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10:30 PM ET, March 3, 2016

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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.
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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.
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.
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN  —  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the state of the Republican presidential primary campaign:
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Republican governors mostly steer clear of presidential race  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican party insiders mount a desperate effort to derail the presidential campaign of billionaire Donald Trump, many of the party's 31 state governors are staying out of the fray.
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Calls for the GOP to unite against Trump tear the party apart  —  DETROIT — The calamity brought upon the Republican Party by Donald Trump was laid bare Thursday by its two most recent presidential nominees, who delivered unprecedented denunciations of the man well on his way to becoming the GOP's new standard-bearer.
Discussion: Politico, The Atlantic and Daily Kos
Danny Vinik / Politico:
The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's  —  On Thursday, Mitt Romney dramatically opened fire on the frontrunner of his own party, calling Donald Trump a “con man” and a “fraud” and explaining why Trump's policy platform would be bad for the country.
Gus Burns / MLive.com:
Activists plan Flint water crisis protest at Republican debate  —  DETROIT, MI — While Republican presidential candidates armed with conservative values philosophically spar inside Detroit's Fox Theatre Thursday, activists say they'll be out front with a more important message.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Graham: A brokered convention wouldn't be fair to Trump
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits Back At Romney: He Would've Dropped To His Knees For Me In '12
Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
Discussion: National Review
Eliza Collins / Politico:   Priebus: There will be no ‘shell games’ with GOP nomination
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Gushing Romney Accepts Trump Endorsement
Discussion: The Week
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Romney speech shows why Trump is winning
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Wounded Marco Rubio Falls Back to Florida
Discussion: Hot Air
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘would have dropped to his knees’ for my endorsement
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Decided To Take On Donald Trump
Discussion: Hot Air
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Exclusive: Koch brothers will not use funds to try to block Trump nomination
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Associated Press:
Romney calling Trump ‘phony,’ urging Republicans to shun him
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump again threatens independent bid
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump punches back at ‘choke artist’ Romney
Discussion: ABC News, Hit & Run and Hot Air
Rich Lowry / Politico:   How Trump Killed the Reagan Mystique
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 …
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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U.S. Department of Justice:
Fourteen Additional Defendants Charged For Felony Crimes Related To 2014 Standoff In Nevada
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 …
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Jeff Berkowitz / Delve In:
The (Rule) 40 Horsemen of the GOP Apocalypse
Discussion: Hot Air
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 …
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Andrew Napolitano / Reason:
Hillary Clinton's False Hopes
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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 …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Gets AIDS In A New Movie, And That Has Studio Execs In A Panic  —  Afraid of Trump's reaction, they're “subtly trying to make it disappear,” says an industry source.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Audiences at screenings around the world …
Discussion: Refinery29, Mediaite and Jezebel
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.
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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Andrew Pulver / Guardian:
George Clooney interview: ‘Donald Trump is a xenophobic fascist’
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: 'I wasn't being held hostage' by Donald Trump
Discussion: NorthJersey.com and The Atlantic
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
What ever happened to all that money Trump raised for the veterans?
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and U.S. Uncut
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
How The U.S. Government And HSBC Teamed Up To Hide The Truth From A Pennsylvania Couple
Discussion: naked capitalism and Vox Popoli
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine's Power Grid
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump Goaded Bloomberg Into Planning a Presidential Campaign. Here's Why He Probably Won't Run.
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