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Cruz names Fiorina as VP running mate — Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential nominee if he's the Republican Party's pick for president. — If nominated, “I will run on a ticket with my vice-presidential nominee, Carly Fiorina,” …
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Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate — INDIANAPOLIS — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, desperate to alter the course of a presidential primary fight in which Donald J. Trump is closing in on victory, will announce Wednesday afternoon that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate …
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Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice — Picking Carly Fiorina to be his running mate would be a bad choice on the part of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump opined Wednesday, remarking that the former Republican presidential candidate “did not resonate” and that it would further hurt the Texas senator's case.
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WMUR first: Cruz to announce intention to name Fiorina as his running mate — Former business executive viewed as a potential asset to Cruz's attempt to wrest nomination from Trump — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will announce on Wednesday afternoon that former presidential rival Carly Fiorina …



Ted Cruz just named Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in a desperate campaign shake-up bid
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Before Carly Fiorina Was a Fan of Ted Cruz
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Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
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Donald Trump Beat Expectations Everywhere, Suggesting a Broad Shift
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Bernie Sanders to Cut Hundreds of Staff Members and Turn to California — WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.
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Sanders campaign begins laying off staff — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Bernie Sanders' campaign started letting hundreds of field staffers go on Wednesday, hours after five states in the Northeast voted and the Vermont senator fell further behind Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination …
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Bernie Sanders To Cut Hundreds Of Staffers After Losses On Tuesday
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DONALD J. TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH — Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation. — I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country …
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Read Donald Trump's ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Speech — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump outlined an “America first” foreign policy approach in what was billed as a major address at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. — Here is a full transcript of the speech.
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Trump's big speech tests his foreign policy and style — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona …
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Trump's Foreign Policy Doesn't Improve When Read From a Teleprompter
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Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison — CHICAGO — U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Wednesday sentenced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison, calling him a “serial child molester,” and ignoring the defense's request for no prison time.
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Former Lawmakers Stand By Defense Of Dennis Hastert's Character
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FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN A YEAR IN PRISON
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Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton

Dennis Hastert sentenced to 2 years of supervised release in hush money case
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Alleged Hastert victim Individual D is brother of Hastert political ally Tom Cross
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Will Ferrell to Play Former President Ronald Reagan in New Movie (EXCLUSIVE) … Having already famously portrayed former President George W. Bush in various comedy sketches, Will Ferrell is now setting his sights on another former commander in chief. — Sources tell Variety Ferrell …
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Girl, 12, runs half-marathon by mistake — New York girl realised halfway through she was on wrong course but decided to finish anyway — A 12-year-old girl in New York has mistakenly run a half-marathon after she confused the start of the race with a five kilometre course she was supposed to be running.
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Justices Lean Toward Bob McDonnell, Ex-Virginia Governor, in Corruption Case — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed ready to side with Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia who was convicted of public corruption and faces two years in prison.
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Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of McDonnell's conviction
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Melania Trump on Her Rise, Her Family Secrets, and Her True Political Views: “Nobody Will Ever Know” — How does a shy ex-model make her way from Slovenia to, just maybe, the White House? To Melania Trump—and to the people who know her back home—her journey to marrying The Donald is like a fairy tale …
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Exclusive: Half of Americans think presidential nominating system ‘rigged’ - poll — More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Foley Plane Crash Caught on Camera — FOLEY, AL- — Surveillance video from a Foley business captured incredible images of a plane crash near the city's airport. — The crash happened south of the airport off Hickory Street Tuesday afternoon. A Cessna 421 Twin Engine clipped a few trees over business
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Trump Supporters Already Pre-Spinning November Trump Loss — For all the bravado of Donald Trump's online supporters, now that his sweep of the Northeast has put him in a potentially strong position to take the nomination, they are mostly spending the day...preparing to blame other people for Trump's inevitable loss in November.
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Asked and Answered: President Obama Responds to an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Flint — At eight years old, Mari Copeny—known around town as “Little Miss Flint”—wrote to President Obama last month from her home in Flint, Michigan to share how she is working to bring attention to the public health crisis in her community.
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13-year-old with ‘replica’ weapon shot by police in East Baltimore — Police investigate the shooting aroun the McKim Community Center. — A 13-year-old boy was shot by Baltimore Police officers in East Baltimore who said he was carrying a “replica” weapon, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday evening.
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