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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Heidi Cruz responds to people who call her husband the Zodiac Killer — CARMEL, Ind. — Heidi Cruz knows her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) is not the Zodiac Killer, no matter what people online say. — Heidi spent Monday morning traveling across Indiana in support of her husband's presidential campaign.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Watch Carly Fiorina do a face-plant off a stage while Ted Cruz ignores her — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Nothing could more perfectly capture Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) campaign than Carly Fiorina falling face-first off the stage in Indiana. — After a short speech talking …
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ted Cruz In Wild Confrontation With Donald Trump Supporter — Since the primaries have shifted to Indiana, Ted Cruz has been getting sick and tired of being heckled. He told a boisterous kid, who told Cruz that he “sucked,” that in his household a spanking would be in order and after being taunted …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Why Rubio hasn't endorsed Cruz — Marco Rubio won't be endorsing Ted Cruz during the Republican presidential primary, but he's likely to back the Texas senator at a contested convention — if it gets that far. — The de facto plan, Rubio's backers say, is designed to help Cruz.
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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Cruz Scolds Boy After Child Tells Him ‘You Suck’ At Indiana Rally [VIDEO] — La Porte, IN-Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said a kid growing up in his household would have been spanked if they acted out the way a boy did towards him Sunday during a rally. The pre-teen boy was escorted out by local law enforcement …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House press secretary defends Larry Wilmore's use of the ‘n-word’ in addressing President Obama — These 10 states will decide whether Trump is the GOP nominee … White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest defended comedian Larry Wilmore's use of the n-word and other racially-tinged epithets during …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
He once hoped for the GOP nomination, now Jim Gilmore can't even get elected delegate to convention
He once hoped for the GOP nomination, now Jim Gilmore can't even get elected delegate to convention
AJ Mast / Los Angeles Times:
Cruz's faltering campaign shows the risks of depending on a few wealthy donors
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
White House Defends Wilmore Dropping The N-Word At Correspondents' Dinner
White House Defends Wilmore Dropping The N-Word At Correspondents' Dinner
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Rolling Out
Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz to young heckler: You'd get spanked in my house
Cruz to young heckler: You'd get spanked in my house
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abc7.com:
California voters resigned to vote for Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton, SurveyUSA poll shows — Donald Trump won the Republican primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut, while Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Maryland on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. — KABC
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Florida poll: Republican ‘brand damage’ bolsters Clinton — Whether it's Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, the Republican presidential nominee looks like a sure loser to Hillary Clinton in Florida because of the Republicans' lack of popularity with crucial voting blocs in the state …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Doesn't Know If He'll Back Trump, Clarifies He Won't Back Clinton — “So, I think like a lot of Americans, we are gonna have to begin to spend the summer studying the candidates and decide who's best for the future of the country.” — BRIAN BLANCO / Reuters — w.soundcloud.com
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Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Will Donald Trump drive Miami Cuban Americans from GOP? New poll says yes
Will Donald Trump drive Miami Cuban Americans from GOP? New poll says yes
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate admits on live TV: 'He's going to have to prove that he's not Adolf Hitler'
Trump surrogate admits on live TV: 'He's going to have to prove that he's not Adolf Hitler'
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Thomas Young / Gravis:
Current Indiana Polling — Executive Summary - Current Indiana Poll Results - May 2nd, 2016 — Winter Springs, Fla. - Even after a five-for-five shut out victory for Donald J. Trump in last Tuesday's primaries, the pathway to 1,237 delegates is still not a 100 percent lock for the GOP Presidential Nomination.
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Cruz Urges Voters to ‘Not Give Into Evil’ Leading up to Crucial Indiana Primary
Cruz Urges Voters to ‘Not Give Into Evil’ Leading up to Crucial Indiana Primary
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate takes 2016 sabbatical — Senate Republicans have left town for another recess with their yearlong claim that the Senate is “back to work” an increasingly tough sell to voters. — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has worked painstakingly to craft an identity that's distinct …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Poll: Supreme Court blockade eroding support for Grassley
Poll: Supreme Court blockade eroding support for Grassley
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Ohioans Want Kasich To Drop Out
Ohioans Want Kasich To Drop Out
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare's November surprise — The last thing Democrats want to contend with just a week before the 2016 presidential election is an outcry over double-digit insurance hikes as millions of Americans begin signing up for Obamacare. — But that looks increasingly likely as health plans socked …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bernie's Bad End — This is really depressing: Sanders claiming that there will be a contested convention, and suggesting that the nomination fight was rigged. Can someone tell Bernie that he's in the process of blowing his own chance for a positive legacy?
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
The real obstacle to voter turnout in Democratic primaries: caucuses
The real obstacle to voter turnout in Democratic primaries: caucuses
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Gina Kolata / New York Times:
After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight — Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, but a study of them helps explain why they could not keep all of that weight off. — Danny Cahill stood, slightly dazed, in a blizzard of confetti as the audience screamed and his family ran on stage.
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Anand Gopal / The Atlantic:
The Hell After ISIS … Falah sabar heard a knock at the door. It was just before midnight in western Baghdad last April and Falah was already in bed, so he sent his son Wissam to answer. Standing in the doorway was a tall young man in jeans who neither shook Wissam's hand nor offered a greeting.
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Sanders applauds supporter who tells billionaire class to ‘f— off’ — briefly paused his rally in Indiana Monday morning to compliment a supporter who used an expletive to sum up the Democratic presidential candidate's message for the “billionaire class.”
Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security — If you sense that airport security lines are getting longer — much longer — you're definitely not alone. — A combination of fewer Transportation Security Administration screeners, tighter budgets, new checkpoint procedures …
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by business groups to a trendsetting Seattle law that will raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, leaving in place a lower court's decision to uphold the ordinance.
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Hulk suing Gawker for allegedly leaking his racist tirade — More On: — Hulk Hogan is trying to take down Gawker one more time. — After his $140 million legal victory against the gossip website, the famous pro wrestler has filed a second lawsuit over his surreptitiously recorded sex tapes …
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Courier-Journal:
Judge blocks Confederate monument removal — A Jefferson County Circuit judge on Monday issued a restraining order to block removal of Confederate monument in Louisville. — Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman issued the order Monday morning against Mayor Greg Fischer and Metro Government …
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Darron Cummings / National Journal:
Democrats Plan to Pound Trump Before He's Nominated — Super PAC will air $20 million in negative ads before Donald Trump can counter with general-election money, a strategy that defined Mitt Romney in 2012. — S.V. Dáte — Donald Trump loves to brag about how he always …
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