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6:40 PM ET, April 27, 2016

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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,” …
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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 …
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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice  —  Picking Carly Fiorina to be his running mate would be a bad choice on the part of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump opined Wednesday, remarking that the former Republican presidential candidate “did not resonate” and that it would further hurt the Texas senator's case.
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 …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Ted Cruz is crumbling before our very eyes
Discussion: Politico
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Trump Nears Nomination
David Mack / BuzzFeed:   Carly Fiorina Randomly Burst Into Song After She Became Ted Cruz's Running Mate
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Fiorina spotted in Indiana ahead of Cruz announcement
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and Mediaite
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cruz to make “major announcement” at 4 p.m.; Update: Fiorina as VP?
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:
Sanders campaign begins laying off staff  —  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Bernie Sanders' campaign started letting hundreds of field staffers go on Wednesday, hours after five states in the Northeast voted and the Vermont senator fell further behind Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination …
Discussion: The Slot and Mediaite
Fox News:
Sanders campaign lays off staff after primary losses
Discussion: TalkLeft and Fox 59
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 …
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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
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Trump's Foreign Policy Doesn't Improve When Read From a Teleprompter
Discussion: the daily howler
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:   Donald Trump explains how he'd rule the world
Associated Press:
TRUMP VOWS TO PUT “AMERICA FIRST” IN FOREIGN POLICY
New York Times:
Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence
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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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Former Lawmakers Stand By Defense Of Dennis Hastert's Character
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Dennis Hastert's stunningly hypocritical 1998 speech about impeaching Bill Clinton
Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Raw Story and Guardian
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: WTHI-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 …
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
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Lean Toward Bob McDonnell, Ex-Virginia Governor, in Corruption Case  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed ready to side with Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia who was convicted of public corruption and faces two years in prison.
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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, Vox and CNN
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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.
Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
Trump Supporters Already Pre-Spinning November Trump Loss  —  For all the bravado of Donald Trump's online supporters, now that his sweep of the Northeast has put him in a potentially strong position to take the nomination, they are mostly spending the day...preparing to blame other people for Trump's inevitable loss in November.
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Guardian:
Girl, 12, runs half-marathon by mistake  —  New York girl realised halfway through she was on wrong course but decided to finish anyway  —  A 12-year-old girl in New York has mistakenly run a half-marathon after she confused the start of the race with a five kilometre course she was supposed to be running.
Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
‘Religious freedom’ measure defeated in Missouri House committee  —  JEFFERSON CITY  • Missourians likely will not vote on the controversial Senate Joint Resolution 39 after the House Emerging Issues Committee voted down the measure on a tie vote Wednesday.
 
 
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Olivia Wu / Campus Reform:
Scripps ‘Unofficial Survival Guide’ claims ‘hatred of white people’ is ‘legitimate response to oppression’
Arizona Republic:
McCain fundraiser arrested in meth-lab bust in Phoenix
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Stephen Colbert to lawmakers pushing bathroom bills: 'You're the weirdos'
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Florida governor calls on the Never Trump movement to disband
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Archie Ingersoll Forum / Bismarck Tribune:
Firm with rainbow logo won't design rainbow logo for gay-friendly Fargo church
Discussion: PinkNews, Raw Story and Towleroad
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites
 

 
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