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5:30 PM ET, April 18, 2016

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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court appears deadlocked over Obama's immigration plan  —  Supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washingtonon Monday.  —  The Supreme Court appeared deadlocked Monday over President Obama's plan to offer work permits to as many as 4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court appears divided, signaling trouble for Obama on immigration  —  The Supreme Court appeared divided during oral arguments Monday in a crucial case challenging the executive actions on immigration that President Obama took in 2014.  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is typically the court's swing voter …
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Split on Obama's Immigration Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed sharply divided during an extended argument over a challenge to President Obama's plan that would shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work in the country legally.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Initial prognosis poor for Obama's immigration program at Supreme Court … There was little indication at the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama has found needed conservative support to revive his stalled plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and give …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Unreal. ILLEGAL ALIENS Protest with Mariachi Band Outside Supreme Court - for Amnesty (Video)
Richard G. Lugar / New York Times:
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama's Side
Discussion: Hit & Run
Ken Paxton / USA Today:   Supreme Court must rebuke Obama's self-coronation: Texas AG
Wall Street Journal:
‘I Am President. I Am Not King’
Discussion: The Resurgent
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton's National Lead Down to Two Points  —  Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders nationally by just two points in the Democratic presidential race, according to results from a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  Clinton gets support from 50 percent of Democratic primary voters …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders on New York: So what if I lose?
Discussion: ABC News
NewsBusters:
The Prime Time Primary: Trump vs. His Rivals on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC  —  It's been a hot topic during this tumultuous primary season: are the cable news networks giving GOP frontrunner Donald Trump significantly more airtime than the other Republican candidates?
Discussion: RedState and The Right Scoop
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Contested convention could ‘fracture’ GOP
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
Cruz claims he's won ‘landslides over and over’ …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump insiders frustrated at Lewandowski's attack on Florida GOP  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was cleaning up one political mess in Florida when he walked himself into another, launching an error-filled attack on the state's GOP chairman and revealing his camp's internal goal for delegate accumulation.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP operative sues Trump, Lewandowski for defamation  —  A veteran Republican operative filed a defamation suit against Donald Trump and his campaign manager in New York on Monday over statements the pair made earlier this year portraying her as a spurned job-seeker with a grudge against the Republican front-runner.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Artist who painted nude Donald Trump portrait says his legal team has threatened lawsuit
Discussion: RedState and Towleroad
Catey Hill / MarketWatch:
45% of Americans pay no federal income tax  —  Many Americans don't have to worry about giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned cash for their income taxes this year.  —  An estimated 45.3% of American households — roughly 77.5 million — will pay no federal individual income tax …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
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Ali Meyer / Washington Free Beacon:   Americans Earning Six Figures Or More Pay Nearly 80% of Individual Income Taxes
Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Why Trump may be costing Democrats millions for their convention  —  Republicans have been struggling for months in the shadow of Donald Trump to get corporate sponsors to pony up for their convention.  Now Democratic fundraisers are feeling their pain, too.
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Eric Trump: My Dad Is Going to Go After Hillary in a Way That No One Has Ever Gone After Her Before … Monday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, weighed in on Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's decision …
Mike McPhate / New York Times:
Teenager Is Accused of Live-Streaming a Friend's Rape on Periscope  —  When an Ohio teenager witnessed her 17-year-old friend being raped, according to officials, she not only failed to help the victim, she pointed her phone and streamed a live video of it on the Periscope app.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Gillibrand's tearful plea to Bernie: Give up your guns  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Bernie Sanders is known for sticking to his guns — literally — and that might be his undoing in big, bullet-strafed states like New York.  —  Sanders, a paragon of political consistency who has almost never flip-flopped …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Texas GOPers Vote To Debate Secession At State Convention  —  A group that advocates for Texas seceding from the United States says at least 22 local Republican conventions passed resolutions last month that called for a vote on secession at the state convention, The Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
Defaults hit highest level since '09 bust  —  Get ready to step over some landmines, investors.  The number of companies defaulting on their debt is hitting levels not seen since the financial crisis, and it's not just a problem for bondholders.  —  So far this year, 46 companies have defaulted …
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 …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Sanders's Practically Unprecedented Success  —  NEW YORK—By steadily increasing his support in national polls to the point where it now essentially equals Hillary Clinton's, Bernie Sanders has crossed a threshold that few other challengers to a heavily favored front-runner have ever reached.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Robber Baron Recessions  —  When Verizon workers went on strike last week, they were mainly protesting efforts to outsource work to low-wage, non-union contractors.  But they were also angry about the company's unwillingness to invest in its own business.  In particular, Verizon has shown …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders keeps saying his average donation is $27, but his own numbers contradict that … By the time Larry David appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to spoof Bernie Sanders in early February, his talking point about his campaign's average donation being $27 was already well known enough to be a punchline.
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.
 
 
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Tegna / WHAS-TV:
The Powers That Be: Sen. McConnell on SCOTUS, Presidential Race & opioid fight
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Silicon Valley's Legendary ‘Coach’ Bill Campbell Has Died
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
Jayne O'Donnell / USA Today:
More than 900 ‘Democracy Spring’ protesters arrested in D.C. - so far
Discussion: Vox and Mediaite
Sarkis Zeronian / Breitbart:
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Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
GOP ‘King of Dirty Tricks’ on RNC's Plan to Stop Trump
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Alyse Whitney / Hollywood Reporter:
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 Earlier Items: 
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Two despised frontrunners, two dying parties and a deeply broken system: How did we get here?
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Michelle Innis / New York Times:
Amber Heard Won't Be Jailed Over Bringing 2 Dogs to Australia
Discussion: Mediaite
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP group promises ObamaCare replacement plan — soon
Stuart Taylor Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas
Discussion: The Federalist and Mediaite
The Independent:
Meet the man who is setting up a new country in the middle of Europe
Discussion: Sputnik International
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Dictatorship Of The Dimwits  —  Below, an extraordinary short video making the rounds.
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Revealed: Colorado Lawmakers Who Voted to Scrap Election Are Ted Cruz Delegates
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit