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12:05 PM ET, March 29, 2016

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court deadlocks over public employee union case; Calif. teachers must pay dues … The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was unable to resolve a major challenge to organized labor, and the result was a defeat for a group of California teachers who claim their free speech rights …
Discussion: Politico
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BostonGlobe.com:
Supreme Court deadlock gives win to unions in fee case  —  WASHINGTON — A tie vote from the Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a win to labor unions in a high-profile dispute over their ability to collect fees.  —  The justices divided 4-4 in a case that considered whether public employees represented …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Libby Nelson / Vox:
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court  —  If Antonin Scalia were alive, things could have turned out very differently.  —  A case that had the potential to weaken public sector unions across the United States ended with a somewhat unexpected victory for unions on Tuesday …
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
A Narrow Escape for Public-Sector Unions
Palm Beach Post:
Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. ex-Breitbart reporter  —  Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump campaign manager, was charged this morning with misdemeanor battery after allegations of forcefully grabbing a reporter at a Jupiter news conference, town police confirmed this morning.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Police Charge Top Trump Aide With Battery For Manhandling Reporter (VIDEO)  —  This post has been updated.  —  Local Florida police charged Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with misdemeanor battery Tuesday after a former reporter for Breitbart accused him of manhandling her.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's popularity nosedives in critical stretch  —  Donald Trump wasn't wildly popular to begin with.  And now he's becoming even more disliked among American voters, creating a significant threat to his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: American Prospect
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NBC News:
Poll: Trump Nearly at 50 Percent Support Among Republicans Nationally
Discussion: Hot Air
Ari Melber / NBC News:
16 GOP Senators Back Meeting With Obama's SCOTUS Pick
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Susan Sarandon: Trump Might Be Better for America Than Hillary Clinton  —  If Bernie Sanders fails to get the Democratic nomination, Susan Sarandon isn't sure she'll vote for Hillary Clinton.  She even said Monday that Trump could be the better option.  —  One of the biggest question marks …
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
This Is How Bernie Sanders Will Win the Nomination  —  According to the Sanders campaign.  —  After sweeping victories in three contests over the weekend, Bernie Sanders' campaign has a message for Hillary Clinton: “Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated.”
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump brings GOP civil war to Paul Ryan's backyard  —  When Donald Trump plants a flag Tuesday in the hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, he'll be sounding the opening shot of a weeklong battle for Wisconsin — a symbolic beachhead in his fight to vanquish the Republican establishment.
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Will Walker Do?
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz Ahead Of Wisconsin Primary
Discussion: The Week
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Ted Cruz dodges question about whether he's ‘always been faithful’ to his wife as endorser Carly Fiorina leaps in to insist a declaration that he's not an adulterer is a 'dance to Donald trump's tune'  — Texas senator could put National Enquirer scandal to rest with a simple statement that he has never strayed in his 14-year marriage
Daily Mail:
Grinning passenger poses for a SELFIE alongside hijacker wearing a ‘suicide vest’: Jet is forced to land in Cyprus where hostage taker gives himself up after demanding officials hand a letter to his ex-wife  — Are you the man taking the selfie with the hijacker?  Do you know him?
Discussion: Hot Air
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BBC:
EgyptAir hijack: Man surrenders at Larnaca airport
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo:
Governor Cuomo Bans Non-Essential State Travel to North Carolina  —  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina.  The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review …
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NBC News:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Calls LGBT Criticism ‘Political Theater’
Richard Socarides / New Yorker:
North Carolina and the Gay-Rights Backlash
Discussion: Washington Post
Juliet Perry / CNN:
Real ‘Siberian unicorn’ remains found  —  (CNN)New research has revealed the ‘Siberian unicorn’ roamed the planet far more recently than we originally thought.  —  The bad news is it looked nothing like the mythical creatures portrayed in so many fairy tales.  —  Real unicorns — not so pretty.
Discussion: The Week
Cnycentral / WRGB:
Nurse who snapped photo of patient's penis surrenders license  —  FULTON, N.Y. — A Fulton nurse convicted of taking a photo of an unconscious patient's penis with her iPhone last year surrendered her license, according to the New York State Education Department.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism  —  If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, one of the main reasons will be that many in the conservative movement found him acceptable.  And one of the main reasons that many conservatives are finding Trump acceptable …
GazetteXtra:
Protesters arrested after occupying Janesville Holiday Inn  —  JANESVILLE — Six protesters were arrested and could face trespassing, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer charges after dozens initially entered the Holiday Inn Express on Monday evening as part of an anti-Donald Trump protest.
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CNN:
Top Kasich aide: Romney tried to help broker backchannel with Cruz campaign  —  Programming note: CNN will host the final three Republican candidates at a live town hall in Milwaukee from 8-11 p.m. ET Tuesday.  —  (CNN)In a storyline that could be ripped from a House of Cards script …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Heidi Cruz cancels N.J. campaign events
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This 2014 study explains an enormous amount about Trumpism  —  As Donald Trump inches closer to the nomination, it's clear that he's very popular with a certain type of white voter.  Why that's the case is up for debate.  —  The political movement behind Trump clearly mixes elements of economic distress …
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
The American Anti-Vaccine Mom Turned ISIS Superstar  —  The feds say Safya Yassin was a propaganda machine for the Islamic State, even once threatening FBI agents with death.  Friends and family say she was a harmless, lonely mother to an autistic boy who was desperate for connection.
Discussion: Raw Story
Japan Times:
Tokyo man held over confinement of missing Saitama teen  —  SAITAMA - A man was detained Monday in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on suspicion of abducting a Saitama girl who was found the previous day after disappearing two years ago, police said.  —  Kabu Terauchi, 23, was detained near Futo Station …
Discussion: WNEP-TV
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Newspapers Gobble Each Other Up to Survive Digital Apocalypse  —  More than $800 million in deals seen last year, most since '08  —  Pressure to merge grows as U.S. publishers divest TV assets  —  Newspapers have settled on a strategy to stop withering away: feast on each other for survival.
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
New Jersey hospital emergency room becomes first in U.S. to end use of opioid painkillers  —  PATERSON, N.J. — St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center announced it has become the first hospital in the country to implement a program that will manage patients' pain in the emergency room without the use of opioid painkillers.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Struggles With Presidential Demeanor Ahead of Wisconsin Primary  —  The billionaire front-runner attempts to play down his degrading comments about women, saying they were made in jest.  —  Donald Trump began his closing bid to capture Wisconsin's winner-take-all Republican primary …
 
 
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Nev. candidate says Reid urged him to quit, because ‘a Muslim cannot win this race.’
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New York Times:
$15-an-Hour Minimum Wage in California? Plan Has Some Worried
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
An illegal immigrant has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating a 12-year-old …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rubio wants name off California ballot
The White House:
Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Additional Actions to Address the Prescription Opioid Abuse …
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Hard Line on Immigration Resonates Less With Young Republicans, Survey Shows
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Success Upends Battle for Control of Congress
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Abby Broyles / KFOR-TV:
“What is that?” Oklahoma family alarmed after finding dead mouse in can of green beans
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Hires Paul Manafort to Lead Delegate Effort