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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds 15-Point Lead Ahead of Republican Rivals in Indiana Poll — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton 4 points ahead of rival Bernie Sanders — Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead in the Republican presidential primary in Indiana, and a majority of GOP voters disapprove …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Cruz's camp, confidence crumbles — BURLINGAME, Calif. — Ted Cruz is speaking confidently about knocking off Donald Trump to take the GOP nomination, but his top staffers admit they're getting nervous. — In interviews, several aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity …
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Stephanie Wang / Indianapolis Star:
Poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Indiana — A new poll gives U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a significant lead in Indiana's Republican presidential primary, with support from 44.8 percent of voters polled. — The Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics poll puts GOP front-runner Donald Trump …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race — ‘Stop Trump’ movement's hopes hinge on Indiana primary 3:44 — Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the potentially decisive May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Ted Cruz and Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON May 1, 2016 and it will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: And we're joined now by Senator Ted Cruz. Congratulations on your endorsement from Governor Pence.
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Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Larry Wilmore's 2016 White House correspondents' dinner speech … Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you, thanks for keeping that applause going all the way, too, I appreciate that. — Well, welcome to “Negro Night” here at the Washington Hilton …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Larry Wilmore Reflects on Obama's Legacy at WHCD: ‘You Did It, My N*gga’ — The Nightly Show's Larry Wilmore took the podium at the White House Correspondents Dinner right after President Obama tonight and spent a lot of time reflecting on President Obama and his legacy.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama roasts the media, RNC and, of course, Trump at annual dinner — It was President Barack Obama's final White House Correspondents' Dinner as president - and he hopes the country will be around to see another one. — “It's an honor to be at my last, and perhaps the last correspondents' dinner.
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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
How Helen Mirren won the White House correspondents' dinner — before it even started — Dame Helen Mirren showed up at the White House correspondents' dinner with purple gown, a purple tattoo near her collarbone and a plan to honor Prince. — The hand-drawn symbol is temporary …
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Sonia Saraiya / Salon:
“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny …
“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Heidi Cruz says ‘Ted is an immigrant’ — GREENFIELD, Ind. — At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he “is an immigrant.”
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Nerdy fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters — For an event held at the soaring U.S. Institute of Peace building in Foggy Bottom, the swanky afterparty hosted by MSNBC following the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner sure saw some conflict.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five ways Trump will attack Clinton — is ramping up his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton — as the GOP front-runner looks beyond the primary to defeating the likely Democratic nominee in the fall. — If Trump and Clinton continue along their current trajectories …
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Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94 — The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam War and landed him in prison, died on Saturday in New York City. He was 94.
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Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
ELEPHANTS TO PERFORM FOR FINAL TIME AT RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago.
Beverly Gage / New York Times:
‘Listen, Liberal’ and ‘The Limousine Liberal’ — Liberals may be experiencing mixed emotions these days. The prospect of a Trump presidency has raised urgent fears: of the nation's fascist tendencies, of the potential for riots in the streets. At the same time, many liberals have expressed …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Malia Obama to Attend Harvard University in Fall of 2017 — President Obama and the First Lady have announced that Malia Obama will attend Harvard in the fall of 2017, taking a gap year after her high school graduation next month. — Malia is set to graduate from the prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington next month.
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BBC:
Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament — Hundreds of Shia Muslim activists have stormed Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, in protest against continuing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. — Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr broke through barricades of the fortified Green Zone for the first time …
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