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12:40 PM ET, March 6, 2016

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CBS News:
Battleground Tracker poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton lead in Michigan  —  Donald Trump holds the lead heading into the final days before the Michigan primary, looking to extend his overall delegate lead after a string of Super Tuesday wins.  Trump is at 39 percent, Ted Cruz is in second place …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Hold Big Leads in Michigan: Poll  —  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their competitors by double digits in Michigan's March 8 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.  —  In the Republican race, Trump gets support …
Discussion: Political Wire
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
‘I want Ted one-on-one’: Donald Trump calls on Marco Rubio to drop out of race  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said Saturday that rival Marco Rubio should drop out of the race.  —  “I think it's time for Marco to clean the deck.  I really do.
Discussion: Althouse and Hot Air
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Don't panic, GOP — Donald Trump can beat Hillary
Discussion: Infowars
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Backs Rescinding Tax Breaks for Moving Jobs Overseas
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Manuela Tobias / Politico:
Sanders wins Kansas
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton
Associated Press:
Cruz wins Kansas, battles for KY in GOP fight for delegates
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Cruz takes two Super Saturday contests, Trump said to win La.
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead at 94  —  Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died, according to a spokeswoman with the Reagan Library.  She was 94.  —  The cause of death was congestive heart failure, according to her rep Joanne Drake.  “Mrs. Reagan will be buried …
Discussion: Fox News Insider and The Week
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TMZ.com:
Nancy Reagan — Dead at 94  —  DEAD AT 94  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Nancy Reagan has died ... TMZ has learned from a close family member.  —  The former first lady was living in Bel Air and has been in failing health in recent years.  —  Mrs. Reagan married Ronald in 1952 and went on to became …
Discussion: Slantpoint, Mediaite and Just Jared
ABC News:
Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Politico and Towleroad
Fox News:
Nancy Reagan, widow of Ronald Reagan, dead at 94  —  Nancy Reagan, the widow of President Ronald Reagan and passionately devoted keeper of his flame, died Sunday morning of congestive heart failure at 94, according to her spokesperson.  —  Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles.
Discussion: protein wisdom and fox13now.com
David Remnick / New Yorker:
American Demagogue  —  Nearly three decades ago, Howard Kaminsky, of Random House, called on the real-estate developer and self-marketing master Donald Trump at his office on Fifth Avenue.  Kaminsky brought along a cover design for “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” its author's literary début.
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Rubio on Losses: ‘The Map Only Gets Better for Us’  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Marco Rubio brushed off his disappointing night Saturday after another round of losses and insisted his fortunes would shift on March 15, when states award their delegates on a winner-take-all basis.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio downplays poor Super Saturday showings
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
David McCabe / The Hill:
Limbaugh on Trump: Much bigger upside than downside  —  Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Sunday that there's a “much bigger upside than downside” in the Republican presidential candidacy of real estate developer Donald Trump  —  “I think with the case of Trump …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Elements of Trumpism  —  MAYBE Donald Trump is doing us a favor.  —  The United States has long been spared a truly authoritarian element in our politics.  Since Southern apartheid was crushed and far-left terrorism died away, we've had very little organized political violence …
Douglas Rivers / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Civil War in the G.O.P.  —  Mitt Romney has some sway in the Republican Party - but not with Trump voters  —  On Thursday, Mitt Romney fired the first shot in the Republican civil war.  In a speech at the University of Utah, Romney denounced Donald Trump as a “phony” and a “fraud” with …
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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.
A. Hope Jahren / New York Times:
She Wanted to Do Her Research.  He Wanted to Talk ‘Feelings.’  —  Honolulu — OVER the past two decades as a professor, I've grown thousands of plants, studying how their biology shifts in response to our changing environment.  Soon I'll begin to design and build my fourth laboratory …
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Kasich: Contested convention would be ‘exciting’  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich knows his only road to the Republican presidential nomination runs through a contested GOP convention this summer, and he doesn't think there's anything wrong with that.  —  “George, no one is going to have the numbers.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWD to See Trump in Orlando - 10,000+ Pack CFE Arena  —  The line to get into the Trump Orlando rally today was 10 blocks long.  —  The program began today about 1:20 p.m. with invocation and prayer that Trump is elected followed by Pledge of Allegiance.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Trump rally draws thousands to UCF
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel, The Week and CNN
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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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Chickens, Home to Roost
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Considered Path to Presidency Starting at Governor's Mansion in New York
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Daniel Boffey / Observer:
Russia ‘stoking refugee unrest in Germany to topple Angela Merkel’
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‘Casper the ghost-like’ octopus discovered on Pacific Ocean floor
Daily Mail:
NHS to harvest babies' organs: ‘Ghoulish’ …
FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans:  — Kansas — Called for Cruz, who won by 25 percentage points.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders: GOP debates sound like ‘6th-grade food fight’
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John Kasich campaign aide fired after domestic violence arrest
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Bergdahl's lawyers request to interview Trump
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