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4:40 PM ET, April 27, 2016

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New York Times:
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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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 …
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,” the Texas senator said before the crowd began chanting “Carly.”
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 …
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 …
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Trump Nears Nomination
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Republican Cruz to name Fiorina as vice presidential running mate: reports
Discussion: EveryJoe, Hot Air and LifeNews.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice
Discussion: Washington Post, Guardian, Mediaite and AOL
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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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 …
TIME:
Read Donald Trump's ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Speech
Discussion: American Spectator
Associated Press:
TRUMP VOWS TO PUT “AMERICA FIRST” IN FOREIGN POLICY
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Former Lawmakers Stand By Defense Of Dennis Hastert's Character  —  Two ex-Congressmen who wrote letters of support for Dennis Hastert tell BuzzFeed News the former Speaker of the House is being treated unfairly.  —  Two former members of Congress passionately defended writing letters …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
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.
Discussion: The Week
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton
Discussion: Raw Story
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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William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Killed Reaganism
Discussion: Points and Figures
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is no fool. He'll back Clinton when he drops out.
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
Discussion: WTHI-TV
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 …
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.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of McDonnell's conviction  —  These 10 states will decide whether Trump is the GOP nominee … Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed highly skeptical of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell's 2014 corruption conviction for actions he took …
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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
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
This Alabama City Will Now Put Transgender People In Jail For Peeing At Target  —  On Tuesday night, the City Council of Oxford, Alabama unanimously approved a new ordinance that will punish individuals for using restrooms that do not match their biological sex as stated on their birth certificate.
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show and CNN
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Krystyna Biassou / WLOS-TV:
Sen. Tom Apodaca says Republicans may put HB2 on the ballot in November  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — The man in the senate who controls House Bill 2's path once it crosses the aisle said state Republicans may leave the bill's fate up to a vote of the people.  —  Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Buncombe/Henderson …
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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Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
Trump Supporters Already Pre-Spinning November Trump Loss
Arizona Republic:
McCain fundraiser arrested in meth-lab bust in Phoenix
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Fairfax abortion clinic's license suspended by Virginia health department
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Stephen Colbert to lawmakers pushing bathroom bills: 'You're the weirdos'
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump passes Romney's popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Florida governor calls on the Never Trump movement to disband
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Baltimore Sun:
Van Hollen wins testy race for Mikulski's seat
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites
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