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3:40 PM ET, April 27, 2016

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WMUR:
WMUR first: Cruz to announce intention to name Fiorina as his running mate  —  Former business executive viewed as a potential asset to Cruz's attempt to wrest nomination from Trump  —  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will announce on Wednesday afternoon that former presidential rival Carly Fiorina …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Trump's Nomination To Lose*  —  Tuesday night went about as well as possible for Donald Trump.  —  Two weeks ago, after a rough stretch of states for Trump, we issued a series of delegate projections that included something called a “path-to-1,237” projection, a set of targets …
New York Times:
Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, desperate to alter the course of a presidential primary fight in which Donald J. Trump is closing in on victory, will announce Wednesday afternoon that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cruz to name Fiorina as VP running mate  —  Ted Cruz will announce Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential nominee if he's the Republican Party's pick for president, according to three sources with knowledge of the announcement.  —  Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Ted Cruz is crumbling before our very eyes  —  MORE FROM:  —  For the past few weeks, Republican campaign professionals and conservatives who are seeing the GOP nomination heading into Donald Trump's hands have been counseling anti-Trump voters not to panic and consoling themselves …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cruz to make “major announcement” at 4 p.m.; Update: Fiorina as VP?  —  Hopefully he's planning to announce he's now learned that a “basketball ring” is commonly referred to as a hoop.  Good lord, man.  —  Only two possibilities for what the announcement might be.  One is that he's finally landed Mike Pence's endorsement.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Ted Cruz to name Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in desperate bid to shake up campaign  —  With his campaign for the Republican nomination seemingly at death's door, Ted Cruz is trying one last time to make a comeback — by naming Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential pick.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Here Are All The Sexist Things Donald Trump Said About Hillary Clinton Wednesday Morning
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump passes Romney's popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Donald Trump Beat Expectations Everywhere, Suggesting a Broad Shift
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison  —  CHICAGO — U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Wednesday sentenced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison, calling him a “serial child molester,” and ignoring the defense's request for no prison time.
Discussion: The Week
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton  —  These 10 states will decide whether Trump is the GOP nominee … There's an enormous amount of tragedy surrounding revelations that former House speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) sexually abused a number …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Judge sentences former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in federal prison
Associated Press:
Trump's big speech tests his foreign policy and style  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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Associated Press:
TRUMP VOWS TO PUT “AMERICA FIRST” IN FOREIGN POLICY
CNN:
Donald Trump's foreign policy: ‘America first’
Discussion: twitchy.com
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Half of Americans think presidential nominating system ‘rigged’ - poll  —  More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Killed Reaganism
Discussion: Points and Figures
Reuters:
Trump vows U.S. allies would pay more for their defense if he wins the White House
Discussion: Guardian and Balloon Juice
Pat Peterson / WKRG-TV:
Foley Plane Crash Caught on Camera  —  FOLEY, AL-  —  Surveillance video from a Foley business captured incredible images of a plane crash near the city's airport.  —  The crash happened south of the airport off Hickory Street Tuesday afternoon.  A Cessna 421 Twin Engine clipped a few trees over business
Discussion: WIAT-TV
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Melania Trump on Her Rise, Her Family Secrets, and Her True Political Views: “Nobody Will Ever Know”  —  How does a shy ex-model make her way from Slovenia to, just maybe, the White House?  To Melania Trump—and to the people who know her back home—her journey to marrying The Donald is like a fairy tale …
The White House / Medium:
Asked and Answered: President Obama Responds to an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Flint  —  At eight years old, Mari Copeny—known around town as “Little Miss Flint”—wrote to President Obama last month from her home in Flint, Michigan to share how she is working to bring attention to the public health crisis in her community.
Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Saying ‘vagina’ got me fired, Battle Creek middle school teacher says  —  Vagina.  It's a noun describing female anatomy that caused such outrage in the Michigan Legislature in 2012 that a legislator was blocked from speaking after using it.  —  Now, a substitute teacher says using it got …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Althouse
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Bernie Sanders:
Sanders Statement on Primary Elections  —  HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement:  —  “I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories tonight, and I look forward to issue-oriented campaigns in the 14 contests to come.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is no fool. He'll back Clinton when he drops out.
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
This Alabama City Will Now Put Transgender People In Jail For Peeing At Target  —  On Tuesday night, the City Council of Oxford, Alabama unanimously approved a new ordinance that will punish individuals for using restrooms that do not match their biological sex as stated on their birth certificate.
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show and CNN
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Baltimore Sun:
Van Hollen wins testy race for Mikulski's seat … Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a seven-term congressman who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Democratic leadership in Washington, won the party's nomination for Maryland's open Senate seat Tuesday.  —  The son of a Baltimore family …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The Democratic Establishment strikes back in the Acela Primary
Krystyna Biassou / WLOS-TV:
Sen. Tom Apodaca says Republicans may put HB2 on the ballot in November  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — The man in the senate who controls House Bill 2's path once it crosses the aisle said state Republicans may leave the bill's fate up to a vote of the people.  —  Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Buncombe/Henderson …
 
 
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Trump's sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites
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