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5:30 PM ET, March 25, 2016

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Ted Cruz / Facebook:
I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage.  For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won't go.  —  These smears are completely false, they're offensive to Heidi and me …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Supporter Derails CNN Segment by Accusing Fellow Guest of Having an Affair With Ted Cruz  —  A CNN debate between a Donald Trump supporter and former Ted Cruz communications director Amanda Carpenter went off the rails Friday when the Trump supporter suddenly accused Carpenter of having an illicit affair with her former boss.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump aide fulfills threat to ‘spill the beans’ on Heidi Cruz  —  on Friday fulfilled the businessman's threat to “spill the beans” on Republican presidential rival Ted Cruz  —  's wife, Heidi.  —  Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson rattled off a list of attacks three days after Trump first made the threat.
Donald J. Trump / Facebook:
I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week's issue of the National Enquirer is true or not, but I had absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it.  —  Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Cruz: National Enquirer story is ‘garbage’ from ‘Donald Trump and his henchmen’  —  Trump loves to say these ‘facts.’ Here's where he's wrong. … State of the 2016 race  —  OSHKOSH, Wis. - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) blamed “Donald Trump and his henchmen” for planting a National Enquirer story that accused him of extramarital affairs.
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
The National Enquirer Runs Story of Multiple Ted Cruz Affairs...  Oh dear, the National Enquirer has come out with a story claiming evidence of multiple sexual trysts by presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz.  —  Worse yet for the Cruz camp, the framework within the article is structurally very concerning:
Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
National Enquirer: Ted Cruz Has Had at Least 5 Extramarital Affairs  —  According to the new issue of the National Enquirer, Republican political operatives are investigating rumors that Texas senator Ted Cruz has had extramarital affairs with at least five different women.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson claims credit for helping Trump act more ‘presidential’
Discussion: RedState
J.R. Taylor / National Enquirer:
SHOCKING CLAIMS: Pervy Ted Cruz Caught Cheating — With 5 Secret Mistresses!
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Ted Cruz Calls Tabloid Report on Alleged Affairs ‘Garbage’
Discussion: Hullabaloo, New York's PIX11 and AOL
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump faces daunting gender gap
Discussion: The Slot
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Photo of girls holding hands during nap time melts hearts  —  CLARKSDALE, Miss. — A photo taken of two little girls during nap time at their school is melting hearts across the Internet.  —  This sweet picture was taken while the girls were taking a snooze on a mat at the Presbyterian Day School in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Discussion: WTKR-TV, FOX31 Denver and Althouse
NBC News:
Revealed: Donald Trump's Big Plan to Stop a Contested Republican Convention  —  Who are the delegates that could pick the GOP nominee?  —  On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has a clear answer to questions about a contested convention in Cleveland — it's not happening.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Would-Be Donald Trump Delegate Faces Federal Charges
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Gains in Louisiana After Loss There to Donald Trump
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Post-Trump Era  —  This is a wonderful moment to be a conservative.  For decades now the Republican Party has been groaning under the Reagan orthodoxy, which was right for the 1980s but has become increasingly obsolete.  The Reagan worldview was based on the idea that a rising economic tide would lift all boats.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
N.C.'s Sweeping Anti-Gay Law Goes Way Beyond Targeting LGBTs
Discussion: Daily Kos and WRAL-TV
New York Times:
Transgender Law Makes North Carolina Pioneer in Bigotry
CNN:
Brussels stories: Grief for the lost, hope for the missing  —  (CNN)Two siblings flying to New York.  A Peruvian chef.  A Belgian law student.  —  These are some of the dead and missing in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels.  —  At least 31 people were killed and 300 wounded …
Discussion: WDTN-TV, The Week and NBC News
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Jen Steer / fox8.com:
Thousands sign petition to allow guns at RNC in Cleveland … CLEVELAND- Support is growing for an online petition to allow guns inside Quicken Loans Arena during the Republican National Convention.  —  More than 4,000 people have signed the Change.org petition since it was started two days ago.
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Doug Livingston / Akron Beacon Journal:
More than 5,000 support petition to allow guns at Republican National Convention in Cleveland
New York Times:
A Top ISIS Leader Killed in Airstrike, Pentagon Says  —  WASHINGTON — The United States this week killed a top Islamic State commander in Syria as part of a spate of military actions targeting the terrorist group's leadership and explosives caches, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Friday.
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Mad World News:
Liberal Teacher Takes In Muslim Refugee, His Colleague Finds What's Left Of Him  —  A leftist professor decided to put into practice his own liberal “open doors” policy, feeding and housing a poor Muslim refugee in his own home.  However, when his colleague showed up to find out why he wasn't at work …
Bailey Bumgardner / WSPA-TV:
Woman accused of having sex with dog in Cherokee Co.  —  A Cherokee Co. woman has been arrested after deputies received videos of her performing sexual acts with a Dachshund.  —  Deputies charged 23-year-old Hannah Marie Haynes of Chesnee with buggery.  —  Investigators say Haynes took …
Discussion: WCMH-TV
Ralph Nader / Washington Post:
Why Bernie Sanders was right to run as a Democrat  —  The two-party system suffocates independent challengers.  I would know.  —  During a recent town hall in Columbus, Ohio, Sen. Bernie Sanders said the unthinkable.  At least, you would have thought he did, judging by the response of several Democratic operatives.
Discussion: electionlawblog.org, Salon and Slate
Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Hillary On Area 51 Secrets: ‘I Think We Ought To Share It With The Public’ [VIDEO]  —  Hillary Clinton says barring any national security risk, she would like to open up the government files on Area 51 to the public if she is elected president.  —  “I would like us to go into those files …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Clayton Cramer
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders campaign blasts Clinton over Clooney dinner  —  's campaign lashed out at Hillary Clinton  —  on Friday for a lavish fundraising dinner her campaign has planned with actor George Clooney.  —  Clooney and his wife, Amal, are poised to host a pair of dinners with donors next month in California.
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Anti-terror police shoot suspect holding rucksack at tram station in fresh Brussels swoop as two explosions are heard  —  Armed police shot a terror suspect at a Brussels tram station as they launched fresh raids in the Belgian capital in the wake of the suicide attacks on Tuesday.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Why Emily's List is spending big to defeat a progressive Democrat  —  Rep. Chris Van Hollen seems an unlikely target for a Democratic super PAC's ­biggest-ever primary campaign.  A rising star in the party, the Senate candidate is a longtime protege of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Conservatives hammer GOP senator over Supreme Court dissent  —  Days after Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) called on the Senate to take up Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court, conservative groups are urging him, in no uncertain terms, to reconsider.
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Growing Up in a Bad Neighborhood Does More Harm Than We Thought  —  The neighborhood in which you grow up is a major determinant of your economic success as an adult.  That's been known for a while, but new research suggests that the effects may be much larger than social scientists previously understood.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Christie helped Trump with debate prep  —  Chris Christie is taking on a bigger role behind the scenes of Donald Trump  —  's presidential campaign, helping the GOP front-runner with his debate prep.  —  The New Jersey governor coached Trump prior to the last Republican debate, held March 10 in Miami, NJ.com reported Friday.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
WRAL-TV:
Five arrested in downtown Raleigh protest  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Five people were arrested after protesters blocked North Blount Street in front of the governor's mansion in downtown Raleigh Thursday evening in response to Gov. Pat McCrory signing the state discrimination bill into law Wednesday night.
Discussion: Towleroad and Washington Post
 
 
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
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Guardian:
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Brett Taylor / twitchy.com:
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WALB-TV:
VIDEO: Teacher knocks down special needs student, resigns
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Calum McKay / BBC:
Glasgow mosque leader praises extremist killer
Discussion: Telegraph
Chellie Mills / KFOR-TV:
“We were coming in sideways,” Oklahoma passengers recall bumpy landing during strong winds
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
What Donald Trump gets wrong about money in politics
Discussion: PRI
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Indiana Governor Signs Abortion Bill With Added Restrictions
Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Free Beacon Poll: Cruz Expands Lead Over Trump in Wisconsin
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lost emails from Clinton server discovered
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and WND