Новости за 17.03.2016

Ryan says open GOP convention 'more likely'
Fox News
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday it's looking “more likely” the Republican Party will face an open convention in July – meaning, a floor fight to pick a nominee – and that Donald Trump and the party might want to accept that “reality.” Ryan ...
GOP senators break emergency glass on Trump plansPolitico
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Obama Mobilizes Campaign Veterans to Push for Court Nominee
New York Times
Judge Merrick B. Garland with President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times. WASHINGTON — President Obama has said for years that he has ...
Don't Bork Judge GarlandWall Street Journal
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Kerry: ISIS Is Committing Genocide Against Yazidis, Christians and Shiite Muslims
NBCNews.com
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that ISIS has been committing genocide against religious minorities in the Middle East — just the second time the executive branch has used the term in relation to an ongoing conflict. The formal designation ...
Kerry declares Islamic State has committed genocideWashington Post
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Here's How Bernie Sanders Could Win the Nomination
New York Times
The worst is over for Bernie Sanders. The primaries in the South are finished, and now the Democratic contest heads north to bluer and, for the most part, whiter states. Mr. Sanders should fare better over the second half of the primary season, after ...
Democrats sound alarm against TrumpPolitico
Bernie Sanders May Not Prevail, But His Revolution Is Just Getting StartedBloomberg
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SeaWorld to phase out killer-whale shows, captivity
USA TODAY
Embattled amusement-park operator SeaWorld Entertainment said Thursday that the killer whales currently living at its facilities will be its last as it will stop breeding them immediately and phase out theatrical orca shows. The move comes nearly three ...
SeaWorld to End Breeding Program for Killer WhalesNBCNews.com
SeaWorld says it will end killer whale breedingOrlando Sentinel
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Merrick Garland's Path to Nomination Marked by Deference, With Limits
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Merrick B. Garland, a Harvard-educated lawyer and classic overachiever, was working in lucrative private practice at Arnold & Porter in the nation's capital when, in 1989, he was offered a position as a federal prosecutor handling ...
Obama is increasingly involved in the 2016 presidential campaignWashington Post
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With Marco Rubio Out, Ted Cruz Confronts a New Foe in John Kasich
New York Times
HOUSTON — After months squaring off against Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, presuming him to be the chief obstacle to a one-on-one showdown with Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday emerged from the latest Republican primaries with a ...
The Wedding That Explains the ElectionDaily Beast
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Brazilians protest after Lula named chief of staff, gains immunity
Reuters
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO Protests erupted in several Brazilian cities on Wednesday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped conversation fed opposition claims the move was meant to shield Lula ...
Brazil judge releases phone taps between pres., ex-pres.Washington Post
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Obama's choice of popular centrist Merrick Garland for Supreme Court puts GOP to the test
Los Angeles Times
President Obama sought Wednesday to reshape the clash over presidential power that has engulfed the vacancy on the Supreme Court, nominating a federal judge with a centrist reputation, Merrick Garland, and all but daring Republicans to hold fast to ...
Supreme Court Showdown Could Shape Fall ElectionsNew York Times
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Wild card for Trump: Who gets to be a convention delegate?
Washington Post
With the increasingly loud talk of a contested Republican convention, the obscure process of picking who actually gets to be a delegate is about to get underway in states across the country — with an urgency that has not been felt in decades. These ...
With Marco Rubio Out, Ted Cruz Confronts a New Foe in John KasichNew York Times
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Brazil Police Tapped Rousseff Discussing Lula Cabinet Post
Bloomberg
The federal judge leading Brazil's largest corruption probe released phone recordings of President Dilma Rousseff discussing the cabinet nomination of her mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, GloboNews reported. Judge Sergio Moro released transcripts of ...
Lucky Lula! Cabinet job buys Brazil's ex-president some timeUSA TODAY
Brazil judge releases phone taps between pres., ex-pres.Washington Post
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Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
CNN
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland, who is respected across political lines, to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in an epic power play targeting the resolve of Republicans who have vowed to block any replacement ...
President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to the Supreme CourtWashington Post
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