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Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:
John Boehner talks election, time in office — “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” said former Speaker of the House John Boehner as he took the stage at CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Boehner joined David M. Kennedy, faculty director …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Boehner: Ted Cruz a ‘miserable son of a bitch’ — as “Lucifer in the flesh” during comments at an event Wednesday night at Stanford University. — “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone,” Boehner — (R-Ohio) said, according to The Stanford Daily.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Boehner: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ — When it comes to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, even a few months' time out of Congress has done little to lessen former Speaker John Boehner's contempt for his former Capitol Hill colleague. — “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner told an audience at Stanford …
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
With Fiorina pick, Cruz's H-1B stance now in question — In 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emerged as one of the Senate's top H-1B visa supporters, and argued for a 500% H-1B visa cap increase. But during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Cruz had a conversion.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump mocks Cruz for VP pick, but doesn't attack Fiorina in Indiana speech
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NBC News:
Ted Cruz Names Carly Fiorina as Running Mate
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz names Fiorina as VP running mate
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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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Rebecca Hawkes / Telegraph:
Will Ferrell's' Ronald Reagan dementia comedy is disrespectful to my father, says former president's son
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Will Ferrell to Play Ronald Reagan with Dementia in New Comedy
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Guardian
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way — Hillary Clinton seems poised to win the Democratic nomination, and polls suggest she has an excellent chance of securing the White House in November. For Clinton, it may be less a question of whether she'll win in November, than of how—and what she'll do next.
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CBS News:
Commentary: Yes, Donald Trump can beat Hillary Clinton — How would Donald Trump fare in a general election against Hillary Clinton? The conventional wisdom is that he wouldn't stand a chance. The GOP is divided. His campaign, despite a recent spate of landslide primary wins, appears to have its own civil war going on.
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Hot Air
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Democratic Strategist: Trump Will Beat Hillary Like ‘A Baby Seal’
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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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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
A Pivotal Moment for Bernie Sanders
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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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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Prince's Death: Local Investigators Ask for DEA's Help on Case — The county sheriff investigating the death of Prince is asking for help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Wednesday. — The officials say prescription painkillers …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Source: Prince had opioid medication on him at time of death
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Defense bill would require women to register for draft — Women would have to register for the draft under an amendment added to an annual defense bill Wednesday. — “If we want equality in this country, if we want women to be treated precisely like men are treated and that they should not be discriminated …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Are women headed for the draft? One House committee says yes
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy — Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory. — Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory …
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Franklin Foer / Slate:
The Quiet American — Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world's nastiest tyrants as noble defenders of freedom. Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch. — Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's palace, is impressive by the standards of Palm Beach …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Play the ‘woman card’ and reap these ‘rewards’! — “Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote. The only thing she's got going is the woman's card,” Trump said Tuesday night, after winning 5 primaries. — Ah yes, the woman's card.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump's 'woman's card' comment escalates the campaign's gender wars
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Bloomberg:
“I kind of wish the story hadn't been told that Yahoo was miraculously saved by Marissa” — These moves haven't mollified investors. In March, Starboard Value, which once got the board of Darden Restaurants replaced by, among other things, criticizing Olive Garden for failing to salt its pasta water …
Financial Times:
Daniel Loeb warns of hedge fund ‘killing field’ — One of the most powerful US hedge fund managers believes that the industry is in “first innings of a washout” after a string of disastrous market calls inflicted steep losses on many funds. — Daniel Loeb's stark comments …
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Politico and naked capitalism
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
More Than 800,000 People Sign Pledge to Boycott Target — Over 800,000 people have signed the American Family Association's pledge to boycott Target over the company's policies regarding the use of bathrooms by transgender people. Target announced its “inclusive” bathroom policy last week …
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Senate Democrats push climate change bond bill — Two Senate Democrats have introduced a bill to create a new climate change adaptation fund to be paid for through new federal bonds. — The bond program — from Sens. Barbara Boxer — (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Hispanic voter registration spikes — Registration among Hispanic voters is skyrocketing in a presidential election cycle dominated by Donald Trump — and loud GOP cries to close the border. — Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials …
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Reuters:
Wealthy, educated voters fuel Trump's East Coast sweep — Wealthy, well-educated voters helped carry Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to victory in this week's East Coast primaries, a demographic the famously blunt-spoken billionaire had struggled to attract in the past.
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