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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,” …
New York Times:
Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   Carly Fiorina Sings Lullaby At Cruz Ticket Announcement
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump mocks Cruz for VP pick, but doesn't attack Fiorina in Indiana speech
Discussion: Political Wire and The Atlantic
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Ted Cruz's Hail Carly pass
Discussion: NBC 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  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Quietly acknowledging that a direct path to the Democratic nomination is all but blocked, Bernie Sanders and his advisers are zeroing in on making policy changes to the party platform and reforming the presidential nominating process.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
How Hillary Clinton Can Win the Right Way  —  Hillary Clinton seems poised to win the Democratic nomination, and polls suggest she has an excellent chance of securing the White House in November.  For Clinton, it may be less a question of whether she'll win in November, than of how—and what she'll do next.
Discussion: New York Times
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
A Pivotal Moment for Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Washington Post
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Play the ‘woman card’ and reap these ‘rewards’!  —  “Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote.  The only thing she's got going is the woman's card,” Trump said Tuesday night, after winning 5 primaries.  —  Ah yes, the woman's card.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump's 'woman's card' comment escalates the campaign's gender wars
Discussion: Politico
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
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 and Politico
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
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
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN A YEAR IN PRISON  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case …
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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: naked capitalism
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
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
DNC chief: No pressure on Sanders to quit the race  —  The Democrats' election chief said Wednesday that party leaders fully expect Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  (I-Vt.) to remain in the White House race through the entire primary season.  —  “We have 14 primaries remaining and, you know …
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Top Twenty Sexual Crimes Committed at Target Stores  —  The Target department store chain has made itself infamous for announcing that it will allow transgender people to choose whatever bathroom they want to use at any given time, even though the chain already has many problems with sexual assaults in its stores.
Discussion: PinkNews
Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
13-year-old with ‘replica’ weapon shot by police in East Baltimore  —  Police investigate the shooting aroun the McKim Community Center.  —  A 13-year-old boy was shot by Baltimore Police officers in East Baltimore who said he was carrying a “replica” weapon, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday evening.
 
 
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Olivia Wu / Campus Reform:
Scripps ‘Unofficial Survival Guide’ claims ‘hatred of white people’ is ‘legitimate response to oppression’
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
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