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4:30 PM ET, March 18, 2016

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Rebekah L. Sanders / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders to Sheriff Arpaio: ‘Watch out, Joe’  —  Bernie Sanders addressed supporters in Phoenix Tuesday as Hillary Clinton rolled up primary victories in several states.  Sanders remained optimistic, saying “we are doing something very radical in American politics _ we are telling the truth.”
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders says Clinton does not have ‘insurmountable lead’
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama
Discussion: Allen B. West, Weasel Zippers and WND
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
How we now know that Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for anything
Joe Klein / TIME:
To Take out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician
NPR:
Transcript And Video: President Obama's Interview With NPR's Nina Totenberg  —  President Obama spoke with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Thursday about why he selected Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, why he thinks the judge deserves a hearing from the Senate …
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Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
By Hamilton's rules on Supreme picks, the Senate's right and Obama's wrong
Discussion: Western Journalism
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Conservative group targets Sens. Manchin, Heitkamp with big ad buy in SCOTUS fight
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Mark Kirk is first Republican senator to call for vote on Garland
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court  —  When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ran into hostile …
Discussion: Washington Post, Salon and Vox
Mitt Romney / Facebook:
This week, in the Utah nominating caucus, I will vote for Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism.  Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Mitt Romney says he's voting for Ted Cruz
Discussion: Political Wire
Daily Mail:
‘We got him!’:  Police capture world's most wanted man as ISIS fugitive behind Paris attacks is shot in raid on Brussels hideout  —  The world's most wanted man, a prime suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks, has been wounded and captured in a dramatic police raid in Brussels.
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Fox News:
Fugitive Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam wounded in anti-terror raid, Belgian media report
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Wall Street Journal:
A Trump Reality Check  —  He is the least commanding GOP front-runner since Ford.  —  Donald Trump won't debate his Republican rivals again but he will continue to argue on Twitter.  On Thursday the businessman demanded an apology after we—"the dummies at the @WSJ Editorial Board" …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Allies Launch Plan to Undercut Donald Trump Now  —  Democrat's presidential campaign also readies a strategy of engaging Republican on issues without trading insults  —  Pro-Democratic groups are launching an orchestrated bid to weaken GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump ahead …
Ari Melber / NBC News:
RNC Rules: Insiders Speak Out on Contested Convention  —  Brokered Convention?  Here are the Rules 1:46  —  If no presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates and Republicans face a contested convention this summer, a small group of party insiders will have huge sway over who wins …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention  —  In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates.  —  That's according to members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states …
CBS News:
Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric  —  NEW YORK — The Secret Service, FBI and New York Police Department are investigating what sources tell CBS News is a threatening piece of mail sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump.  —  The mail, sent to Eric Trump at his posh Manhattan residence …
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl's Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa  —  Papaw made dinner for six grandkids, but only one showed up. :'(  —  This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma.  —  On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Editor of top US Jewish newspaper: Boycott Trump at AIPAC  —  The editor-in-chief of a top Jewish-American newspaper is calling for a boycott of Donald Trump  —  's speech at a major pro-Jewish conference next week.  —  Jane Eisner of The Forward published a list this week of suggestions …
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Sandy Rashty / thejc.com:
Donald Trump is more than my boss, he is a patriarch
The Cook Political Report:
2016 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR MARCH 18, 2016  —  Likely: These seats are not considered competitive at this point, but have the potential to become engaged.  —  Lean: These are considered competitive races, but one party has an advantage.  —  Toss-Up: These are the most competitive; either party has a good chance of winning.
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Hillary Has an NSA Problem  —  The FBI has been investigating Clinton for months—but an even more secretive Federal agency has its own important beef with her  —  For a year now, Hillary Clinton's misuse of email during her tenure as Secretary of State has hung like a dark cloud over her presidential campaign.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and The Week
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will  —  Staffers at the five major television networks are grappling with what role their organizations may have played in amplifying Donald Trump's successful campaign of insults, generalizations about minority groups, and at times flat lies.
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever  —  The voters have spoken.  —  In convincing fashion, Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee.  And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it.  Voters are rarely wise but are usually sensible.  They understand their own problems.
Discussion: Instapundit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is counting on an anti-trade backlash that doesn't appear to exist  —  Donald Trump offers largely orthodox conservative policy solutions on economic issues, with the important exception of trade.  On the question of trade deals, Trump is offering a right-wing nationalist spin …
abc13.com:
Sex offender David Wilson sentenced to life in prison  —  A jury sentenced sex offender David Wilson to life in prison hours after they convicted him of child sex assault.  —  Wilson, a previous sex offender, was accused of molesting two young girls.  —  The jury deliberated about an hour.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces contemplate the end  —  With Donald Trump marching toward a nomination that few believed he could win, Republicans once bent on defeating him are now reassessing their efforts to stop him.  —  Trump's dazed and demoralized adversaries find themselves at a defining moment …
Discussion: Hot Air, ABC News and Washington Post
 
 
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
ONLY ON AP: AIRMEN AT NUKE BASE PROBED FOR ILLEGAL DRUG USE
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Not Kidding: Senior Donald Trump Advisor Says Riots Aren't Violence
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
The Role of Highways in American Poverty
Agence France-Presse:
Move over Che: Obama's the new poster in town
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Power Line
Avianne Tan / ABC News:
Adorable Pet Arctic Fox Starts Cracking Up Whenever He Hears Laughter
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Associated Press:
US GOV'T SETS RECORD FOR FAILURES TO FIND FILES WHEN ASKED
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Dave Fehling / Houston Public Media:
Texas Game Wardens Are Now Looking For Poachers ... and Terrorists
Cassandra Sweet / Wall Street Journal:
Ivanpah Solar Plant May Be Forced to Shut Down
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line
Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Debriefing Mike Murphy
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Obama to pick first female four-star commander
Discussion: The Week
Henry Goldman / Bloomberg Business:
Stabbing Surge Stumps NYC Police, Sows Fear Among Residents
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Brian M. Rosenthal / Houston Chronicle:
‘Jesus Shot’ at center of Miller's controversial, taxpayer-funded trip
Discussion: Raw Story
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
‘Earth Hour’ Blackout Cancelled Because Of Migrant Rape
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