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9:20 AM ET, April 28, 2016

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Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
With Fiorina pick, Cruz's H-1B stance now in question  —  In 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emerged as one of the Senate's top H-1B visa supporters, and argued for a 500% H-1B visa cap increase.  But during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Cruz had a conversion.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz names Fiorina as VP running mate  —  Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential nominee if he's the Republican Party's pick for president.  —  If nominated, “I will run on a ticket with my vice-presidential nominee, Carly Fiorina,” …
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Despite Pact to Cede State to Cruz, Kasich Works the Room in Indiana  —  So much for John Kasich's promise to give rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz “a clear path in Indiana.”  —  The Ohio governor cancelled some public events after striking a deal with Mr. Cruz to cede certain states to each other …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   Carly Fiorina Sings Lullaby At Cruz Ticket Announcement
New York Times:
Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Ted Cruz's Hail Carly pass
Discussion: NBC News and ABC News
David Mack / BuzzFeed:   Carly Fiorina Randomly Burst Into Song After She Became Ted Cruz's Running Mate
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders to Cut Hundreds of Staff Members and Turn to California  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
What Bernie Sanders wants
Discussion: Political Wire
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
A Pivotal Moment for Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Washington Post
Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:
John Boehner talks election, time in office  —  “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” said former Speaker of the House John Boehner as he took the stage at CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening.  Boehner joined David M. Kennedy, faculty director …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts  —  In his address to an elite, invitation-only Washington foreign policy audience Wednesday, Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would restore a “coherent” vision to America's role in the world.  —  But across the ideological spectrum …
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Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH  —  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.  —  I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country …
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Will Ferrell to Play Former President Ronald Reagan in New Movie (EXCLUSIVE) … Having already famously portrayed former President George W. Bush in various comedy sketches, Will Ferrell is now setting his sights on another former commander in chief.  —  Sources tell Variety Ferrell …
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Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Will Ferrell to Play Ronald Reagan with Dementia in New Comedy
Discussion: Guardian
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Prince's Death: Local Investigators Ask for DEA's Help on Case  —  The county sheriff investigating the death of Prince is asking for help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Wednesday.  —  The officials say prescription painkillers …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Source: Prince had opioid medication on him at time of death
Discussion: The Week and KRON4.com
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Defense bill would require women to register for draft  —  Women would have to register for the draft under an amendment added to an annual defense bill Wednesday.  —  “If we want equality in this country, if we want women to be treated precisely like men are treated and that they should not be discriminated …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:   Are women headed for the draft? One House committee says yes
Campbell Brown / Politico:
Why I Blame TV for Trump  —  My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.  —  “It feels like it's over,” one old friend from my television days told me recently.
Discussion: Mediaite
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump's 'woman's card' comment escalates the campaign's gender wars  —  Cruz's big announcement, in 3 minutes … Donald Trump's accusation that Hillary Clinton is playing the “woman's card” and would be a failed candidate if she were a man touched off a contentious debate about gender politics …
Discussion: TODAY.com and Politico
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Play the ‘woman card’ and reap these ‘rewards’!
Discussion: Althouse
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy  —  Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing.  Why do so many voters feel left behind?  The president has a theory.  —  Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Politico and The Week
James Kirchick / Politico:
Donald Trump's Russia connections  —  Realists with Moscow ties are lining up behind Republican frontrunner.  —  WASHINGTON — Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has proudly disdained the knowledge of experts, particularly within the realm of foreign policy.
Discussion: Politico
Franklin Foer / Slate:
The Quiet American  —  Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world's nastiest tyrants as noble defenders of freedom.  Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch.  —  Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's palace, is impressive by the standards of Palm Beach …
Discussion: Guardian and Washington Post
Financial Times:
Daniel Loeb warns of hedge fund ‘killing field’  —  One of the most powerful US hedge fund managers believes that the industry is in “first innings of a washout” after a string of disastrous market calls inflicted steep losses on many funds.  —  Daniel Loeb's stark comments …
Discussion: Politico and naked capitalism
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
More Americans Disapprove Than Approve of Health Care Law  —  Democrats increasingly say law has had a positive impact on U.S.  —  The public's views of the Affordable Care Act, which were evenly divided following the Supreme Court's ruling last summer upholding a key section of the law, are again more negative than positive.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump says he doesn't need Koch: ‘I got my own money’  —  said Wednesday he doesn't need the support of campaign funding powerhouse Charles Koch, saying “I got my own money.”  —  “What he says bears no relationship on what I do or say.  I don't need his money.  I got my own money,” Trump told Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday.
Discussion: Breitbart
Reuters:
Wealthy, educated voters fuel Trump's East Coast sweep  —  Wealthy, well-educated voters helped carry Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to victory in this week's East Coast primaries, a demographic the famously blunt-spoken billionaire had struggled to attract in the past.
Discussion: Political Wire
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Senate Democrats push climate change bond bill  —  Two Senate Democrats have introduced a bill to create a new climate change adaptation fund to be paid for through new federal bonds.  —  The bond program — from Sens. Barbara Boxer  —  (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin
Bloomberg:
“I kind of wish the story hadn't been told that Yahoo was miraculously saved by Marissa”  —  These moves haven't mollified investors.  In March, Starboard Value, which once got the board of Darden Restaurants replaced by, among other things, criticizing Olive Garden for failing to salt its pasta water …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Thank you, you idiots’: Watch Maine Gov. Paul LePage melt down after students mock him during speech  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Maine's Republican governor threw a temper tantrum after he was confronted by protesters during an event at a university.
Discussion: Franklin
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
More Than 800,000 People Sign Pledge to Boycott Target  —  Over 800,000 people have signed the American Family Association's pledge to boycott Target over the company's policies regarding the use of bathrooms by transgender people.  Target announced its “inclusive” bathroom policy last week …
 
 
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Trump Wins Big Among Pennsylvania's Unbound Delegates
Discussion: NBC News and New York Magazine
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Hispanic voter registration spikes
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Suit: Cop spied on nude, breast-feeding mom with iPhone
Discussion: Raw Story and Engadget
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way
Discussion: New York Times
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
DNC chief: No pressure on Sanders to quit the race
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Les Waas, Mister Softee's Songwriter, Dies at 94
Discussion: Slantpoint
Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Suspect in Coral Springs woman's killing can decide who is child's guardian, judge rules
Discussion: LawNewz and Raw Story
Michelle Tan / Army Times:
Meet the Army's first female infantry officer
 Earlier Items: 
Billy House / Bloomberg:
McCarthy ‘Hopeful’ House Will Pass Puerto Rico Bill by July 1
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Top Twenty Sexual Crimes Committed at Target Stores
Discussion: PinkNews
Guardian:
Girl, 12, runs half-marathon by mistake
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Neatorama
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Lean Toward Bob McDonnell, Ex-Virginia Governor, in Corruption Case
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
Trump Supporters Already Pre-Spinning November Trump Loss
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
 

 
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