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9:05 AM ET, March 14, 2016

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign From Breitbart  —  Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben Shapiro are resigning from the company over the site's handling of Donald Trump's campaign manager's alleged assault on Fields, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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William Bigelow / Breitbart:
Ben Shapiro Betrays Loyal Breitbart Readers in Pursuit of Fox News Contributorship  —  LOS ANGELES — Former Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro announced Sunday evening via left-wing Buzzfeed that he is abandoning Andrew Breitbart's lifelong best friend, widow, hand-picked management team …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Mitt Romney to Campaign with John Kasich in Ohio  —  Mitt Romney will campaign with John Kasich Monday at two stops in Ohio, NBC News has learned from a source familiar with the plans.  —  Romney is not expected to endorse the Ohio governor during the campaign swing, the source said …
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Associated Press:
Tuesday's Republican Primaries Could Define Race _ or Not
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:   John Kasich Boasts of Ohio Recovery, but Reality Is More Nuanced
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump cancels Florida rally to hold event in Ohio
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Won't Meet Embattled Mayor Emanuel in Chicago Visit  —  Bernie Sanders has made Clinton's ties to the mayor an issue ahead of the Illinois primary.  —  jeneps  —  Bernie Sanders has tried to make the presidential primary vote in and around Chicago into a referendum on Mayor Rahm Emanuel …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
What's Wrong With Hillary?
Discussion: Washington Post
The Hill:   Hillary Clinton takes new tack to boost her image
Associated Press:
Facing Long Primary Slog, Clinton Allies Fear Helping Trump
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House preps Supreme Court battle plan  —  As soon as President Barack Obama announces a Supreme Court nominee from his short list — which is now set — the White House and its allies will unleash a coordinated media and political blitz aimed at weakening GOP resistance to confirming the president's pick.
Discussion: New York Times
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
Discussion: The Week
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:   Obama Supreme Court candidates Paul Watford, Sri Srinivasan, Merrick Garland scrutinized
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Who Attacked Donald Trump?  —  A scary incident occurred yesterday at a Donald Trump event in Dayton, Ohio.  A man rushed the stage, coming from behind Trump.  His intent was unclear, but there was every reason to assume he intended to injure or kill Trump.  He was quickly stopped and led away by Secret Service agents:
Discussion: Heavy.com
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Marlon Bando / Heavy.com:
Thomas Dimassimo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Second State employee refuses GOP questions on Clinton server  —  A State Department staffer who oversaw security and technology issues for Hillary Clinton is refusing to answer Senate investigators' questions about the former secretary of state's use of a private email server …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Police officer shot and killed outside Prince George's police headquarters; 2 suspects in custody  —  A Prince George's County police officer was killed Sunday in a fierce shootout with an armed man outside a district station in Landover, in what the police chief said was an unprovoked attack.
Matt Stevens / Los Angeles Times:
Beverly Hills' crackdown on water wasters is having the desired effect  —  Developer Geoff Palmer's household used more than 12,000 gallons of water a day during a two-month period.  Facing a penalty, Palmer appealed in January.  —  Officials in Beverly Hills say they tried it all …
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Ex-senators plotting political comebacks after years in clink  —  Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate (left) and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. Photo: Gregory P. Mango; Steven Hirsch  —  Even after spending years in the clink, these Albany felons are raring to return to the scene of the crime.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Party Still Decides  —  POLITICAL parties are mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, and the party nominating process offers few of the protections associated with the ideal of “one man one vote.”  Voters in early states have far more influence than voters in later ones.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Iraq war shapes 2016 landscape  —  in a general election debate against Hillary Clinton  —  . He is going to attack her over her vote authorizing the war in Iraq.  —  picked up that hammer in 2008 and Bernie Sanders  —  is hammering away right now.  —  For an already fractured Republican party …
Politico:
Trump dumps Illinois campaign director  —  CHICAGO — Donald Trump's Illinois campaign director has been sidelined after the national campaign grew furious over what sources described as a lack of organization in the state in the run-up to Tuesday's primary.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The End of Marco-mentum  —  The last time I saw Marco Rubio in person, he seemed to be on the verge of inheriting the charred Republican earth.  It was Feb. 22, the day before the Nevada caucuses.  We were aboard Rubio's campaign plane, flying from Reno, Nev., to Las Vegas.
Daily Mail:
German voters' crushing verdict on open-door migration: Angela Merkel is punished in crucial state elections as far-Right party wins big vote with call to stop flow of refugees  —  By , SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE and ALLAN HALL IN BERLIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL  —  German voters turned to the far right …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
VIDEO UNEARTHED=> Pastor Calls for Execution of Gays - Then Introduces Ted Cruz at Conference  —  In November Senator Ted Cruz appeared at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, where he courted the support of the conference's organizer, Colorado-based pastor and radio host Kevin Swanson.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's Week of Errors, Exaggerations and Flat-out Falsehoods  —  Donald Trump says he is a truthful man.  “Maybe truthful to a fault,” he boasted last week at a North Carolina rally where one of his supporters sucker punched a protester.  —  But truthful he is not.
 
 
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Voter ID law hinders some college students
Discussion: Raw Story
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Top Democrats turn to Perez as sleeper VP
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea claims it could wipe out Manhattan with a hydrogen bomb
Discussion: Infowars and Mashable
Ben Hartman / Jerusalem Post:
New Year's Day terrorist planned to attack Tel Aviv daycares
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
Nina Martin / Mother Jones:
ABORTION POLITICS MEET A METH LAB LAW
Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Americans would never accept EU restrictions - so why should we?
Discussion: Guardian
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton unloads on Donald Trump's ‘cynical campaign of hate and fear’
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Tampa Bay Times:
In Florida, Donald Trump finds some support among Hispanic Republicans
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
How Carson arrived at Trump
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
‘One child knelt and prayed, the other was shot dead’: Eyewitness tells how Al Qaeda terrorists singled …
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Republicans Waver Over Trump
Discussion: Naked Politics
New York Post:
How the $15 wage is already killing Seattle jobs
Discussion: The Last Tradition and Hot Air
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former GOP senator: Brokered convention will bring ‘revolution’
Thomas Frank / Salon:
Bill Clinton's odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the '90s
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