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10:40 AM ET, April 2, 2016

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama: Iran not following ‘spirit’ of deal  —  President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the “spirit” of last year's historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the “letter” of the pact.  —  In comments following the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington …
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Daily Mail:
Thumbs up: Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko certainly looked please to have taken his place behind President Barack Obama  —  ... Meanwhile, in the shadows: Cameron was isolated from the power players and looked dejected as he shook hands with UAE foreign affairs minister Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump's Comments on Nuclear Weapons
Discussion: The Atlantic and Associated Press
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on nuclear talk: ‘Europe is a big place’
Los Angeles Times:
Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay  —  Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday charged a 69-year-old man with fatally shooting his son outside the family's North Hills home because the son was gay.  —  The shooting occurred Tuesday when police responded to a call …
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Dana Bartholomew / L.A. Daily News:
North Hills man suspected of killing son because he was gay  —  A 69-year-old North Hills man suspected of killing his son outside a house where the man's wife was found stabbed to death was charged Friday with murder, with a hate crime allegation that he killed his son because he was gay …
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Obama: Isil seeking nuclear material to kill as many people as possible  —  Play!  —  Isil terrorists are planning to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities in a horrific “dirty bomb” attack, David Cameron has warned.  —  World leaders are concerned that jihadists …
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Cracks in the GOP wall: The Republicans' hardline Supreme Court obstruction is crumbling  —  Republicans hoped to enforce blanket obstruction of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, but defections are multiplying  —  The trick to making blanket obstructionism work as a political tool is to make it a team effort.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: If I win, everything bad in US will be reversed  —  is setting the bar high for campaign promises.  —  The Republican presidential front-runner said Saturday morning that if he wins the presidency, all problems in the country will be fixed.  —  “Wisconsin has suffered a great loss …
Discussion: Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
New York Times:
North Carolina Law May Risk Federal Aid  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering whether North Carolina's new law on gay and transgender rights makes the state ineligible for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools, highways and housing, officials said Friday.
Discussion: Althouse, Hot Air and Towleroad
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Says He's Planning “Days Of Rage” At The Convention  —  Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and current ally of Donald Trump, says he's trying to organize protests at the Republican convention in Cleveland this summer to disrupt any effort by the party to …
Patti Domm / CNBC:
The 30-year-old prince who is changing the world  —  A 30-year-old you may have never heard of is trying to build a company worth four Apples — and a Nike to spare.  —  Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a fast riser in the Saudi hierarchy and member of the new generation …
Sky Chadde / Victoria Advocate:
Police want to use residential, business surveillance cameras  —  Police found Deanna Pagel, 52, dead in the street in March 2015.  —  Evidence was scant - until a resident who lived in the south Victoria neighborhood approached police with footage from a house surveillance camera that showed a vehicle in the vicinity that night.
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
Cruise For 1,700 School Kids Ends In Tragedy As Migrant Passengers Gang-Rape Girl  —  Five men, including two believed to be accessories to murder, have been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a girl on-board a special, high school kids-only pleasure cruise in Sweden.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Forty-six percent of Americans now identify politically as Democrats or say they lean Democratic, while 40% identify as Republican or lean Republican.  As recently as October, the parties had equal levels of support.
Andrea Weigl / Raleigh News & Observer:
Some Triangle small-business owners show opposition to HB2 legislation  —  Several restaurants change single-stall restrooms to unisex  —  Business owners display flier, decals opposing new law  —  Raleigh private club sees best weekend ever after posting opposition
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and WNCN
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump  —  Donald Trump's cratering popularity could help Ted Cruz snag the nomination, but he has glaring weaknesses too  —  It seems like it wouldn't be possible, but Donald Trump is somehow getting more unpopular.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Ted Cruz's evangelical problem
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin's Voter-ID Law Could Block 300,000 Registered Voters From the Polls  —  One of the country's toughest voting restrictions takes effect for the April 5 primary.  —  By ,  —  Johnny Randle, a 74-year-old African-American resident of Milwaukee, moved to Wisconsin from Mississippi in 2011 …
Shannon Giles / Los Angeles Times:
They're 400,000 strong and the Pentagon sees them as an emerging threat  —  A no-drone sign outside the Pentagon.  —  The Pentagon, the world's largest user of drones, has posted a new policy on signs outside the mammoth five-sided building: No Drone Zone.
Associated Press:
Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More for Me  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels has been supportive when she was attacked by Donald Trump, and colleague Bill O'Reilly and CNN are both on her list.
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Daily Mail:
‘I was woken to this guy shouting in my face’: Muslim man yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ repeatedly terrifying Etihad airline passengers as he performs call to prayer  —  Passengers became terrified after a man began shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ at the top of his voice on a plane.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Washington Post:
Under pressure to digitize everything, hospitals are hackers' biggest new target  —  The cyberattack on MedStar Health — one of the biggest health-care systems in the Washington region — is a foreboding sign that an industry racing to digitize patient records and services faces a new kind …
Discussion: NPR and Associated Press
CBS News:
Donald Trump: Don't change abortion laws  —  Update:Trump campaign communications manager Hope Hicks released a statement to CBS News late Friday clarifying the candidate's comments.  —  “Mr. Trump gave an accurate account of the law as it is today and made clear it must stay that way now —until he is President,” Hicks said.
Chicago Tribune:
Mother views son's cellphone footage of him being shot multiple times  —  Warning: Video may be disturbing.  Chicago police are investigating this video in connection with a shooting on March 31, 2016, at 56th and Hoyne.  —  The mother of a man who was shot on Chicago's South Side …
Discussion: WGN-TV
 
 
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H.W. Brands / Politico:
How Trump Has Proved the Founders Right
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How the North Dakota GOP is freezing out Trump
Discussion: Guardian
Danny Yadron / Guardian:
FBI facing demands to share its claimed technique to unlock iPhones
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OVER 100,000 DEMOCRAT VOTERS SWITCH PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA — To Vote Trump
Los Angeles Times:
Crash of whale-watching ship into San Diego pier caught on video
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
No joke. April Fools' Day has been banned in China.
 Earlier Items: 
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Calls For National Law To Cripple Unions
Andrew Shain / The State:
SC Secessionist Party to raise Confederate flag at State House in July
Discussion: WJHL and WSAV-TV
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now
Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’