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4:05 AM ET, April 29, 2016

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Jeff Mapes OPB / OPB:
Poll: Donald Trump Holds Big Lead Ahead Of Oregon's Republican Primary  —  A new poll of Republican voters in Oregon finds that Donald Trump has a double-digit lead in the state's May 17 primary, while Ted Cruz is second despite pulling out of the state.  —  The poll by the Portland-based …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz's latest fight with fellow Republicans is a reminder: Many don't like the guy … FORT WAYNE, Ind. — In the space of just 7 minutes here on Thursday, Ted Cruz reminded fellow Republicans that he has few friends in the party.  —  First he tangled with former House speaker John A. Boehner …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pete King: Cruz ‘gives Lucifer a bad name’  —  to Satan.  Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) says Boehner  —  was being too kind.  —  King on Thursday echoed the former Speaker's assessment of the GOP presidential candidate as “Lucifer in the flesh.”  —  “I fully agree with John Boehner …
Discussion: Politico
The Huffington Post:
Is Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer In The Flesh’? We Asked A Satanist.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's ‘Alliance’ With John Kasich Hits New Low Point
Discussion: Hot Air
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Satanists are furious that Boehner compared Ted Cruz to the Dark Lord
Discussion: Politico
Ezra Klein / Vox:
John Boehner just confirmed everything liberals suspected about the Republican Party
Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:
John Boehner talks election, time in office
David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Save the Republican Party  —  Donald Trump's big victories in the Mid-Atlantic primaries don't represent quite the end of the ballgame—but they come damn close.  —  And now Donald Trump's many and fierce opponents in the Republican Party and the conservative movement face the hour of decision.
Discussion: National Review
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer: Clinton Will ‘Go Down Like Monica Lewinsky’ Debating Trump  —  A Florida GOP official said that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would “go down like Monica Lewinsky” if she debated Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump presents himself as a scourge of the elites.  That won't last.  —  Buzzfeed reports that Paul Manafort, who is Donald Trump's new rhetorical, political and procedural fixer, said today that Trump has not decided yet whether he will accept money from big donors as the GOP presidential nominee:
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP elites are now resigned to Donald Trump as their nominee
Discussion: CNN and Washington Times
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:   46 Seconds Everyone Should Watch Before Handing Donald Trump The Nuclear Codes
Rasmussen Reports:
24% Opt Out of a Clinton-Trump Race
Discussion: Hot Air
Daily Mail:   When it comes to the women's card, Donald holds all the Trumps.  He knows What Women Want, and it isn't Hillary
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama makes joke at Cruz's expense  —  President Obama took a crack a Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz  —  on Thursday during an impromptu news conference with college journalists at the White House.  —  A student from Indiana, where Cruz is campaigning ahead of next week's primary …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   Jeb Bush Talks About His Failed White House Bid: ‘I Ran Into A Storm’
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:   White House struggles to explain weak economy as Obama boasts of job growth
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
GOP's Favorability Rating Edges Lower  —  A quarter of the public views both parties unfavorably  —  The Republican Party's image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall.  Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view.
WSBT-TV:
VIDEO: Man hands Ted Cruz Communist Manifesto - watch what happens  —  Some young man gave Cruz something to sign during his Elkhart visit - turned out to be the Communist Manifesto.  —  Full coverage of Cruz's Michiana visit coming up at 4, 5 and 6 on WSBT 22 News.
Andrew Stephens / Los Angeles Times:
FBI arrests brother of San Bernardino terrorist and 2 others on marriage fraud charges  —  The FBI has served another warrant at the home of Syed Raheel Farook, the elder brother of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook.  The FBI also served a warrant at the home in February, as seen in this file photo.
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Army retains decorated Green Beret it planned to kick out over confronting Afghan child rapist  —  EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused …
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Should You Hug Your Dog?  —  The next time you want to hug a dog, consider this: You could be making the pooch miserable, an expert says.  —  To the average dog lover, the animals' floppy ears and pudgy paws are simply cute.  But there is actual science behind their design …
Los Angeles / Associated Press:
Pentagon disciplines 16 for deadly attack on Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan  —  A Doctors Without Borders works walks inside the charred remains of the organization's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in October 2015.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
White powder found in Trump Tower mail room  —  A suspicious white powder was found at the mail room of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York's ABC 7 reports.  —  The powder was discovered around 8:15 in the mailroom of the fifth floor, and the offices on that floor have been evacuated.
Discussion: abc7ny.com and ABC News
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Huffington Post killed story pitch critical of Uber  —  Uber yesterday announced that Huffington Post Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington would be joining its board of directors, a move that put the site's reporters in an instant bind.  To fight the notion that Huffington Post would somehow …
Anna Davies / New York Post:
I want all the perks of maternity leave — without having any kids  —  Photo: Tamara Beckwith/NY Post; Hair and makeup by Shannon Grey Williams for NEXT Artists … I was 31 years old in 2009, and I loved my career.  As an editor at a popular magazine, I got to work on big stories …
Discussion: Salon
Mark Alesia / Indianapolis Star:
Trump touts Mike Tyson's support in city where he committed rape  —  608 Shares … During one of his abrupt verbal asides on the political stump Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Donald Trump proudly noted another endorsement from the sports world.  —  Mike Tyson.
Discussion: NewsBusters and Mediaite
John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Hays eagles' feline meal disturbing for some viewers  —  It was inevitable, from the moment video cameras went up over Pittsburgh bald eagle nests, that viewers would eventually see something disturbing.  —  On Tuesday, eagles at the Hays nest site brought a young cat into the nest to feed their two eaglets.
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Alistair Barr / Bloomberg:
Google CEO Pichai Sees the End of Computers as Physical Devices  —  Forget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand.  Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical devices.  —  “Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away …
Rupert Neate / Guardian:
New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices  —  Paper denies ‘unjustified’ claims that CEO Mark Thompson introduced culture that favors ‘young, white’ and single staffers to older female and black employees  —  Mark Thompson, the chief executive …
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
He Got Custody and Killed Their 5 Kids  —  Timothy Jones is on trial for the murder of his five children—and his ex-wife is suing South Carolina's Social Services, saying they failed to intervene and save the kids despite horrific evidence of abuse.  —  In 2014, a South Carolina father allegedly did the unthinkable.
 
 
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