memeorandum: Cruz takes two Super Saturday contests, Trump said to win La. (Jonathan Easley/The Hill)

11:00 PM ET, March 5, 2016

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Manuela Tobias / Politico:

Sanders wins Kansas — Bernie Sanders has won the Kansas Democratic caucuses, according to the Kansas Democratic Party, defeating Hillary Clinton. — The party declared Sanders the winner with 90 percent of districts reporting. Forty thousand Kansas Democrats participated in the caucuses …

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Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:

Here's Who's Looking Strong in Today's “Super Saturday” Contests — Voters headed to the polls in five states today as Donald Trump looked to continue his march to the GOP nominating convention and Republican party leaders scrambled for ways to stop him. On the Republican side …

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton … DETROIT — Sen. Bernie Sanders's path to the Democratic nomination may be narrowing, but his record fundraising shows no sign of slowing down, ensuring that the long-shot rival to Hillary Clinton can remain in the race for months to come.

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Associated Press:

Cruz wins Kansas, battles for KY in GOP fight for delegates — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ted Cruz claimed an easy victory in Kansas and battled with Donald Trump for Kentucky in Saturday's four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Cruz takes two Super Saturday contests, Trump said to win La. — has notched two Super Saturday wins over Republican front-runner Donald Trump — , taking the caucuses in Kansas and Maine. — Trump has been projected the winner of the Louisiana primary, which would continue his dominance in the South.

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Rubio downplays poor Super Saturday showings — is downplaying his perfomance in the four states that held GOP caucuses or primaries on Saturday, saying that he had had long known “this would be the roughest period of the campaign.” — Speaking primarily in Spanish at a press conference in Puerto Rico …

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Cruz, Sanders, Clinton and Trump Score Wins on ‘Super Saturday’ — Senator Ted Cruz scored decisive wins in the Kansas and Maine caucuses on Saturday, demonstrating his enduring appeal among conservatives as he tried to reel in Donald J. Trump's significant lead in the Republican presidential race.

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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Cruz gains steam with 2 wins on ‘Super Saturday’; Clinton wins delegate-rich La.

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Manuela Tobias / Politico:
Cruz wins Kansas

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Dave Helling / Kansas City Star:
Cruz easily wins Kansas Republican caucuses; Democrats tallying results

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bernie's bounce-back weekend

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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Despite Trump visit, Maine caucuses expected to be low-key

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Orlando Sentinel:

Trump rally draws thousands to UCF — Thousands have filed into the CFE Arena at the University of Central Florida to hear presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. The event has also sparked protests and criticism from two local lawmakers who back fellow candidate Marco Rubio. … Privacy Policy

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Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:
Poll for anti-Donald Trump group finds narrowing Republican presidential race in Florida

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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWD to See Trump in Orlando - 10,000+ Pack CFE Arena

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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Let Us Dispel With the Idea that the Rubiobot Knows What He's Doing. He Has No Idea What He's Doing.

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Inside Ted Cruz's plan to sink Marco Rubio in Florida

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Slams CNN Reporter For Asking Questions About Trump At CPAC (VIDEO)

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio trails by 5 in Florida poll conducted for anti-Trump group

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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz wins CPAC straw poll

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Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

WATCH: CPAC Attendees Boo And Walk Out On Ted Cruz — CPAC is a mess. — The conservative movement loves to call themselves insurgents but they can't spoon it up when it comes to half their audience supporting Donald Trump. — A sizable number of attendees at a Ted Cruz speech booed …

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Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Lindsey Graham Warms Up to Ted Cruz

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Moe Lane / RedState: BREAKING: A Surprise Winner Already Called in Kansas

Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz Crushes At Kansas Republican Caucus

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Dan Spencer / RedState:
Cruz Wins Kansas GOP Caucus

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

How Donald Trump broke Fox News' debate rules — Donald Trump consulted with his campaign manager during the first commercial break at Thursday night's Republican debate, violating ground rules from Fox News stating that candidates would not be allowed to have contact with their campaigns, rival campaign sources told CNNMoney.

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump broke debate rules: report

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Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project:

VIDEO: What Walking Down the Street Drinking Coffee is Like for a Black Man in a Police State — Cincinnati, OH — An Ohio man was merely trying to walk down the street and drink his coffee last month when he became the target of a Cincinnati police officer.

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Drinking coffee while black: Ohio cop stops black man strolling down the street -then slams him into wall — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Saying, “This is what we have to go through in Cincinnati,” a black man strolling down the street drinking a cop of coffee filmed …

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Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:

John Kasich campaign aide fired after domestic violence arrest — COLUMBUS — A John Kasich campaign staffer, who was arrested in November for allegedly choking and punching a woman, was fired Saturday after The Enquirer called the Ohio governor's presidential campaign seeking comment.

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Timothy Egan / New York Times:

The Beast Is Us — You heard the word “scary” used a lot this week, that and much more. Not from the usual scolds. Or Democrats. The loudest alarms came from desperate, panicked Republicans, warning of the man who is destroying the Party of Lincoln before our eyes.

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Clinton, on her private server, wrote 104 emails the government says are classified … Hillary Clinton wrote 104 emails that she sent using her private server while secretary of state that the government has since said contain classified information, according to a new Washington Post analysis …

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