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Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes — Ted Cruz and John Kasich pin their fading hopes on Indiana's Republican presidential primary next week — ROCKVILLE, Md.—Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals …
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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 …
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 …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! MUST-SEE VIDEO=> HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS Chase Down Trump's Caravan in Rhode Island — THIS WAS AMAZING! — Trump Supporters - Young, Old, Middle Aged, Men, Women, Children - Chase down the Trump caravan in Warwick, Rhode Island. — They were RUNNING ACROSS A FIELD …
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ABC News:
Watch: Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz Over Delegates
Watch: Trump Supporter Confronts Ted Cruz Over Delegates
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The Right Scoop and Mediaite
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Trump relentlessly mocks Kasich: ‘I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’
Trump relentlessly mocks Kasich: ‘I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion’
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Cruz-Kasich Deal Has the Potential to Stop Trump
Why Cruz-Kasich Deal Has the Potential to Stop Trump
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why the Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance seems destined to fail
Why the Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance seems destined to fail
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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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Balloon Juice, Guardian, Media Matters for America, American Spectator and New York Magazine
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
Cruz considering Fiorina for VP
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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.
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Melissa Harris-Perry / ELLE:
A Call and Response with Melissa Harris-Perry: The Pain and the Power of ‘Lemonade’
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
You need to chill out, Tim Robbins … The last we heard from actor and Bernie Sanders mega-supporter Tim Robbins, he was disparaging Hillary Clinton's big wins in the South by pointing out that those states would vote for the Republican in November. (We pointed out that Sanders won a lot of red states …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’
Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’
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Jim VandeHei / Wall Street Journal:
Bring on a Third-Party Candidate — Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type. Here's how to do it. — I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble—the heart of Establishment America—covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Lena Dunham promises to move to Canada if Trump wins — Lena Dunham is the latest celebrity to say she'll hightail it out of the country if Donald Trump — is elected president. — “I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will,” Dunham told Andy Cohen at the Matrix Awards on Monday.
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NBC News:
Dennis Hastert's Accuser Sues Him for $1.8 Million — The accuser at the center of the Dennis Hastert hush-money case filed a $1.8 million lawsuit against him on Monday, two days before the former House Speaker's sentencing. — The man known only as Individual A — who says he was just 14 years old …
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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
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bobby Knight to campaign for Trump in Indiana — Legendary Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight will appear with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Wednesday in Indianapolis. — Trump's campaign on Monday announced that Knight is joining the billionaire for a campaign rally.
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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Donald Trump to return to Indiana Wednesday, will be joined by former IU coach Bob Knight
Donald Trump to return to Indiana Wednesday, will be joined by former IU coach Bob Knight
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WISH-TV, WANE-TV, New York Magazine and Prntly
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey's Erdogan as an ape crushing free speech … After a Dutch journalist was arrested in Turkey this weekend for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most-read newspaper in the Netherlands on Monday published a front-page editorial cartoon …
Larry Downes / Washington Post:
The future of TV is arriving faster than anyone predicted — Late last week, Comcast announced a new program that allows makers of smart TVs and other Internet-based video services to have full access to your cable programming without the need for a set-top box.
Roger Harrabin / BBC:
Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’ — Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants. — A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.
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Sophia A. McClennen / Salon:
Maybe Donald Trump has really lost his mind: What if the GOP frontrunner isn't crazy, but simply not well? — We've become familiar with his ramblings, and at ease mocking them. But they might be the sign of someone unwell — The Donald Trump gaffe track keeps playing.
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.
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
VIDEO: Target Welcomes Man To Use Women's Room, Promises To Handle Women's Complaints — This video has been going around Facebook all day today, but was apparently uploaded to YouTube on Friday, and shows a man, Andy Park, visiting a Target store in Florida and asking about their bathroom policy.
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Associated Press:
Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo ID mandate — RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina's election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.
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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 …
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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