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6 takeaways from the Democratic town hall
Clinton and Sanders both criticized Trump after a string of violent incidents at his rallies and discussed their strategies for defeating him in a wide-ranging town hall Sunday night

Trump rallies pose major challenge for police, security officials
Juliette Kayyem says an intricate series of precautions by law enforcement can lessen the threat of violence at political rallies like those of Donald Trump

Top quotes from Dem town hall
On the cusp of another round of crucial nominating contests, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are taking questions on Sunday night from voters in Ohio at a live CNN town hall event hosted by CNN and TV One.

Fact-checking the Democratic town hall
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday met at The Ohio State University for a Democratic town hall hosted by CNN and TV One, and CNN’s Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.

Pete Rose backs Trump ahead of Ohio primary
Baseball legend Pete Rose is going to bat for Donald Trump, making public his support for the billionaire’s White House bid.

Romney to campaign with Kasich
Mitt Romney is hitting the campaign trail again — barnstorming the Buckeye State with Ohio Gov. John Kasich just days before its pivotal winner-take-all primary.

Sanders: GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe is a friend
The secret is out and Bernie Sanders is worried — not for himself, but his conservative colleague from Oklahoma.

Turning to Ohio, Trump cuts into Kasich
Donald Trump is training his sights on Ohio Gov. John Kasich ahead of Tuesday’s winner-take-all Ohio primary.

CNN Exclusive: ‘Trump is a bully,’ says man who rushed stage
When Thomas DiMassimo tried to rush Donald Trump’s stage in Ohio over the weekend, he had a clear goal in mind.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ready to rumble
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Sunday night will hold another duel in their increasingly contentious Democratic nominating marathon, two days before five states vote in crucial primaries that could set the tone for the rest of the contest.

Sanders targets Trump in Ohio
Bernie Sanders on Sunday slammed GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump over comments the Vermont senator said “encourage violence.”

Super PAC takes aim at incidents around Trump rallies
An anti-Donald Trump super PAC’s latest ad is taking aim at incidents at the Republican front-runner’s recent rallies and comments he has made at them regarding protesters.

Clinton and Sanders ready to rumble
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Sunday night will hold another duel in their increasingly contentious Democratic nominating marathon, two days before five states vote in crucial primaries that could set the tone for the rest of the contest.

Rubio: It’s ‘harder every day to justify’ backing Trump
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio continued to express reservations about Donald Trump as the Republican front-runner, saying Sunday that he’s worried someone could die in the clashes increasingly common at Trump events.

Kasich won’t back Rubio in Florida
Ohio Gov. John Kasich isn’t competing to win Florida he said Sunday.

Why a Trump attack ad was pulled off the air in Ohio
An ad war twist that Donald Trump doesn’t approve of in Ohio, prominent Republicans who are MIA, “Survival Tuesday” calculations and peeks at a key Senate race — those are just some of the scoops in the “Inside Politics” forecast.

The week in politics
Take a look at the week in politics from March 6 through March 12.

Trump: I ‘should get credit, not be scorned’ for tone of events
Donald Trump is pinning the blame for escalating violence and protests at his campaign events on Bernie Sanders.

Sanders: Clinton is ‘a little bit nervous’
Bernie Sanders says Hillary Clinton is “getting a little bit nervous” about the Democratic presidential race.

Trump calls for protesters to be arrested
Donald Trump on Saturday called for protesters who demonstrate at his rallies to be arrested by police.

Sanders aides dispute Clinton claim that senator was absent in ’90s health care fights
Hillary Clinton on Saturday questioned where Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was when she was fighting for expanding health care as first lady in 1993 and 1994.

RNC’s Priebus calls for calm in wake of unrest at Trump rallies
A day after fights and protests forced Republican front-runner Donald Trump to cancel a Chicago rally, the Republican National Committee’s chairman released a statement calling for Americans to be respectful of each others’ views.

John Legend calls Trump ‘racist’
Lest you had any doubts it is now safe to assume John Legend won’t be endorsing presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

Sources: Obama narrowing Supreme Court list
President Barack Obama is narrowing the list of choices of who to nominate to fill the Supreme Court vacancy with three sitting federal appellate judges topping the list, three sources familiar with the process confirmed to CNN.

Sanders: Don’t blame my supporters for violence at Trump rally
Bernie Sanders said Saturday that his supporters were not to blame for the unrest that led to the cancellation of a Donald Trump rally in Chicago, instead blaming the Republican front-runner for encouraging violence.

Trump lashes out on ‘planned attack’
Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the protests that led him to cancel a scheduled rally the previous night in Chicago, calling them “a planned attack” that was “professionally done.”

Rubio: I will support nominee but it’s ‘getting harder everyday’
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he still plans to support the Republican nominee, but it’s “getting harder every day.”

Clinton on Trump’s ‘divisive’ rhetoric: ‘That’s political arson’
Hillary Clinton on Saturday accused Donald Trump of inciting violence at his rallies, one day after fights and protests led to the cancellation of a Trump rally in Chicago.

Trump is calling for 30,000 troops. Would that defeat ISIS?
Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States has “no choice” but to send 20,000 to 30,000 combat troops to fight ISIS in the Middle East raises a slew of complicated questions, military analysts said Friday.

In fighting ISIS, Canada not trying to be ‘little U.S.’
This week’s state visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spotlighted Canada’s new focus in battling ISIS, which his two top national security ministers consider a more sustainable, and uniquely Canadian, approach to a conflict that focuses more on qualitative results than the size of the military footprint.

Clinton, Cruz gain delegates in Northern Marianas, Guam caucuses
Hillary Clinton has won the first-ever Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses, according to final results from the local Democratic Party.

Obama derides GOP establishment’s Trump dilemma
Republicans should have seen Donald Trump coming, President Barack Obama argued in front of Democratic donors Friday.

Trump rally in Chicago postponed as protesters, supporters clash
Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Chicago on Friday was postponed amid growing security concerns.

Trump, Cruz and Rubio make case to millennials on CNN’s Snapchat
The Republican candidates took the stage in Miami on Thursday for one final debate before key primaries in Ohio and Florida, as well as Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri, next Tuesday.

Clinton apologizes for calling Nancy Reagan a ‘very effective, low-key’ AIDS advocate
Hillary Clinton apologized on Friday for calling the late Nancy Reagan a “very effective, low-key” advocate on AIDS/HIV, saying she “misspoke” in an interview with MSNBC.

In victory for Sanders, Ohio judge says 17-year-olds can vote in primary
An Ohio county judge ruled Friday that 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in Tuesday’s primaries, a victory for Bernie Sanders’ campaign.

French minister: Tech companies blocking access to Paris attackers’ phones
French authorities still have not been able to break encryption on the cell phones of the Paris attackers because tech companies won’t cooperate, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told CNN.

Everything you always wanted to know about voting in Guam
The road to the White House doesn’t get much longer than this.

Rubio on joining Cruz: That’s ‘stuff from like House of Cards’
Marco Rubio on Friday ruled out teaming up with Ted Cruz to stop Donald Trump, calling it “stuff from like House of Cards” and saying he was solely focused on winning the Republican nomination.

Sanders launches ads critical of Rahm Emanuel
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rolled out campaign ads in Illinois this week that are sharply critical of Chicago mayor — and longtime Clinton ally — Rahm Emanuel.

Clinton, Trump to headline AIPAC conference
Americans will see a preview of what could be the general election matchup when the Democratic and Republican front-runners make pitches to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee audience later this month.

Rubio: Environmentalist push ‘not good public policy’
Sen. Marco Rubio explained why he opposes many efforts to tackle climate change, saying that often solutions environmentalists suggest are not good policies.

First on CNN: U.S. says North Korean submarine missing
The North Korean regime lost contact with one of its submarines earlier this week, three U.S. officials familiar with the latest information told CNN.

Trump targets Kasich in attack ad
Donald Trump officially added John Kasich to his list of “no-action, all-talk politicians” Friday afternoon, hitting the Ohio governor harder than usual in his first attack ad against him.

Surprising facts about ‘Honest Abe’

Why Bernie Sanders being Jewish isn’t an issue for Muslim Americans
Bernie Sanders’ win over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Michigan primary was a surprise, not only because he performed so much better than polls had predicted, but because he also appears to have appealed to the state’s Muslim voters.

Vietnam-era planes used against ISIS
A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS.

Rubio adviser: Best chance to stop Trump in Ohio is Kasich
Marco Rubio’s communications director said Friday that GOP primary rival Gov. John Kasich is the best candidates for Republicans who want to defeat Donald Trump in the governor’s home state of Ohio.

Mac Miller: Trump wants to ‘make America white again’
Rapper Mac Miller, who resurrected his long-running feud with Donald Trump last year, slammed the Republican presidential front-runner this week for trying “to make America white again.”

CNN Poll of Polls: Trump leads in Ohio, Florida
Donald Trump is narrowly leading Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his state’s Republican primary although the GOP front-runner holds a substantial lead over his rivals in Florida, according to analysis from CNN’s Poll of Polls released Friday.

Marco Rubio: ‘This is not a reality show’
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio defended Friday his decision not to aggressively attack Republican front-runner Donald Trump at Thursday’s CNN GOP debate, saying the presidential race “is not a reality show.”

Carson endorses Trump
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson formally endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid Friday, praising the real estate mogul and saying he wants “the voice of the people to be heard.”

Obama finds a world leader in his own image in Trudeau
Liberal, social-media savvy, focused on a message of change and intent on making strides on the climate: President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered the spectacle of two world leaders unusually aligned on message and in outlook when they met at the White House Thursday.

Inside Kasich’s strategy to beat Trump in Ohio
John Kasich had plenty of good reasons to fall to his knees and kiss the ground as he walked to the stage for an event about 20 miles outside of Cleveland on Tuesday.

GOP debate in 90 seconds
Highlights from the CNN Republican debate in Miami between Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich.

Republican debate: CNN’s Reality Check Team inspects the claims
The Republican candidates for president gathered in Miami on Thursday, and CNN’s Reality Check Team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.

The most memorable quotes from the CNN GOP debate in Miami
In their final meeting before pivotal nominating contests Tuesday in Ohio and Florida, the four remaining Republican presidential candidates are sharing a debate stage once again — this time in Miami, where CNN’s Jake Tapper takes the reins as moderator.

5 takeaways from the Republican debate
This was Donald Trump’s moment of Zen.

Trump says reporter made up story about being grabbed by his campaign manager
Donald Trump has accused Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields of fabricating a story about being grabbed and bruised by his campaign manager.

CNN’s Republican debate in GIFs
The Sunshine State and CNN on Thursday played host to the final GOP debate before the Florida primary. As expected from this cycle’s presidential debates, the words were important, but there was even more substance in the body language.

Obama gives his take on Putin, Netanyahu, ISIS
President Barack Obama defended his decision not to intervene militarily in Syria’s civil war in an interview published Thursday detailing internal clashes among high-level U.S. officials.

Carson to endorse Trump
Ben Carson will endorse Donald Trump on Friday, multiple sources told CNN.

Clinton: Trump has ‘a pretty narrow base’
Hillary Clinton said Thursday she is far less impressed with Donald Trump’s string of Republican primary victories than he is.

First on CNN: Cruz super PAC decides attacking Rubio in Florida isn’t worth it
Super PACs backing Ted Cruz are scrapping a major media buy they once eyed in Florida because Marco Rubio is likely to lose there “all by himself,” the group’s leader says.

U.S.: ISIS leader may have survived airstrike
An ISIS leader that American officials initially said was “likely killed” in a U.S. airstrike Friday might only have been injured, according to growing U.S. intelligence indications.

Challenges ahead for Senate bill to provide federal aid to Flint
Senators are hoping to take up a bill next week that would provide federal aid to Flint, Michigan, to help the city deal with its water crisis.

Democratic Senators air concerns to IGs over Clinton email review
A group of Democratic senators are questioning whether investigations by two inspectors general offices into Hillary Clinton’s email servers are impartial.

Canada’s Justin Trudeau visits US
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the United States on March 9 and 10.

Republicans to face off at CNN debate
Four Republican presidential candidates will face off here Thursday night at CNN’s GOP debate, as they prepare to head into a week that could alter the course of the 2016 election.

Obama: Blame GOP, media for Trump
President Barack Obama weighed in on the Republican presidential primary race Thursday, saying attempts to blame him for the rise of Donald Trump is “novel.”

Obama again prods Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee
President Barack Obama says he still hopes “cooler heads will prevail” and Senate Republicans will allow his eventual Supreme Court nominee to move forward.

Ohio State football coach endorses Kasich: ‘Go win this darn thing’
GOP presidential candidate John Kasich scored a big endorsement from the Ohio sports world Thursday.

Gallup: Obama approval up to 50%, highest since May ’13
President Barack Obama’s job approval among Americans has ticked up to its highest point since almost three years ago, according Gallup’s weekly tracking poll.

Trump rally attendee charged after punching video
A man who attended Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina was arrested and charged Thursday with two criminal counts of assault and disorderly conduct after multiple videos posted online appear to show him punching a protester in the face.

Utah’s Lee becomes first senator to back Cruz
Utah Sen. Mike Lee endorsed Ted Cruz for president Thursday, making him the first senator to back the Texas lawmaker, and delivering another blow to Marco Rubio.

First on CNN: U.S. plans to publicly blame Iran for dam cyber breach
The Obama administration is preparing to publicly attribute a 2013 cyber attack against a New York dam to Iranian hackers, according to U.S. officials familiar with the investigation.

Trump or Cruz? GOP leaders shake their heads, prepare to choose
In the bowels of the Capitol and over meals with high-powered donors, Republican Party elders are begrudgingly coming to grips with what once was unthinkable: Choosing between Ted Cruz or Donald Trump as their party’s nominee.

Florida gov punts on Trump’s claim ‘Islam hates us’
Florida Gov. Rick Scott declined to comment on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s recent comment that he thinks “Islam hates us.”

Sharpton: Warren presidential bid would be ‘electrifying’
Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday that a White House bid by Sen. Elizabeth Warren would be “electrifying.”

First on CNN: Anti-Trump PAC hits him on trade in Ohio
A group opposing Donald Trump’s presidential bid on Thursday launched a $1 million ad campaign Ohio hitting the billionaire businessman for manufacturing many of his products abroad.

Obama teases Trudeau over hockey, hints at broader alliance with Canada
U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau are clearly friendly in each other’s company, making small talk amid the grandeur of the official state welcome.

The Univision Democratic debate in 90 seconds
Everything you missed from the Univision Democratic debate in 90 seconds.

U.S. sends 3 B-2 bombers to Asia-Pacific
The U.S. Air Force has sent three of its B-2 stealth bombers on a deployment to Asia and Pacific, the service announced in a press release Wednesday.

Fiorina dismisses her past criticism of Cruz
Carly Fiorina defended her past attacks on Ted Cruz Thursday, saying while they disagreed on tactics they’ve always had shared goals.

Rare photos of Abraham Lincoln
“The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln” is a treasure trove of images of the iconic U.S. President, including his first known picture.

‘Honest Abe’ wasn’t above sneaky politics

Trudeau is strengthening U.S.-Canada relationship
They share the longest border in the world, stretching over 5,500 miles and crossed by some 400,000 people and nearly $2 billion in goods and services every day. And yes, there actually are some Minnesotans — as well as New Yorkers, Michiganders, Alaskans and North Dakotans — who can see this neighbor from their porches. The two neighbors are, of course, the United States and Canada. And they have a relationship that is both complex and critical.

The law that made Hillary Clinton’s candidacy thinkable
The generational divide among women as to whether Hillary Clinton’s gender should determine their vote has revived the time-worn question: Should gender even matter when deciding who should hold the highest job in the land?

3 generations of Latinas take the right to vote seriously
Jessica Urbaez has not yet turned 18, the minimum voting age in the United States.

Cruz: Trump ‘taking advantage’ of uninformed voters
Sen. Ted Cruz is taking his fight with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to the brash billionaire’s supporters, knocking them as uninformed and “not that engaged.”

Republican debate in Miami: What to watch
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Marco Rubio will face off at CNN’s presidential debate on Thursday night in a state that could make one of the four men virtually unstoppable — and spell doom for another.

Cruz’s no-compromise stance on guns
Three days after a young man named Dylann Roof fatally shot nine people in a historic church in South Carolina—the latest in a string of gun massacres across the U.S.— Ted Cruz campaigned at a shooting range in Iowa.

Everything you need to know about CNN’s GOP debate
This week, presidential candidates from both sides of the political aisle are gathering in Miami ahead of the Florida primary on March 15.

Canada-U.S. state dinner site of sticky situation — over maple syrup
A long-simmering transborder dispute between the United States and Canada isn’t expected to be resolved during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the White House Thursday.

Well-wishers pay their respects to Nancy Reagan
Fatiha Demijohn reverentially passed by the casket of Nancy Reagan and soon after reflected on a woman she began admiring from her native France.

Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism.

Fact-checking the Democratic debate
Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met in Miami on Wednesday for their first debate since Sanders’ upset in the Michigan primary, and CNN’s Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.

5 takeaways from the Democratic debate
There were few softballs Wednesday night for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

How Trump, Sanders tap America’s economic rage
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are voicing visceral feelings of economic disenfranchisement and alienation among pessimistic voters who feel they’ve been ignored

Fox News poll: Kasich leading in Ohio, Trump up in Florida
John Kasich has taken a small lead in Ohio while Donald Trump remains dominant in Florida, according to new Fox News polls released Wednesday.