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| Election live: Trump and Clinton look to hold off rivals in crucial primaries | Election live: Trump and Clinton look to hold off rivals in crucial primaries |
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| Spotted in Ohio: | |
| Some things are better left un-tattooed. pic.twitter.com/kJ3MyoY1tG | |
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| Dan Roberts | |
| Donald Trump briefly faced the threat of criminal charges on Monday night, as efforts grew across the political spectrum to check his increasingly violent rise on the eve of key US primary elections, reports the Guardian’s Dan Roberts. | |
| Police in North Carolina were reportedly investigating whether the Republican frontrunner should be prosecuted for incitement after an African American protester was hit in the face as he was escorted out of a rally in Fayetteville last week. | |
| Trump has previously said he would like to punch protesters “in the face”himself, expressing nostalgia for a time when those causing disruption would be “carried out on a stretcher”. In common with other recent incidents, he offered to pay the legal fees of the assailant involved on Thursday. | |
| A Cumberland county sheriff spokesman said late on Monday that they would not charge Trump over the incident. | |
| Related: Donald Trump briefly threatened with criminal charges over punch at rally | |
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| Ohio governor John Kasich hast cast his vote in the Buckeye State’s Republican primary. Any guesses who he pulled the lever for? | |
| John Kasich casts his vote for himself for president in the #OhioPrimary. pic.twitter.com/ONHatOcFh9 | |
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| Scott Bixby | |
| The latest ad against billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump uses the often-vulgar candidate’s own words against him. | |
| The ad, created by Our Principles PAC, a super pac attempting to prevent Trump’s ascendance to the Republican presidential nomination by any means necessary, features women reading Trump’s most bombastic and offensive quotations aloud. | |
| “Bimbo,” “dog,” “fat pig,” the litany of insults begins. | |
| “Women: You have to treat ‘em like shit,” one woman quotes. | |
| “You know, it really doesn’t matter what they write, as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass,” says another. | |
| “I like kids! I mean, I won’t do anything to take care of them - I’ll supply funds, and she’ll take care of the kids,” another says. | |
| “She had the height; she had the beauty. She was crazy, but these are minor details,” one woman quotes, as a chyron explains that Trump was talking about the late Diana, Princess of Wales. | |
| “If you believe America deserves better, vote against Donald Trump,” the ad says at its conclusion. | |
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| Anonymous declares "total war" on Donald Trump, again | Anonymous declares "total war" on Donald Trump, again |
| Samuel Gibbs | Samuel Gibbs |
| The hacking collective Anonymous has vowed once again to “dismantle” Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and to “expose what he doesn’t want the public to know”. | The hacking collective Anonymous has vowed once again to “dismantle” Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and to “expose what he doesn’t want the public to know”. |
| The group announced its re-engagement of “OpTrump” through its traditional propaganda video, aiming to take down one of Trump’s property websites for Chicago on 1 April. | The group announced its re-engagement of “OpTrump” through its traditional propaganda video, aiming to take down one of Trump’s property websites for Chicago on 1 April. |
| Anonymous said: “We have been watching you for a long time and what we’ve seen is deeply disturbing. You don’t stand for anything but your personal greed and power. | Anonymous said: “We have been watching you for a long time and what we’ve seen is deeply disturbing. You don’t stand for anything but your personal greed and power. |
| “This is a call to arms. Shut down his websites, research and expose what he doesn’t want the public to know. We need you to dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand.” | “This is a call to arms. Shut down his websites, research and expose what he doesn’t want the public to know. We need you to dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand.” |
| Anonymous last declared war on Trump at the end of 2015 in response to Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US. At the time the group took down the website of New York’s Trump Tower using a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that overwhelms a site’s servers using bogus traffic. | Anonymous last declared war on Trump at the end of 2015 in response to Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US. At the time the group took down the website of New York’s Trump Tower using a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that overwhelms a site’s servers using bogus traffic. |
| Whether this renewed effort by Anonymous will have a greater impact on Trump and his campaign for the US presidential elections is unclear. But the collective is urging everyone to support their campaign saying “you do not need to know how to hack to support this operation”. | Whether this renewed effort by Anonymous will have a greater impact on Trump and his campaign for the US presidential elections is unclear. But the collective is urging everyone to support their campaign saying “you do not need to know how to hack to support this operation”. |
| “This is a declaration of total war. OperationTrump engaged.” | “This is a declaration of total war. OperationTrump engaged.” |
| Trump has been the target of several hacking groups, allegedly leaking personal information, voicemail messages and attacking his various sites, all of which have had little effect on his popularity. | Trump has been the target of several hacking groups, allegedly leaking personal information, voicemail messages and attacking his various sites, all of which have had little effect on his popularity. |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| What time is the | What time is the |
| Super Bowl | Super Bowl |
| primary over? | primary over? |
| Here’s a handy timeline for when we’re anticipating polls to close in Super-er Tuesday tonight: | Here’s a handy timeline for when we’re anticipating polls to close in Super-er Tuesday tonight: |
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| A bombshell report from Politico paints a more-than-unflattering portrait of Corey Lewandowski, campaign manager for Donald Trump and accused assailant in a criminal complaint filed by a female campaign journalist. | A bombshell report from Politico paints a more-than-unflattering portrait of Corey Lewandowski, campaign manager for Donald Trump and accused assailant in a criminal complaint filed by a female campaign journalist. |
| I guess these just magically appeared on me @CLewandowski_ @realDonaldTrump. So weird. pic.twitter.com/oD8c4D7tw3 | I guess these just magically appeared on me @CLewandowski_ @realDonaldTrump. So weird. pic.twitter.com/oD8c4D7tw3 |
| According to more than 20 sources, Lewandowski has faced complaints ranging from physical aggression with other reporters to being “sexually suggestive” with female journalists. One anecdote: When he was working with the Koch Bros.-funded Americans for Prosperity super PAC, Lewandowski reportedly berated a female employee in public, using a very particular word for the female anatomy. | According to more than 20 sources, Lewandowski has faced complaints ranging from physical aggression with other reporters to being “sexually suggestive” with female journalists. One anecdote: When he was working with the Koch Bros.-funded Americans for Prosperity super PAC, Lewandowski reportedly berated a female employee in public, using a very particular word for the female anatomy. |
| Lewandowski has been accused by Michelle Fields, a now-former reporter for the conservative Breitbart News, of aggressively pulling her from proximity to the candidate, to the point where she says he left bruises on her arms. Fields’ account has been backed up by another reporter at the scene, audio of the exchange and even video. Trump continues to stand by his campaign manager, even though opponents Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have declared that they would have fired their campaign managers for similar behavior. | Lewandowski has been accused by Michelle Fields, a now-former reporter for the conservative Breitbart News, of aggressively pulling her from proximity to the candidate, to the point where she says he left bruises on her arms. Fields’ account has been backed up by another reporter at the scene, audio of the exchange and even video. Trump continues to stand by his campaign manager, even though opponents Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have declared that they would have fired their campaign managers for similar behavior. |
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| 15 March: Super-er Tuesday | 15 March: Super-er Tuesday |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Beware the Ides of March | Beware the Ides of March |
| Two weeks after the so-called Super Tuesday primaries proved to be a lot less decisive in determining the presidential nominee for either of the major political parties, the day we have dubbed Super-er Tuesday is finally here. Today marks the beginning of the crucial winner-takes-all primaries for the Republican candidates, wherein in the delegate-rich states of Florida and Ohio will allocate their delegates not proportionally, but entirely to the winner of a plurality of the state’s vote. (Not every Republican primary that occurs today or hereafter will be winner-takes-all, however – there will also be primary contests today in Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth in the Pacific Ocean.) | Two weeks after the so-called Super Tuesday primaries proved to be a lot less decisive in determining the presidential nominee for either of the major political parties, the day we have dubbed Super-er Tuesday is finally here. Today marks the beginning of the crucial winner-takes-all primaries for the Republican candidates, wherein in the delegate-rich states of Florida and Ohio will allocate their delegates not proportionally, but entirely to the winner of a plurality of the state’s vote. (Not every Republican primary that occurs today or hereafter will be winner-takes-all, however – there will also be primary contests today in Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth in the Pacific Ocean.) |
| Let’s take a look at these contests: | Let’s take a look at these contests: |
| We’ll be offering minute-by-minute coverage of Super-er Tuesday, as well as last-minute pivots by campaigns to get out the vote. Stay tuned! | We’ll be offering minute-by-minute coverage of Super-er Tuesday, as well as last-minute pivots by campaigns to get out the vote. Stay tuned! |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.59pm GMT | at 1.59pm GMT |