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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race — Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday night, ending one of the best-organized campaigns of 2016 after a series of stinging defeats left Donald Trump as the only candidate capable of clinching the nomination outright.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The crisis in the Republican Party is even worse than it looks — Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for president, and this alarms ideological conservatives for several reasons: — 1. They think he will lose badly to Hillary Clinton, perhaps so badly that Republicans lose control of both houses of Congress.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and Losers from the Indiana primary … Donald Trump crushed the competition in Indiana's primary, sealing his stranglehold on the Republican nomination. Bernie Sanders eked out a win over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race, a victory for the underdog but one that will do little …
CNN:
At the starting gate: Clinton leads Trump by double-digits — Indianapolis (CNN)As Donald Trump captures the mantle of presumptive Republican nominee, a new poll finds he begins his general election campaign well behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Ted Cruz drops presidential bid — (CNN)Ted Cruz bowed out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday following a crushing loss to Donald Trump in Indiana, clearing the path for the real estate mogul to clinch the GOP nomination. — It was a remarkable turn of events in a presidential primary race …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump says he's begun vetting VP picks — Donald Trump's campaign has begun vetting vice-presidential picks, but it's too soon to disclose any names, the presumptive Republican nominee said Wednesday. — Calling into MSNBC's “Morning Joe” following a decisive victory in Indiana …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Yes, It's Early, but Donald Trump Would Have Uphill Battle Against Hillary Clinton — A general election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton became all but certain on Tuesday after Mr. Trump's decisive victory in Indiana. — He would begin that matchup at a significant disadvantage.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump All but Clinches G.O.P. Race With Indiana Win; Ted Cruz Quits — Donald J. Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday with a landslide win in Indiana that drove his principal opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, from the race and cleared the way for the polarizing …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz drops out of the Republican presidential race — Live updates … INDIANAPOLIS — Ted Cruz, the insurgent Texan whose presidential campaign was fueled by disdain for Washington, dropped out of the 2016 race Tuesday night, removing the last major hurdle in Donald Trump's quest to become the Republican nominee for president.
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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
The anti-Trump movement spent upwards of $75 million and ultimately lost
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New York Times:
It's Donald Trump's Party Now
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Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Ted Cruz Ends Presidential Campaign After Trump Sweep in Indiana
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Kasich campaign: Indiana results won't alter our plans
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
GOP establishment moves from ‘Never Trump’ to just ‘Trump’
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Has Won and the Republican Party Is Broken
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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Donald Trump is obsessed with race-baiting conspiracy theories
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump promises to obliterate Clinton's record
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CBS News:
Live updates: Republican primary in Indiana
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Associated Press:
Trump dashes Cruz's hopes in Indiana; Sanders-Clinton close
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
I don't know about “Lyin' Ted” but I do know about “Doesn't Tell The Whole Story Ted”
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Carlo Allegri / National Review:
Trump: Something New under the Political Sun
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Trump bizarrely links Cruz's father to JFK assassin; Cruz goes ballistic
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is really going to be the nominee. This is actually happening.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Indiana GOP Primary: Donald Trump Projected to Win
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders surprises Clinton in Indiana — Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton in Indiana's Democratic primary Tuesday night, giving his flagging campaign another reason to carry on to Philadelphia even though he has virtually no chance of overtaking Clinton for the nomination.
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Sanders wins Indiana, but Clinton looks to November
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump and the Lord's Work — Like many others, I watched the video that President Obama showed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday of him inviting former House Speaker John Boehner over to solicit his advice on what Obama should do post-presidency.
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Six Months Out, the General Election Map Looks Tough for Donald Trump — Indiana has all but sealed it: The general election will feature a face off between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. — So with six months to go before Election Day, what are the rough outlines of the race? Can Mr. Trump win?
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
McCain's Former Top Aide Will Support Clinton Over Trump
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Mythology Of Trump's ‘Working Class’ Support — It's been extremely common for news accounts to portray Donald Trump's candidacy as a “working-class” rebellion against Republican elites. There are elements of truth in this perspective: Republican voters, especially Trump supporters, are unhappy about the direction of the economy.
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Frank Fani / FiveThirtyEight:
Question … Answer — Two aspects of this stand out. First, high levels of name recognition from both probable nominees. (I'm not there yet with presumptive nominees. Give me time.) Both Trump and Clinton have been in the public eye for a long time, and the information about them has not always been favorable.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
In N.Y., White House poised to create first monument to gay rights struggle — Live updates … President Obama is poised to declare the first-ever national monument recognizing the struggle for gay rights, singling out a sliver of green space and part of the surrounding Greenwich Village neighborhood …
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CincoSolas_del_Bronx / RedState:
In Which the Conservative Organ NYTimes Anoints Transgenderism with Napalm — Still unlit—but The Movement will find it easy to strike a match. — 4 RecommendedRecommend — It's true that Molly Worthen's title-Stop Saying 'I Feel Like'-grabbed me for philosophical-linguistic reasons …
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