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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin — Donald Trump on Tuesday alleged that Ted Cruz's father was with John F. Kennedy's assassin shortly before he murdered the president, parroting a National Enquirer story claiming that Rafael Cruz was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald handing …
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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.
The Hill:
Cruz: Trump is an ‘utterly amoral’ bully, narcissist, pathological liar … with his most personal and toughest criticism since the GOP presidential campaign began, calling him a “pathological liar” on Tuesday who doesn't understand the difference between the truth and lies.
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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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Associated Press:
Trump dashes Cruz's hopes in Indiana; Sanders-Clinton close — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donald Trump took a major step toward sewing up the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a victory in Indiana's primary election, dashing the hopes of rival Ted Cruz and other GOP forces who fear …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President — INDIANAPOLIS — Join us for live updates. — Less than a month ago, Senator Ted Cruz seemed to have done it. — He had won Wisconsin. Former rivals were holding their noses to support him. He was dominating delegate elections …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Ted Cruz-Donald Trump fight boils over in Indiana
Ted Cruz-Donald Trump fight boils over in Indiana
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Trump bizarrely links Cruz's father to JFK assassin; Cruz goes ballistic
Trump bizarrely links Cruz's father to JFK assassin; Cruz goes ballistic
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Mark Plotkin / The Hill:
Cruz's slip of the tongue will doom him in Indiana
Cruz's slip of the tongue will doom him in Indiana
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Indiana GOP Primary: Donald Trump Projected to Win
Indiana GOP Primary: Donald Trump Projected to Win
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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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is really going to be the nominee. This is actually happening. — Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee. — The only way he won't is if something unthinkable happens. He could be struck by lightning. He could pull off his Trump mask and reveal that he's actually …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Third-Party Temptation — A conservative challenge to Trump could cost the GOP the House. — As Donald Trump gets closer to securing the Republican nomination for President, luminaries of varying illumination are floating the idea of a conservative third-party challenge in November.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
GOP establishment moves from ‘Never Trump’ to just ‘Trump’
GOP establishment moves from ‘Never Trump’ to just ‘Trump’
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
McCain's Former Top Aide Will Support Clinton Over Trump
McCain's Former Top Aide Will Support Clinton Over Trump
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Carlo Allegri / National Review:
Trump: Something New under the Political Sun
Trump: Something New under the Political Sun
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Sanders wins Indiana, but Clinton looks to November — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bernie Sanders was declared the winner of the Indiana primary Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton was already looking ahead to the general election, and Sanders' victory was not enough to change her trajectory toward the Democratic nomination.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Sanders lead in West Virginia
Trump, Sanders lead in West Virginia
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CBS News:
Live updates: Republican primary in Indiana
Live updates: Republican primary in Indiana
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Growing Problem With Independents
Hillary Clinton's Growing Problem With Independents
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Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Bernie Sanders declares war on reality
Bernie Sanders declares war on reality
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
There Is A Hole In Bernie Sanders' Strategy For Winning The Nomination
There Is A Hole In Bernie Sanders' Strategy For Winning The Nomination
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CBS 5 AZ KPHO:
Mesa, AZ student arrested for indecent exposure in yearbook picture — A student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa is facing dozens of criminal charges for indecent exposure after a prank got published in the yearbook, according to the Mesa Police Department.
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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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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The Huffington Post:
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Tom Steele / Crime Blog:
Selfie provoked argument that led to fatal Arlington shooting, suspect's wife says — Updated May 3: Revised throughout to include new details. — By JULIETA CHIQUILLO and TOM STEELE — Staff Writers — The wife of the suspect in an Arlington slaying says a revealing selfie set off …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
‘He thought he could help’: Concealed carry gun-wielder intervenes in domestic dispute and is shot dead
‘He thought he could help’: Concealed carry gun-wielder intervenes in domestic dispute and is shot dead
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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Nice Try: Transgender Woman's Story About Harassment At North Carolina Bathroom Seems To Be A Lie — Oh, here we go again. It's another story of harassment against the LGBT community that appears to be a tall tale. Transwoman Alexis Adams said she was “humiliated beyond belief” …
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Gets What It Deserves — ‘America First’ is the inevitable outcome of the Republican descent into populism. — A joke in Milan Kundera's novel “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” goes like this: “In Wenceslaus Square, in Prague, a guy is throwing up.