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8:25 AM ET, April 18, 2016

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Focus on Chief Justice as Supreme Court Hears Immigration Challenge  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. twice voted to save President Obama's health care law, infuriating his usual allies on the right.  Now, conservatives are nervous that the chief justice will disappoint …
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Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
My threesome with Clarence Thomas  —  A former gal pal of Clarence Thomas said the future Supreme Court justice was a manscaping maven with an impeccable scent during their ménage-à-trois days.  —  “He mostly always smelled like soap and just naturally had a wonderful odor to his body …
Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side  —  THE legal controversy surrounding the Obama administration's immigration enforcement policies will soon come to a head when the Supreme Court justices hear the case United States v. Texas on Monday.  Texas claims that the president's executive …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama amnesty Supreme Court case to test limits of presidential power  —  The Constitution was ratified more than two centuries ago, and in all that time no president had ever tested the limits of executive power enough to force the Supreme Court to rule whether he has lived up to the founders' command …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama's immigration legacy goes to court
Discussion: Washington Post
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
With some smart moves, Trump had a pretty good week … Don't look now, but Donald Trump has made moves in the past week that are, wait for it, actually quite smart.  —  Consider:  —  Trump announced the hiring of Rick Wiley, who managed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's presidential campaign …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   For Donald Trump, two outrage-free weeks
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Florida offers reminder of Cruz's tough slog ahead
Discussion: RedState
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Trump Campaign: Cruz Staged ‘Attack’ In Georgia To Steal Delegates...'Not Grassroots Activism'
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Donald Trump Says ‘Rigged’ Convention Should Not Be Met With Violence
CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump keeps large lead in New York; ahead in California
Discussion: Hot Air, Hullabaloo and RedState
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11  —  In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America's delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom.
Discussion: Breitbart and Jihad Watch
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Kristin Donnelly / NBC News:
Secret 28 Pages of 9/11 Report Under New Scrutiny
Discussion: Pamela Geller, Forbes and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
No Agreement on Oil Freeze at Doha Meeting
Discussion: Washington Post
Daily Mail:
Victims of 9/11 families accuse Obama of ‘siding with Saudi Arabia’ …
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Dilma Rousseff Is Impeached by Brazil's Lower House of Congress  —  BRASÍLIA — Brazilian legislators voted on Sunday night to approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the nation's first female president, whose tenure has been buffeted by a dizzying corruption scandal, a shrinking economy and spreading disillusionment.
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
Brazilian congress votes to impeach president Dilma Rousseff  —  Government concedes after lower house overwhelmingly backs move to remove Rousseff, who now faces vote in senate  —  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday as a hostile and corruption-tainted congress voted to impeach her.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement  —  Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency.  Bernie's isn't anything new.  But it can be.  —  He'd just been declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and now Bernie Sanders, speaking from a stage in Laramie …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Alan Dershowitz / New York Daily News:
Bernie Sanders' illiberal supporters: Do they expect safe spaces everywhere?
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
While the GOP worries about convention chaos, Trump pushes for ‘showbiz’ feel … NEW YORK — The volatility of the Republican presidential race threatens to undermine the ­party's July convention, putting potential donors on edge, raising security concerns and prompting some GOP politicians …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:   Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust  —  Earlier this month, a couple of inventive young go-getters at Buzzfeed tied enough rubber bands around the center of a watermelon to make it explode.  Nearly a million people watched the giant berry burst on Facebook Live.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Clooney: Sanders is right about ‘obscene’ amount of money in politics  —  Actor George Clooney, a major fundraiser for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton  —  , said that it's “ridiculous” and “obscene” how much money goes into presidential campaigns.
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New York Times:
Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act  —  LOS ANGELES — The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found.
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
The pageant of Donald Trump's dreams  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump piled into his limousine with a group of pin-up calendar models dressed in skimpy dresses.  It was a snowy night in Manhattan, December 1992, and the festive group was embarking on a circuit of exclusive clubs after a sumptuous dinner at the Plaza Hotel's Oak Room.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Texas man brings real gun to water gun fight — and shoots 15-year-old girl  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Law enforcement officials in Spring, Texas said over the weekend that they were questioning a man after he shot a 15-year-old girl who was playing with water guns.
Discussion: AOL and Click2Houston.com
New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails ‘Rigged’ Delegate System, Saying He Chooses Not to Exploit It  —  Insisting that the delegate selection process is “corrupt and crooked,” Donald J. Trump offered a vivid example on Sunday to prove his point.  —  Imagine being wooed by Mr. Trump.
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Hacking Your Phone  —  Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how cellphones and mobile phone networks are vulnerable to hacking  —  The following script is from “Hacking Your Phone” which aired on April 17, 2016.  Sharyn Alfonsi is the correspondent.  Howard L. Rosenberg and Julie Holstein, producers.
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters:
Castro, 84, says Cuba's leaders are too old, proposes limits
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump's Trade Policies
Discussion: CNNMoney, Forbes and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Mexico Won't Be ‘Bullied’ by Trump's Threat to Fund Border Wall
Michael Bates / BatesLine:
Cruz supporters sweep Oklahoma 1st District Convention
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Police: Mother leaves infant in hot car for strip club audition, 2 arrested
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Supporters Steal American Flag, Walk out of Georgia Convention After Losing Delegate Fight
New York Times:
Why Americans Can't Vote  —  The state of the nation's underfunded …
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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