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1:00 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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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.
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: RedState, AOL, The Daily Caller and WISH-TV
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
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.”
Associated Press:
CA Convention Is a Homecoming of Sorts for Carly Fiorina
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
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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.
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 …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama roasts the media, RNC and, of course, Trump at annual dinner
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: AOL and The Week
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Malia Obama to Attend Harvard University in Fall of 2017  —  President Obama and the First Lady have announced that Malia Obama will attend Harvard in the fall of 2017, taking a gap year after her high school graduation next month.  —  Malia is set to graduate from the prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington next month.
Discussion: Politico
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Malia Obama To Attend Harvard University After Taking Gap Year
Discussion: Refinery29
Beverly Gage / New York Times:
‘Listen, Liberal’ and ‘The Limousine Liberal’  —  Liberals may be experiencing mixed emotions these days.  The prospect of a Trump presidency has raised urgent fears: of the nation's fascist tendencies, of the potential for riots in the streets.  At the same time, many liberals have expressed …
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
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
ELEPHANTS TO PERFORM FOR FINAL TIME AT RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Reid ‘fairly certain’ Democrats will win Senate  —  (Nev.) said on Sunday that he thinks his party will win back the majority in the Senate this year.  —  During a radio interview with John Catsimatidis, Reid detailed the Democratic efforts against several vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection this year.
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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders raised over $25 million in April, a steep drop from March
Discussion: Towleroad and The Week
Mark Woods / Christian News on Christian Today:
Miracle in Chicago? Pilgrims flock to see Orthodox icon weeping drops of oil
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Sanders supporters hound FCC with complaints about media bias
Discussion: Hot Air
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
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk
Discussion: Althouse and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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
Long Beach Press-Telegram:
Judge says Long Beach police discriminate against gay men in lewd conduct cases
 

 
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