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9:00 AM ET, April 17, 2016

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Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Trump Supporters Walk Out of Georgia Delegate Fight After Party Picks Cruz Supporter...'Uproar in the Hall'  —  Donald Trump supporters walked out of a delegate election in Georgia Saturday to protest a vote that robbed Trump of all of his slated delegates from a district that he won in the primary.
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Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia  —  On March 1, Donald Trump finished first in Georgia's Republican presidential primary with 39 percent of the vote.  —  On Saturday, at gatherings of Republican activists meeting by congressional district …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:   HOW TRUMP CAN LOCK UP GOP NOMINATION BEFORE THE CONVENTION
Alison Smale / New York Times:
German Comic Who Lampooned Erdogan to Extend Break From TV Show  —  BERLIN — The satirist whose crude lampoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey touched off a furor over free speech in Germany announced Saturday that he and his team would take a break from their satirical TV show until May 12.
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Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
MERKEL CRITICIZED, LAUDED FOR ALLOWING COMIC'S PROSECUTION
Discussion: Associated Press
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
U.S. sends nine Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia  —  The United States on Saturday transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had been on a hunger strike since 2007, under a long-sought diplomatic deal between Washington …
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CNN:
Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11 bill
Discussion: The Right Scoop and New York Times
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Thousands of troops on Paris streets but are they France's new Maginot line?  —  Many welcome them, but others fear it is a ‘political anti-anxiety measure’  —  n the cobbled alleyways of Montmartre, as a busker warbled La Vie en Rose and street artists painted watercolours of the view over Paris …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts  —  The balance of power in the Republican Party has suddenly shifted to delegates, many of whom are entering the national spotlight for the first time.  —  Delegates say their lives have been turned upside down by the possibility …
Discussion: Political Wire
Terry Macalister / Observer:
Clouds gather over solar power after golden years of success  —  iven that the government is determined to avoid playing a financial role in the planned new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point, it is perhaps surprising that it is involved in the UK's largest solar array.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Bernie Sanders smashes the Israel status quo  —  New York (CNN)Bernie Sanders is taking a sledgehammer to the political status quo on Israel.  —  Sanders refused to back down Thursday night from his claim that Israel in 2014 used “disproportionate” force to respond to Hamas rocket fire …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Criticizing Israel, Bernie Sanders Highlights Split Among Jewish Democrats
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Hillary Is Not Sorry  —  WASHINGTON — IT'S hard not to feel sorry for Hillary Clinton.  She is hearing ghostly footsteps.  —  She's having her inevitability challenged a second time by a moralizing senator with few accomplishments who chides her on her bad judgment on Iraq and special-interest money …
Suz Elvey / Daily Express:
Huge fireball at Manchester Airport as terror suspect is seized  —  A CAR exploded into flames at a UK airport today just minutes before a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.  —  A car burst into flames at Manchester Airport  —  The drama unfolded as it was revealed police discovered a …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Dan Berman / CNN:
Ted Cruz sweeps Wyoming Republican Convention  —  Casper, Wyoming (CNN)It's a Ted Cruz sweep in Wyoming.  —  Cruz won 14 of 14 Republican National Convention delegates up for grabs at the Wyoming state convention here Saturday.  —  The crowd here was clearly in Cruz's corner …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections  —  Some donors to Clinton foundation used the Panamanian law firm for offshores  —  Connections come from the more than 40 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have spent in public life  —  Clinton criticized those exposed in the Panama Papers, some looking to hide their wealth
Discussion: The Daily Caller
BBC:
Japan earthquake: Rescuers in ‘race against time’ as storm hits  —  Rescuers are in a “race against time” to find survivors of a powerful earthquake amid forecasts of heavy rain and cold overnight, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned.  —  Mr Abe admitted rescue operations throughout …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Hot Air and Engadget
Ines San Martin / CRUX:
Pope Francis calls Sanders greeting only ‘common courtesy’  —  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Bristling at impressions that his brief greeting of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday ahead of a trip to Greece was a political statement, Pope Francis called it merely …
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Perry Bacon Jr / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s  —  Hillary Clinton has long literally and figuratively stood beside Bill Clinton, fully embracing his policy moves to make the Democratic Party more centrist in the 1990s and defending him after his affair with a White House intern and subsequent impeachment.
Discussion: Power Line and CANNONFIRE
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Washington Post:
In this crucial election, I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds 29-Point Lead Before New York Primary, Poll Shows
Discussion: Business Insider
Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
Not just a pretty face then? …
Discussion: American Spectator
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Bill Maher closed …
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
‘Hamilton’ Producers and Actors Reach Deal on Sharing Profits
Discussion: Gothamist
Los Angeles Times:
L.A.'s effort to equip officers with body cameras stalls
Discussion: Associated Press
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Migrant Brings Deadly Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever to German Refugee Hotel
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Chicago police release video of cop standing on neck of suspect who died during arrest
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Is A Fiercely Loyal Boss Right Up Until He Fires You
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Rosie O'Donnell: Trump is like Voldemort
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Jon Ronson / Guardian:
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’
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