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12:05 PM ET, May 1, 2016

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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds 15-Point Lead Ahead of Republican Rivals in Indiana Poll  —  Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton 4 points ahead of rival Bernie Sanders  —  Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead in the Republican presidential primary in Indiana, and a majority of GOP voters disapprove …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Cruz's camp, confidence crumbles  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. — Ted Cruz is speaking confidently about knocking off Donald Trump to take the GOP nomination, but his top staffers admit they're getting nervous.  —  In interviews, several aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity …
Discussion: Vox and Los Angeles Times
Stephanie Wang / Indianapolis Star:
Poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Indiana  —  A new poll gives U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a significant lead in Indiana's Republican presidential primary, with support from 44.8 percent of voters polled.  —  The Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics poll puts GOP front-runner Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, AOL and WISH-TV
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Heidi Cruz says ‘Ted is an immigrant’  —  GREENFIELD, Ind. — At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he “is an immigrant.”
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race  —  ‘Stop Trump’ movement's hopes hinge on Indiana primary 3:44  —  Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the potentially decisive May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Ted Cruz and Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON May 1, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: And we're joined now by Senator Ted Cruz.  Congratulations on your endorsement from Governor Pence.
Associated Press:   CA Convention Is a Homecoming of Sorts for Carly Fiorina
Caleb Howe / RedState:
KKK Leader Hates Ted Cruz, Endorses Donald Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In.’ [VIDEO]
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Larry Wilmore's 2016 White House correspondents' dinner speech … Thank you, thank you very much.  Thank you, thanks for keeping that applause going all the way, too, I appreciate that.  —  Well, welcome to “Negro Night” here at the Washington Hilton …
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
How Helen Mirren won the White House correspondents' dinner — before it even started  —  Dame Helen Mirren showed up at the White House correspondents' dinner with purple gown, a purple tattoo near her collarbone and a plan to honor Prince.  —  The hand-drawn symbol is temporary …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Larry Wilmore Reflects on Obama's Legacy at WHCD: ‘You Did It, My N*gga’  —  The Nightly Show's Larry Wilmore took the podium at the White House Correspondents Dinner right after President Obama tonight and spent a lot of time reflecting on President Obama and his legacy.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama roasts the media, RNC and, of course, Trump at annual dinner  —  It was President Barack Obama's final White House Correspondents' Dinner as president - and he hopes the country will be around to see another one.  —  “It's an honor to be at my last, and perhaps the last correspondents' dinner.
Discussion: ABC News
Sonia Saraiya / Salon:
“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny …
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Look out Lucifer! …
Discussion: Hot Air and NBC News
New York Times:
Malia Obama to Attend Harvard, but Not Until 2017  —  WASHINGTON — Malia Obama, the older daughter of President Obama, plans to attend Harvard University beginning in the fall of 2017, the White House announced on Sunday, waiting until her father leaves office to begin her college career.
Discussion: The Week
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Malia Obama to Attend Harvard University in Fall of 2017
Discussion: Politico
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Nerdy fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters  —  For an event held at the soaring U.S. Institute of Peace building in Foggy Bottom, the swanky afterparty hosted by MSNBC following the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner sure saw some conflict.
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and TVNewser
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five ways Trump will attack Clinton  —  is ramping up his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton  —  as the GOP front-runner looks beyond the primary to defeating the likely Democratic nominee in the fall.  —  If Trump and Clinton continue along their current trajectories …
Discussion: Politico
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Sanders supporters hound FCC with complaints about media bias  —  supporters have hounded federal regulators with allegations about bias in the media, according to records obtained by The Hill through a Freedom of Information Act request.  —  A review of about 850 complaints …
Discussion: Hot Air
Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94  —  The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam War and landed him in prison, died on Saturday in New York City.  He was 94.
Discussion: BBC, The Week and Slantpoint
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Democracy Now:
Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
BBC:
Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament  —  Hundreds of Shia Muslim activists have stormed Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, in protest against continuing deadlock in approving a new cabinet.  —  Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr broke through barricades of the fortified Green Zone for the first time …
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:   Protests in Baghdad throw administration's Iraq plan into doubt
 
 
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‘Listen, Liberal’ and ‘The Limousine Liberal’
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama's legacy: Politics of anger, fights, division
abc7.com:
Scientology: Woman alleges forced abortion in lawsuit vs. church
Discussion: Raw Story and LAist
New York Times:
Rescue the Supreme Court From Limbo
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Reid ‘fairly certain’ Democrats will win Senate
Discussion: Political Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk
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Daily Progress:
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Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
dna:
Bangladesh in denial, al-Qaeda releases new video of gay rights activist's assassination
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Cynthia Kim / Bloomberg:
N. Korea Vows to Rapidly Advance Nuclear Attack Capabilities
Paula Ann Solis / Juneau Empire:
Drunk driver arrested for driving into Gov. Mansion's garage door
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump In 1992: Tyson Told Me Victim In Rape Case “Wanted It Real Bad”
Marcel Harmon / Salon:
Sam Brownback gutted Kansas: How America's worst governor and an ultra-conservative ideology wrecked an entire state
New York Times:
Run on a Ticket With Donald Trump? No, Thanks, Many Republicans Say
Discussion: Daily Kos, Prairie Weather and Mediaite
Telegraph:
How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years

 
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