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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner backs Paul Ryan for president — BOCA RATON, Fla. — Former Speaker John Boehner said Paul Ryan should be the Republican nominee for president if the party fails to choose a candidate on the first ballot. — “If we don't have a nominee who can win on the first ballot …
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Ben Winslow / fox13now.com:
GOP presidential debate in SLC canceled — SALT LAKE CITY — Monday's GOP presidential debate scheduled here in Utah has been canceled, FOX 13 News has confirmed. — The decision to cancel the debate followed Donald Trump's announcement on “FOX & Friends” that he would not be appearing.
David Wells / fox13now.com:
Trump: 'I won't be there' for Fox News debate in Salt Lake City — Donald Trump said Wednesday morning he will not be at the GOP presidential primary debate next week in Salt Lake City. — “I will say this. I will say this. I think we've had enough debates. We've had 11 or 12 debates.
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
‘You Son of a B***h’: Glenn Beck Slams ‘Delusional’ Kasich for Staying in the Race — After winning the Republican primary in his home state of Ohio Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich announced that he plans to stay the course. Glenn Beck had a few choice words for him.
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Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says He'll Skip Debate, Warns of Possible Convention Riots — Fresh off three more primary victories, Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll blow off the next Republican presidential debate and warned of “riots” if power-brokers deny him the nomination at the convention even if he's leading in the delegate count.
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David French / National Review:
Keep Fighting — There Is No Other Choice — Trump greets supporters after Tuesday's primary results. (Win McNamee/Getty) — There is no sugar-coating tonight's results. Even the one, small bright spot — John Kasich denying Donald Trump Ohio's delegates — may end up presenting …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump, Cruz vow to barricade Kasich from convention
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just threatened more violence. Only this time, it's directed at the GOP.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP debate canceled after Trump pulls out
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan to POLITICO: ‘I am not going to be the nominee’
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New York Times:
Rubio's Exit Leaves Trump With an Open Path to 1,237 Delegates
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump risks falling short of delegate count for nomination
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Debate Is Canceled as Trump, Then Kasich, Withdraw
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Who Is Merrick Garland? — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the longest serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, offered his own thoughts on who President Obama should nominate to fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.
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New York Times:
Obama Chooses Merrick Garland for Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday said he would nominate Merrick B. Garland as the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appeals court judge for the lifetime appointment and daring Republican senators …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators split with leadership on SCOTUS — A small group of Senate Republicans is breaking with its party's Supreme Court strategy, with lawmakers saying they're willing to meet with President Obama's pick to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia. — Seven Republicans so far have said they are open …
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Chuck Grassley:
Grassley Statement on the President's Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP Supreme Court blockade showing early cracks
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
6 Quotes From Senate Republicans About Merrick Garland That Are Really Awkward Now
Lincoln Caplan / New Yorker:
Merrick Garland, President Obama's Sensible Supreme Court Choice
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Sarah Almukhtar / New York Times:
Why Obama Nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
No hearing for Obama's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Merrick Garland as Obama Compromise #SCOTUS Nominee, But Not (Only) Because of His Moderate Politics
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Liberals flirt with lowering bar on Supreme Court confirmation
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Associated Press:
CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES: OBAMA TO NOMINATE MERRICK GARLAND
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Orrin Hatch once said there was “no question” Merrick Garland could be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
TMZ.com:
Jared Fogle — Beaten and Bloodied in Prison Yard Ambush — BEATEN AND BLOODIED — in Prison Yard Ambush … Jared Fogle got a surprise beatdown in federal prison from an inmate who has major issues with child molesters ... TMZ has learned. — According to docs, Fogle got jumped …
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Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle attacked in bloody Colorado prison brawl — Convicted pedophile and ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was pummeled in a vicious prison yard attack, according to a new report. — The disgraced Indiana sex offender suffered a swollen face, scratched neck …
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
We choose the nominee, not the voters: Senior GOP official — Headed towards a contested convention: Unbound delegate — Curly Haugland, RNC Rules Committee, and Gary Emineth, former chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party, talk about Republican convention rules and why it could lead to a contested convention.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Trump Appears To Have Heavily Plagiarized Op-Ed From Carson — An op-ed penned this month by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and published online appears to be blatantly plagiarized from an article written days earlier under former rival Ben Carson's name, The Daily Caller has determined.
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Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
PBS News Story on First-Time Trump Voters Prominently Displays Longtime White Power Tattoos — Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family …
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Rick Scott / Facebook:
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT CALLS ON REPUBLICANS TO COME TOGETHER — I'm asking all Republicans today to come together and begin preparing to win the general election in November. — With his victories yesterday, I believe it is now time for Republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind Donald Trump.
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WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Waukegan man calls 911 claiming to have killed 19 children — Share Update: … WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Authorities arrested a man after he called them claiming to have killed 19 children in Lake County, Illinois. — According to a statement by the Lake County Sheriff's Office …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial developments of recent months. Household spending has been increasing …
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