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1:50 PM ET, March 21, 2016

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Colorado's Marijuana Laws  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an unusual lawsuit challenging Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana.  —  “The State of Colorado authorizes, oversees, protects and profits …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
John Roberts Criticized Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Before There Was a Vacancy  —  WASHINGTON — Last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered some blunt remarks about the Supreme Court confirmation process.  The Senate should ensure that nominees are qualified, he said, and leave politics out of it.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Supreme Court nominee Garland bows out of more cases
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup: Majority Of Americans Say Merrick Garland Should Be Confirmed
Discussion: Politicus USA
Gary Herbert / Facebook:
I am announcing today that I will join Mitt Romney in casting my ballot tomorrow night for Texas Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Tomorrow night, Utah will award 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention.  If one of the Republican candidates can receive more than 50 percent of the vote …
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump … SALT LAKE CITY — If Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party's nominee, Utahns would vote for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in more than 50 years, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Utah governor voting for Cruz
Discussion: Hot Air, Breitbart and Frontloading HQ
John Kasich / Plain Dealer:
John Kasich's presidential campaign began March with $1.25 million, new filing shows
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Finally Uniting Top Republican Donors — Against Him  —  The prospect of a Donald J. Trump nomination is accomplishing what a diverse and talented field of Republican presidential contenders could not: uniting the party's big-money donor establishment.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Trump puts GOP House majority in jeopardy  —  Donald Trump is on the verge of two things once thought to be impossible: winning the Republican presidential nomination, and putting Republicans' historically large House majority in danger.  —  Democrats have for the past year discussed …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump plans AIPAC surprise  —  Over the nine months of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has yet to step to a podium and read from a script.  That changes Monday, when he is set to address more than 18,000 people attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump Over Israel-Palestine: 'Some Things Aren't Negotiable'
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Candidates Aim for AIPAC Vote
Discussion: Gawker, Shakesville and Infowars
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats to Sanders: Time to wind it down  —  Democratic senators of all stripes are as impressed as they are surprised by Bernie Sanders' insurgent campaign.  —  But the time has come, they say, for Sanders to start winding things down.  —  After holding their fire on Sanders …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Sanders crushes Clinton among Democrats abroad
Discussion: The Week
CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba ties  —  As President Obama travels Cuba for his historic trip, a majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.  —  Fifty-two percent approve of the president's handling …
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
In Cuba, Obama Will Legitimize the Corrupt and Ignore the Oppressed
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Court Rules Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional  —  The Federal District Court for Florida's Northern District ruled Monday that the prison gerrymandering in Florida's Jefferson County unconstitutionally dilutes the voting power of its residents.
Discussion: ACLU of Florida and Shakesville
abc13.com:
Man arrested for sex on Vegas Ferris wheel fatally shot after leaving Houston club  —  Two suspects have been arrested after a driver was gunned down Saturday morning in southwest Houston.
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Can we please retire the notion that Donald Trump is hijacking someone else's party?  —  In mid-July of 2015, a month after Donald Trump announced his presidential run, I joined a gaggle of political junkies in a clubby bar four blocks from the White House to hear a legendary campaign strategist expound on the race ahead.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Erin McIntyre / Daily Sentinel:
No Trump voters allowed  —  Junction landlord screens renters based on politics  —  For rent: Downtown apartment, 2 bedrooms.  Includes organic garden space, hot tub, great backyard.  You can bring your dogs if they have references as good as yours.  If voting for Donald Trump, do not call.
Discussion: Vox and CBS Denver
León Krauze / New Yorker:
Me Gusta Trump: Portrait of a Hispanic Trump Voter  —  John Castillo grew up in Lincoln Heights, the heart of Hispanic Los Angeles, in a tight-knit Mexican-American family.  His father's name was Juan, but his mother decided to name their son John.  He attended Cathedral High School …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Priebus: ‘You let the process play out’ … Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in an interview Sunday dismissed the notion that presidential candidates who fall just short of the necessary number of delegates should receive the Republican nomination.
Discussion: Politico and Infowars
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:
Donald Trump Danced Onstage With Ben Carson While a Man Serenaded Them With a Special Song  —  Finally something delightful this primary: Donald Trump and Ben Carson trapped onstage and on-camera for the entire duration of a special live rendition of the song “Stand By Me”.
Discussion: The Week
Eric Martin / Bloomberg Business:
Stop Trump Movement Gets Boost From Mexico's Efforts in U.S.  —  Consulates in U.S. Promote Citizenship For Immigrants  —  Charm Offensive Seeks to bolster Image of Mexico in U.S.  —  Mexico is mounting an unprecedented effort to turn its permanent residents in the U.S. into citizens …
Discussion: Infowars
Daily Mail:
The ‘Flying Bum’ is ready for lift off: World's largest aircraft the Airlander 10 is fitted with fins and engines ahead of its first flight  — Airlander 10 was originally developed as part of a US Army project which was then abandoned in 2012  — A British company is now converting the aircraft …
Discussion: Infowars
Washington Post:
Donald Trump reveals foreign policy team in meeting with The Washington Post … Donald Trump revealed part of his foreign policy advisory team and outlined an unabashedly non-interventionist approach to world affairs during a wide-ranging meeting Monday with The Washington Post's editorial board.
Discussion: Politico and Right Wing Watch
 
 
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Sorry, #NeverTrump: Rick Perry Rules Out Third-Party Run
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
How Trump Tricked The Press Into Reporting The Royals Were Joining His Florida Club
Discussion: alan.com
Max Fisher / Vox:
How Saudi Arabia captured Washington
Discussion: New York Times and Israpundit
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Will Trump Clinch The GOP Nomination Before The Convention?
Discussion: PredictWise
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Lena Dunham Says She's Received ‘More Hostility’ for Backing Clinton Over Sanders
Discussion: The Week
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
Trumpism: America's Berlusconi Moment
Discussion: Instapundit
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Assaulting Trump Protester Is Active Duty Air Force
Discussion: New York Magazine
John Fund / National Review:
Could Early Voting Elect Donald Trump and Skew the System?
Discussion: The Resurgent
BloombergView.com:
How to Rob a Central Bank
Jessie Hellman / The Hill:
Former UN ambassador: Putin is ‘up to something’
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption
Discussion: The Verge and Engadget
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Will Hillary get charged, or what?  —  FBI chief James Comey …
 

 
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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