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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Trump's Nomination To Lose* — Tuesday night went about as well as possible for Donald Trump. — Two weeks ago, after a rough stretch of states for Trump, we issued a series of delegate projections that included something called a “path-to-1,237” projection, a set of targets …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Ted Cruz is crumbling before our very eyes — MORE FROM: — For the past few weeks, Republican campaign professionals and conservatives who are seeing the GOP nomination heading into Donald Trump's hands have been counseling anti-Trump voters not to panic and consoling themselves …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
IT'S OFFICIAL=> Ted Cruz Is Mathematically ELIMINATED from GOP Race - With Chart
IT'S OFFICIAL=> Ted Cruz Is Mathematically ELIMINATED from GOP Race - With Chart
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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Ted Cruz Desecrates Classic Movie Scene By Calling Hoop a “Basketball Ring”
Ted Cruz Desecrates Classic Movie Scene By Calling Hoop a “Basketball Ring”
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Donald Trump Is Probably Two States From Victory
Why Donald Trump Is Probably Two States From Victory
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump wins every county in ‘Acela primaries’
Trump wins every county in ‘Acela primaries’
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump Lays Claim to Nomination Backed by Smashing Victories
Trump Lays Claim to Nomination Backed by Smashing Victories
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WMUR:
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 …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cruz to make “major announcement” at 4 p.m.; Update: Fiorina as VP? — Hopefully he's planning to announce he's now learned that a “basketball ring” is commonly referred to as a hoop. Good lord, man. — Only two possibilities for what the announcement might be. One is that he's finally landed Mike Pence's endorsement.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz to name Fiorina as VP running mate — Ted Cruz will announce Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential nominee if he's the Republican Party's pick for president, according to three sources with knowledge of the announcement. — Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO …
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Republican Cruz to name Fiorina as his No. 2: media report
Republican Cruz to name Fiorina as his No. 2: media report
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump starts spending to end Cruz in Indiana
Trump starts spending to end Cruz in Indiana
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison — CHICAGO — U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin has 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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NBC News:
Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison in Hush-Money Case — Dennis Hastert, Ex-House Speaker, Arrives for Sentencing in Wheelchair 0:26 — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison in his hush-money case by a judge who called him a …
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Christy Gutowski / Chicago Tribune:
Alleged Hastert victim Individual D is brother of Hastert political ally Tom Cross
Alleged Hastert victim Individual D is brother of Hastert political ally Tom Cross
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton
Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Judge sentences former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in federal prison
Judge sentences former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in federal prison
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
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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Bernie Sanders:
Sanders Statement on Primary Elections
Sanders Statement on Primary Elections
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is no fool. He'll back Clinton when he drops out.
Bernie Sanders is no fool. He'll back Clinton when he drops out.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's refusal to quit in 2008 haunts her in 2016
Clinton's refusal to quit in 2008 haunts her in 2016
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Associated Press:
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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Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Saying ‘vagina’ got me fired, Battle Creek middle school teacher says — Vagina. It's a noun describing female anatomy that caused such outrage in the Michigan Legislature in 2012 that a legislator was blocked from speaking after using it. — Now, a substitute teacher says using it got …
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Nicky Zizaza / WWMT-TV:
W. Mich. substitute teacher fired for using anatomical word during lesson
W. Mich. substitute teacher fired for using anatomical word during lesson
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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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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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The White House / Medium:
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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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Here Are All The Sexist Things Donald Trump Said About Hillary Clinton Wednesday Morning — At the very end of a news conference commemorating his absurdly dominant Tuesday night performance, Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing “the women's card” and said, “If [she] were a man …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
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Baltimore Sun:
Van Hollen wins testy race for Mikulski's seat … Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a seven-term congressman who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Democratic leadership in Washington, won the party's nomination for Maryland's open Senate seat Tuesday. — The son of a Baltimore family …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The Democratic Establishment strikes back in the Acela Primary
The Daily 202: The Democratic Establishment strikes back in the Acela Primary
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fsis.usda.gov:
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Recalls Poultry Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination — Class I Recall — 027-2016 EXP — Health Risk: High … Pilgrim's Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of fully cooked chicken products …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites — Donald Trump's sweeping victories Tuesday night move the Manhattan billionaire a step closer to winning the Republican nomination for president and to pulling off the most improbable political feat in modern American history.
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