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8:40 AM ET, April 20, 2016

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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Hometown Wins Boost Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton  —  In a campaign where both sides debated New York values, what New York values most is candidates who call it home, it seems.  —  The ultimate value of New York, though, is questionable in the march to the party nominations.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
How Bernie lost New York  —  NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders had just arrived at the rally, and missed the incendiary remark entirely.  Many on the senator's campaign had never even heard of Dr. Paul Song, the speaker who had just commandeered news coverage of a massive Washington Square rally …
Discussion: The Hill
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
'I'm getting sick of it': Sean Hannity blows up at Ted Cruz  —  Conservative radio host Sean Hannity and Sen. Ted Cruz had a testy back-and-forth on the host's Tuesday show, with Hannity telling the Texas senator at one point that he was “getting sick of” Cruz dodging “legitimate questions.”
Discussion: CNBC, AOL and The Gateway Pundit
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A sobering night for New Yorkers who fear Hillary vs. Trump  —  Hillary Clinton (left), Bernie Sanders (top center), Ted Cruz (middle center), John Kasich (bottom center) and Donald Trump (right).  Photo: Reuters (3); Getty Images; AP  —  We New Yorkers were excited by the fact …
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Why I'm Voting for Ted Cruz  —  I don't like his personality.  I don't love his vision for the GOP.  He's by far the best Republican candidate.  —  I just voted for Ted Cruz in New York's Republican primary, and it was not a hard call.  The emotions I most closely associate with this campaign season are …
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Homecoming, and a Triumph, for Hillary Clinton in New York  —  She danced the merengue in Washington Heights.  She slammed down a mean game of dominoes in East Harlem.  —  And in the East Village the day before the New York primary, Hillary Clinton broke her long-held rule of not eating …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Cruz finishes last in New York as ‘values’ line backfires
Discussion: Politico, CNN and New Yorker
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Clinton Ends Sanders' Winning Streak With a Victory in New York
Discussion: Slantpoint
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Wins New York Primary
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Realistically, Bernie Sanders Cannot Afford Losses
Discussion: Business Insider
Austin American-Statesman:
Whole Foods taking legal action against cake accuser, releases video  —  Austin-based Whole Foods Market said it is taking legal action against an Austin man who claims he purchased a cake from the retailer that included a slur against gay people.  —  Whole Foods also released …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Are You Planning A Cake Hoax?  These 5 Tips Will Make Sure It's A Success  —  Social Justice Warrior hoaxing is having a heyday.  Whether you're a multi-racial family surreptitiously spray-painting your own home with racist graffiti, a lesbian waitress writing fake anti-gay notes on receipts …
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Kristin Salaky / Associated Press:   Exit Poll Shows NY Dems Energized By Nomination Contest, GOP Divided
Amita Kelly / NPR:
After More Than 100,000 Voters Dropped In Brooklyn, City Officials Call For Action  —  Following widespread irregularities at polls in Brooklyn Tuesday, New York City officials are calling for major reforms at the Board of Elections.  —  The problem was first identified in a an analysis …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, WNYC News, Hot Air and Gothamist
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Brigid Bergin / WNYC News:
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   NYC Board Of Elections To Be Audited After Reports Of Voting ‘Irregularities’
Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: Republicans shouldn't skip party convention, Ryan says  —  Paul Ryan: Republicans shouldn't skip party convention  —  Washington (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday called on nervous Republicans to attend their party's convention in July, urging GOP lawmakers …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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The Hill:
GOP debates ‘white knight’ after meeting RNC chairman
Discussion: Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain to skip GOP convention
Susanne Craig / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Jet, a Regular on the Campaign Trail, Isn't Registered to Fly  —  Over the past several months, Donald J. Trump has crisscrossed the country making dozens of campaign stops in places like Sioux City, Iowa, and Jackson, Miss., often in his sleek Cessna jet.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump: 'We don't have much of a race anymore'  —  basked in his New York primary victory from Trump Tower on Tuesday night, declaring that the GOP presidential nominating process is all but over.  —  “We don't have much of a race anymore,” Trump said, adding that rival Ted Cruz
Discussion: The Last Tradition
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Q13 FOX News:
AP: Ted Cruz now mathematically eliminated from clinching GOP nomination before convention
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Judge Denies Request To Immediately Open Up New York Primary To Independent Voters  —  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Independent New York voters who were hoping to gain the right to vote in the state's closed primary received some disappointing news from a federal judge on Tuesday …
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Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward  —  A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boy's bathroom is discriminatory.
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Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
Court Overturns Virginia School's Transgender Bathroom Rule
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
John Hanna / Associated Press:
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed personal income taxes on the promise that the deep cuts would trigger a furious wave of hiring and expansion by businesses.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Paul Ryan's House of woes  —  Paul Ryan has had a tough couple of months.  —  The House GOP's response to Puerto Rico's debt crisis is stuck, with a big May 1 deadline looming.  The leadership's 2017 budget plan is stalled.  And legislation to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration hasn't left the runway.
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Back to Bedlam  —  Violent crime has shot up due to the nonstop war on cops waged by Shaun King, Black Lives Matter, and the ACLU.  —  Public safety  —  Cities  —  Will the anti-cop Left please figure out what it wants?  For more than a decade, activists have demanded the end of proactive policing, claiming that it was racist.
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
LAPD shooting of unarmed man in Los Feliz was justified, Police Commission finds
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's shift to more-seasoned staffers is a key inflection point for bid
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