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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
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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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Carly Fiorina Randomly Burst Into Song After She Became Ted Cruz's Running Mate
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Before Carly Fiorina Was a Fan of Ted Cruz
Before Carly Fiorina Was a Fan of Ted Cruz
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Ted Cruz just named Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in a desperate campaign shake-up bid
Ted Cruz just named Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in a desperate campaign shake-up bid
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice
Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice
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Donald J Trump for President:
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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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts — In his address to an elite, invitation-only Washington foreign policy audience Wednesday, Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would restore a “coherent” vision to America's role in the world. — But across the ideological spectrum …
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James Kirchick / Politico:
Donald Trump's Russia connections — Realists with Moscow ties are lining up behind Republican frontrunner. — WASHINGTON — Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has proudly disdained the knowledge of experts, particularly within the realm of foreign policy.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence
Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence
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TIME:
Read Donald Trump's ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Speech
Read Donald Trump's ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Speech
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Trump's Foreign Policy Doesn't Improve When Read From a Teleprompter
Trump's Foreign Policy Doesn't Improve When Read From a Teleprompter
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Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Donald Trump explains how he'd rule the world
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
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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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders campaign begins laying off staff
Sanders campaign begins laying off staff
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders To Cut Hundreds Of Staffers After Losses On Tuesday
Bernie Sanders To Cut Hundreds Of Staffers After Losses On Tuesday
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
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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Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN A YEAR IN PRISON — CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Dennis Hastert sentenced to 2 years of supervised release in hush money case
Dennis Hastert sentenced to 2 years of supervised release in hush money case
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Campbell Brown / Politico:
Why I Blame TV for Trump — My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings. — “It feels like it's over,” one old friend from my television days told me recently.
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
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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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Thank you, you idiots’: Watch Maine Gov. Paul LePage melt down after students mock him during speech — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Maine's Republican governor threw a temper tantrum after he was confronted by protesters during an event at a university.
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Guardian:
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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Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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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Pat Peterson / WKRG-TV:
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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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Top Twenty Sexual Crimes Committed at Target Stores — The Target department store chain has made itself infamous for announcing that it will allow transgender people to choose whatever bathroom they want to use at any given time, even though the chain already has many problems with sexual assaults in its stores.
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
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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