science Monitor:
Encryption hindering efforts to stop Islamic State, intelligence director says
Discussion: Hit & Run
 Earlier Items: 
Telegraph:
Do Bremainers really think voters will be cowed by the likes of Obama?
MJ Lee / CNN:
Resetting red and blue in the Rust Belt
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's 107-Year-Old Dance Partner Unable To Obtain Photo ID
Discussion: Mediaite
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Bad Old Days
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
Campaign's Populist Tone Rankles America's CEOs
Discussion: The Week
Jim Webb / Washington Post:
We can celebrate Harriet Tubman without disparaging Andrew Jackson