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4:50 PM ET, March 3, 2016

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War on the Rocks:
Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders  —  We the undersigned, members of the Republican national security community, represent a broad spectrum of opinion on America's role in the world and what is necessary to keep us safe and prosperous.
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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.
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.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Pulls No Punches In Major Speech Trashing Donald Trump  —  In what may be an unprecedented speech by a major American political figure, former presidential nominee Mitt Romney implored his fellow Republicans on Thursday not to nominate the frontrunner Donald Trump for president.
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘Trump is a phony, a fraud’ who is ‘playing the American public for suckers’  —  How Trump threw out the GOP playbook on Planned Parenthood  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, plans to deliver a sharp broadside against Donald Trump today …
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
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump again threatens independent bid  —  Donald Trump said Thursday he is being treated unfairly by the Republican establishment and may run as an independent.  —  “I am watching television — and I am seeing ad, after ad, after ad put in by the establishment, knocking the hell out of me …
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
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘would have dropped to his knees’ for my endorsement
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Kasich vows to win Ohio, fight on to convention
Discussion: Political Wire
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Mitt Romney tells Donald Trump voters they're ‘suckers’
Discussion: Politico and Hinckley Institute
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump punches back at ‘choke artist’ Romney
Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Caller and Mashable
New York Times:
Transcript of Mitt Romney's Speech on Donald Trump
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
8 reasons we need to start preparing for President Trump
Discussion: Western Journalism
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Sean Hannity Goes Scorched Earth Against Marco Rubio
Discussion: rubber hose and Western Journalism
Associated Press:
Romney calling Trump ‘phony,’ urging Republicans to shun him
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Decided To Take On Donald Trump
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney is doing Donald Trump a BIG favor by attacking him
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.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Rejects Effort to Block E.P.A. Limit on Power Plants
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ACS Blog
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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   A Wounded Marco Rubio Falls Back to Florida
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive Audio — Rubio Campaign Manager Plots Brokered Convention In Manhattan Donor Meeting …
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 …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Trumpmare: Can the Republicans Save the Senate?  —  Let's have some speculative fun, if such a thing is possible in this election year.  After recent primaries, it's not a stretch to imagine Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee; in fact, the odds at the moment favor this outcome.
Discussion: New York Times
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Charles Grassley Faces Formidable Challenger in Iowa Senate Race
Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server  —  The Justice Department has granted immunity to the former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, a sign the FBI investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing is progressing.
Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Mexico says won't pay for Trump's ‘terrible’ border wall  —  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There is no way Mexico would fund Donald Trump's “terrible” plan to build a wall along its border with the United States if the Republican front-runner wins the U.S. presidential election, the Mexican finance minister said.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press:   Mexican Govt: We ‘Categorically’ Refuse To Pay For Trump's Border Wall
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 …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Something Just Got In The Way Of Abortion Opponents' Favorite Talking Point.  The Facts.  —  A new study published this week in a prestigious medical journal helps debunks abortion opponents' claim that women who become pregnant are becoming less likely to choose abortion.
 
 
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