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8:15 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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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.
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.
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz ‘Affair’ Rumors Peddled by Marco Rubio's Allies  —  The senator accused Donald Trump of planting a National Enquirer sex scandal story.  If that's true, Trump wasn't the only Cruz opponent trying to traffic in smears.  —  If you enjoy daydreaming about Ted Cruz's sex life, then today is your lucky day.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
3 Problems With Media Coverage Of Attacks On Heidi Cruz  —  Last week an anti-Trump political action committee not tied to any candidate issued a Facebook ad it said was targeted at Mormon voters in Utah.  The ad used one of Melania Trump's many professional nude modeling pictures, over which was written “Meet Melania Trump.
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
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
Kaily Cunningham / fox8.com:
Horrific: SUV runs over several people during dispute in Cleveland … WARNING: Some viewers may find parts of this video disturbing  —  CLEVELAND - A Fox 8 viewer captured horrific video of a dispute on Cleveland's east side early Friday morning.  —  The video shows an argument …
Discussion: Fox 59 and WTKR-TV
Doug Livingston / Akron Beacon Journal:
More than 5,000 support petition to allow guns at Republican National Convention in Cleveland  —  Support has more than quadrupled overnight for a petition to allow firearms at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  —  The petition, filed by “Americans for Responsible Open Carry …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:   Thousands want GOP to let angry voters bring guns to Republican convention in case of ISIS attack
WALB-TV:
VIDEO: Teacher knocks down special needs student, resigns  —  By WALB News Team  —  Surveillance footage appears to show a teacher knocking down a student in the hallway at school.  —  The special education teacher, identified as Amelia Stripling, has since resigned.
Discussion: Raw Story, KFOR-TV, AOL and fox8.com
S. Noble / independentsentinel.com:
Obama Has His Say on Communism, Socialism and Capitalism-They're All the Same  —  Barack Obama told an audience of Argentinian youth that the differences between socialism and capitalism make interesting conversation but just pick whatever works.  The ideological-left US president suddenly doesn't have an affinity for ideology.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Obama: Forget The Difference Between Capitalism And Communism, “Just Decide What Works”
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
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: KRQE-TV, The Week and NBC News
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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 …
Tom Morgan / Telegraph:
Muslim shopkeeper murdered in suspected ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack after posting on Facebook of love for Christians  —  Detectives arrest 32-year-old Muslim man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack  —  A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a …
Discussion: Power Line and The Right Scoop
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
N.C.'s Sweeping Anti-Gay Law Goes Way Beyond Targeting LGBTs  —  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) late Wednesday night signed rushed legislation that, as is widely known, eliminates local governments' ability to pass anti-discrimination measures to protect gay and transgender individuals.
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 …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
West Virginia's Joe Manchin Shaken by Hillary Clinton's ‘Horrific’ Coal Comment  —  Joe Manchin was livid.  —  The Democratic senator from West Virginia had seen Hillary Clinton tell a televised town hall audience that if she became president, “we're going to put a lot of coal miners …
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.
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.
 
 
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Guardian:
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
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