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1:50 PM ET, March 23, 2016

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz  —  In a surprise announcement, Jeb Bush will endorse Ted Cruz on Wednesday as an antidote to the “divisiveness and vulgarity” of Donald Trump, providing a badly needed boost to the Texas senator - but it's one that comes dangerously late in a game that Trump is dominating.
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CNN:
Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for president  —  Washington (CNN)Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz on Wednesday morning, calling his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination a “principled conservative” and urging fellow Republicans to reject Donald Trump as the next GOP nominee.
Jeb Bush / Facebook:
I wanted you all to be the first to know that today I am endorsing Ted Cruz for President.  —  Ted is a consistent, principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal to voters and win primary contests, including yesterday's Utah caucus.  —  As I said from the moment I launched …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Trump beats both foes head-to-head  —  Donald Trump would lead either Ted Cruz or John Kasich in a two-way race, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University national poll released Wednesday.  —  Asked whom they would like to win the GOP nomination, 43 percent of the 652 Republicans surveyed …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz: Trump's attack on my wife shows his character
Discussion: ABC News and Towleroad
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Happened on Western Tuesday
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump tweets threat about Cruz's wife
John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Threatens to ‘Spill the Beans’ on Cruz's Wife After Racy Photo of Melania Trump Used in Ad
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and abc13.com
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Endorses Ted Cruz in Republican Primary
David Weigel / Washington Post:
AIPAC's apology for Trump speech is unprecedented … This morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced something that American politicians have become all too familiar with — being overshadowed by Donald Trump.  —  The prime minister's video-linked speech …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Foreign policy adviser downplays Trump's ‘torture’ talk
Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Mocks Trump's ‘Foreign’ Wives: There 'Are Jobs Americans Won't Do'
Discussion: The Slot and The Week
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:   Romney mocks Trump at GOP dinner
Steve Inskeep / NPR:   LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture
Politico:
Paul Ryan sounds alarm about disheartening state of politics  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday warned against getting “disheartened” about the current state of politics, saying that Americans can't lose faith in their government.  —  In a sweeping speech, the Wisconsin Republican implicitly rebuked …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, ABC News, WND and The Week
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Speaker.gov:
FULL TEXT: Speaker Ryan on the State of American Politics  —  WASHINGTON — Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered an address on the state of American politics to a bipartisan group of House interns.  Click here to watch the address in full.  Below are Speaker Ryan's full remarks as prepared for delivery:
Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones and Raw Story
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Ryan: ‘Disheartening’ politics risks distrust of government
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:   Ryan Slams ‘Ugliness’ in Politics Amid Trump-Driven Chaos
Washington Post:
Belgian authorities capture suspect in Brussels attacks … BRUSSELS — Authorities captured a suspect linked to the Brussels bloodshed Wednesday following a massive manhunt, as details emerged of the suicide attackers: two brothers who brought chaos and bloodshed to the city at the heart of European unity …
Discussion: CBS New York, Mashable and Hot Air
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
What We Know About the Deadly Attacks in Brussels: Two Attackers Identified
Discussion: Washington Post and Refinery29
Stephen Brown / Politico:   Belgian police catch Brussels bomb suspect Najim Laachraoui
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump overwhelmed their rivals in the Arizona primaries on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, a show of might from two presidential front-runners who are hoping to avoid prolonging …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Whites ‘Losing Out’ To Minorities, Majority Of Trump Backers Say
Discussion: Washington Post
Sam Budnyk / The Emory Wheel:
Emory Students Express Discontent With Administrative Response to Trump Chalkings  —  The following day, University President James W. Wagner, as well as representatives from College Council (CC) and Student Government Association (SGA) sent emails to the Emory community to address student concerns and responses.
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Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg Dead at 45  —  Malik Taylor's distinct voice and nimble flow helped anchor landmark hip-hop albums  —  Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg whose nimble, clever rhymes helped launch A Tribe Called Quest to both commercial and critical success, died Wednesday at the age of 45.
Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Disney, Marvel to Boycott Georgia if Religious Liberty Bill Is Passed  —  The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Studios indicated opposition to a Georgia religious liberty bill pending before Gov. Nathan Deal, saying that they will take their business elsewhere “should any legislation allowing …
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Donald Trump?  —  The night before Super Tuesday I was on a plane from Oklahoma City to Cleveland, my hometown, when a thought struck me: I truly had no idea what was going on in America.  —  I'd been traveling a fair bit during the rush of primary season, and you start to feel unstuck when you do that.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Massive US airstrike in Yemen kills ‘dozens’ of people, Pentagon says  —  A massive US airstrike in Yemen has killed what the Pentagon estimates is “dozens” of people, the second such mass-casualty strike the US military has undertaken this month.  —  The two strikes, killing more than 200 people …
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Reuters:
Strikes kill at least 50 at Qaeda Yemen camp: medics, official
Amanda Porterfield / WDJT-TV:
Racine Teenager Rescued by Police After Unexpectedly Giving Birth  —  A Racine teenager says she went nine months having no idea she was pregnant.  —  That is until she unexpectedly gave birth at home on Tuesday morning.  —  Racine Police sent the 17-year-old girl and child to the hospital.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver and WGN-TV
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Reminder: Liberalism Is Working, and Marxism Has Always Failed  —  <span>Never too early to start planning the counterrevolution.</span>  —  Yesterday, President Obama visited Cuba at a moment when his presidency is at an apogee, and international communism is mired in a long, terminal decline.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Does Obama Have This Right?  —  Sulaimaniya, Iraq — As one could see from President Obama's recent interview in The Atlantic, he pretty much hates all the Middle East's leaders including those of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Iran and the Palestinians.
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Four GOP lawmakers reject bills to promote women in science  —  The House easily passed two seemingly noncontroversial bills on Tuesday to encourage recruiting women for science careers.  —  But four male conservative Republicans broke ranks with all other lawmakers who showed up to vote.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama slams Cruz as he defends his own response to terror threats
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Los Angeles Times:
Column Nominating Donald Trump will end the Republican Party as we know it.  So will not nominating him
Tova Cohen / Reuters:
Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report
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Pamela Geller:
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A.J. Daulerio Doesn't Regret Child Sex Quip At Hogan-Gawker Trial
Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
Sixth Circuit loses patience with the IRS
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Stephen Ganey / fox4kc.com:
Photo of mom allegedly smoking meth next to baby leads to arrest
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