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Donald Trump: Bernie Sanders a ‘Maniac,’ ‘Communist’

Wednesday night in Virginia, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a “maniac” and a “communist.” Discussing the Democratic debate Trump said, “I watched last night as Hillary and Bernie Sanders they just couldn’t

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Ivanka Trump: Criticism of Her Father ‘Orchestrated’ by the ‘Media’

“Look, my father is very blunt. He’s very direct. He is not gender specific in his criticism of people, and people that he doesn’t particularly like or people that he does like but thinks they’re wrong on a particular issue,” Ivanka Trump tells CNN’s Poppy Harlow. “So I don’t think that he’s gender-targeted at all. Like I said, I wouldn’t be the person I am today, I wouldn’t be a high-level executive within his organization if he felt that way.”

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Obama, GOP Leaders, May Delay Free-Trade Debate Until 2016 Lame Duck Session

Top congressional staffers say Congress will delay approval of the unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal until the lame-duck session after the 2016 election, according to Politico. A delay until November or December 2016 would allow companies and progressive groups their best opportunity to persuade retiring politicians, and the legislators who had just survived an election, to back the controversial deal.

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Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Poised to Back Marco Rubio

As Sen. Marco Rubio continues to climb in the national GOP presidential polls, so do his prospects of picking up major donors, whose big bucks could very well push him across his party’s primary finish line in 2016–donors such as casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.

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Scott Walker: Donald Trump Can Win the GOP Nomination

Donald Trump can win the GOP’s nomination — unless the crowded Republican field consolidates around a rival, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker admitted Wednesday. “Yeah… it’s possible” that Trump can win, Walker told Wisconsin’s 620 WTMJ.

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White House Responds To Hillary Clinton Over Trade Opposition

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is wondering how Hillary Clinton could know exactly what is in the Trans-Pacific Trade partnership, since the text hasn’t been released yet. Earnest said that the full text would be published with plenty of time for review before Congress takes a vote on it.