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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio's path to an outright win has vanished  —  Marco Rubio's path to the Republican nomination short of a contested convention has narrowed to nearly nothing as his campaign and allies reboot their strategy to prepare for months of guerrilla warfare to deny Donald Trump a clean, pre-convention victory.
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Politico:
Full transcript: Mitt Romney's remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race  —  Below are Mitt Romney's full remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential race, as prepared for delivery.  Romney delivered his remarks at the University of Utah.  —  I am not here to announce my candidacy for office.
CNN:
First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC  —  Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney has instructed his closest advisers to explore the possibility of stopping Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, a source close to Romney's inner circle says.
TIME:
Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump  —  Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday.  —  Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Romney to Republicans: Never Trump  —  Mitt Romney opened a new front in the Republican Party's civil war on Thursday, going after Donald Trump in a salt-the-earth speech that eviscerated the Republican front-runner as lacking the temperament, business record and substantive policies to occupy the White House.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Gushing Romney Accepts Trump Endorsement  —  In some ways Mitt Romney's emergence as Twitter elder snarksman of the Republican party is stranger than Donald Trump's emergence as frontrunner.  His speech today is obviously meant to be a weightier affair, a graver denunciation of Trump and Trumpism.
Discussion: The Week
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Exclusive: Koch brothers will not use funds to try to block Trump nomination  —  The Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump's path to the presidential nomination …
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney is doing Donald Trump a BIG favor by attacking him
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits Back At Romney: He Would've Dropped To His Knees For Me In '12
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
Discussion: Politico and Hinckley Institute
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump again threatens independent bid
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump punches back at ‘choke artist’ Romney
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘would have dropped to his knees’ for my endorsement
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   A Wounded Marco Rubio Falls Back to Florida
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Pulls No Punches In Major Speech Trashing Donald Trump
Discussion: Balloon Juice
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Decided To Take On Donald Trump
Discussion: Hot Air
War on the Rocks:
Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders
Associated Press:
Romney calling Trump ‘phony,’ urging Republicans to shun him
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Sean Hannity Goes Scorched Earth Against Marco Rubio
Discussion: rubber hose and Western Journalism
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Chief justice rejects plea to block air pollution rule  —  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants, in a big victory for the Obama administration.  —  Roberts's order came despite his court's 5-4 decision …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Women Take Over  —  In oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court's balance of power.  —  When the Supreme Court last heard oral arguments in a landmark abortion case, it was April 1992, the case was Planned Parenthood v Casey, and Sandra Day O'Connor was the lone female justice.
Skagit Valley Herald / Goskagit.com:
Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun  —  A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.  —  The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Violence to Come  —  What will happen to American politics if, as now appears likely, the Republican Party nominates Donald Trump?  Here's one bet: It will get more violent.  —  The United States is headed toward a confrontation, the likes of which it has not seen since 1968 …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Charles Grassley Faces Formidable Challenger in Iowa Senate Race  —  WASHINGTON — With Senator Charles E. Grassley under attack for his handling of the Supreme Court nomination process, a formidable Democratic challenger will run against him this November, the most significant sign yet …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Trumpmare: Can the Republicans Save the Senate?
Discussion: New York Times
Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
DeLemus supporters sing ‘God Bless America’ at court appearance  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Federal agents have arrested Jerry DeLemus, a local Tea Party leader who stood with Cliven Bundy's armed resistance at his ranch in Nevada in 2014, in connection with the standoff and alleged assault.
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Dawn Ennis / Advocate:
She Is Cait, and I Am Not: Face to Face with Jenner  —  Winding my way 'round deadman's curves at unsafe speeds all the way up a Malibu mountaintop to meet Caitlyn Jenner, I asked myself: who would live here except a recluse?  Cut off from the rest of the world, high above it all …
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
Podesta ‘encourages’ journalists to ask Hillary about UFOs  —  Democrat operative John Podesta is so obsessed with what the government knows about aliens and UFOs, he has actually asked reporters to question his candidate on the fringe subject.  —  The shocking revelation comes from an interview …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
8 reasons we need to start preparing for President Trump
Discussion: Western Journalism
Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press:
Mexican Govt: We ‘Categorically’ Refuse To Pay For Trump's Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Mexican government has made his first direct response to Donald Trump's pledge to build a wall along the two countries' border — and make Mexico pay for it.  —  Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray …
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Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Mexico says won't pay for Trump's ‘terrible’ border wall
Discussion: CNN and Vox Popoli
Monique Morrissey / Economic Policy Institute:
The State of American Retirement: How 401(k)s have failed most American workers  —  Overview  —  Today, many Americans rely on savings in 401(k)-type accounts to supplement Social Security in retirement.  This is a pronounced shift from a few decades ago, when many retirees could count on predictable …
New York Times:
Tech Rallies to Apple's Defense, but Not Without Some Hand-Wringing  —  It is a remarkable moment for the technology industry, with many different companies and organizations rallying around a single company — Apple — in a major legal case against the United States government over privacy and security.
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Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
Tech and civil rights groups rally behind Apple in court filings
Discussion: Politico, NPR and The Verge
Fox News:
FBI investigating if Clinton aides shared passwords to access classified info  —  EXCLUSIVE: The FBI is investigating whether computer passwords were shared among Hillary Clinton's close aides to determine how sensitive intelligence “jumped the gap” between the classified systems …
John Branch / New York Times:
Brandi Chastain to Donate Her Brain for C.T.E. Research  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. — The retired soccer player Brandi Chastain remains best known for scoring the winning shootout goal in the 1999 World Cup final against China and for the jersey-shedding celebration that followed.
 
 
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