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3:45 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: National Review and Politico
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Republican Senator: I'm ‘Perplexed’ At Mitch McConnell's Decision To Block Merrick Garland  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is “not real happy” with her.  —  That's because Collins is part of a growing group of Republican Senators who have decided …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Victory for Unions as Supreme Court, Scalia Gone, Ties 4-4  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed organized labor a major victory, deadlocking 4 to 4 in a case that had threatened to cripple the ability of public unions to collect fees from workers who chose not join …
Libby Nelson / Vox:
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: The Biggest Legal Attack On Unions In Decades Is Dead
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Public employee unions dodge a Supreme Court bullet in tie vote
Discussion: Common Dreams
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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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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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The strange silence about Hillarymania: Clinton fires up voters more than Bernie does …
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
This Is How Bernie Sanders Will Win the Nomination
Discussion: Washington Monthly and MSNBC
David Mitchell / FOX31 Denver:
Widower gets charged $853 ‘rebooking’ fee when wife dies before cruise … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man had just lost his wife only to be dealt another painful blow.  —  He received an $850 charge from Viking River Cruises because his late wife wasn't going on the prepaid trip.
Discussion: WNEP-TV
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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USA Today:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz
Discussion: Washington Post and neo-neocon
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz Ahead Of Wisconsin Primary
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Will Walker Do?
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.
Colin Campbell / The Charlotte Observer:
McCrory blames ‘inaccurate’ news stories for backlash against NC LGBT law  —  Governor says ‘we have not taken away any rights that have currently existed’ in cities  —  But new law revokes local nondiscrimination ordinances  —  'You're blindsiding me with a question …
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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
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Shaena Montanari / Forbes:
New Discovery Reveals When The ‘Siberian Unicorn’ Went Extinct
Discussion: AOL, Washington Post and Fusion
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.
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NBC News:
Poll: Trump Nearly at 50 Percent Support Among Republicans Nationally
Discussion: Washington Post
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Nev. candidate says Reid urged him to quit, because ‘a Muslim cannot win this race.’ … A Muslim Democrat running for a U.S. House seat in Nevada says that — in a private meeting last year — Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had encouraged him to end his campaign by saying, “a Muslim cannot win this race.”
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Harry Reid accused of telling candidate to stand down because “a Muslim can't win”
Discussion: Ralston Reports
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
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Half of Voters Back Muslim Travel Ban, Patrols of Muslim Neighborhoods  —  Have the terrorists won?  The main motif to emerge from a new Morning Consult survey taken after the attacks in Brussels last week is that the threat of terrorism may diminish how much people worry about privacy and civil rights.
SuperStation95:
SHOTS FIRED AT CAMPERS/HIKERS IN APPLE VALLEY - HOT SPRINGS, CA; ARMED TERROR CELL NEAR LOS ANGELES?  COPS RESPONDED —  THEN LET THEM ALL GO !!!! … 8:28 PM EDT Sunday, 27 March — A heavily armed group of men with Middle Eastern appearance was arrested two hours ago outside Los Angeles …
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: WREG-TV and CBS New York
Liam Stack / New York Times:
James Noble, Absent-Minded Governor on ‘Benson,’ Dies at 94  —  James Noble, the actor best known for his role as the absent-minded governor on the hit 1980s sitcom “Benson,” died on Monday at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut.  He was 94.  —  His death was confirmed by Douglas Moser …
Discussion: AOL and Deadline
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
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 …
 
 
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Michael Rothman / ABC News:
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Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
CBO Misses Its Obamacare Projection by 24 Million People
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
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New York Times:
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
An illegal immigrant has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating a 12-year-old …
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
The American Anti-Vaccine Mom Turned ISIS Superstar
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rubio wants name off California ballot