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| Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live | Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live |
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| The US government has dropped its court fight against Apple after it successfully pulled data from the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to court records. | |
| The development effectively ends a six-week legal battle that was poised to shape digital privacy for years to come. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a court filing Monday evening that they no longer needed Apple’s help in getting around the security countermeasures on Farook’s device. | |
| “The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc,” the government said. It then asked the court to vacate a 16 February court order demanding Apple create software that weakened iPhone security settings to aid government investigators. | |
| The Guardian has reported that the technique used by the government has been classified. | |
| Related: US ends case against Apple after pulling data from San Bernardino iPhone | |
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| Former Trump adviser: "He is the presidential equivalent of Sanjaya on American Idol" | |
| Stephanie Cegielski, former communications director for the Make American Great Again super-PAC was once billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s top strategist. | |
| And then she defected. | |
| In an article written for xoJane, Cegielski declares that Trump is unfit for office - and writes that the original goal of his candidacy was nothing more than a protest against presumptive nominee Jeb Bush. | |
| Some highlights: | |
| The whole piece is more than worth a read. | |
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| Tourists visiting the US Capitol in Washington DC described a tense situation after shots were fired inside the visitors center. There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred, but police said a suspect was taken into custody with wounds after shots were fired. Police said the suspect was taken to hospital. The officer did not identify or describe the suspect and he added that there were no additional suspects. | Tourists visiting the US Capitol in Washington DC described a tense situation after shots were fired inside the visitors center. There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred, but police said a suspect was taken into custody with wounds after shots were fired. Police said the suspect was taken to hospital. The officer did not identify or describe the suspect and he added that there were no additional suspects. |
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| Megan Carpentier | Megan Carpentier |
| Ivanka Trump, daughter of the real estate magnate, has dedicated much of her professional life to the family business, writes the Guardian’s Megan Carpentier. Will his race for the White House help or hurt her? | Ivanka Trump, daughter of the real estate magnate, has dedicated much of her professional life to the family business, writes the Guardian’s Megan Carpentier. Will his race for the White House help or hurt her? |
| Ivanka Trump, like her friend Chelsea Clinton, doesn’t like the press very much. Perhaps that’s understandable coming from the daughter of Donald Trump, who grew up with outrageous headlines targeting her father hitting the newsstands with alarming regularity. One of them – a quote from his then mistress Marla Maples – spelled “THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD”. | Ivanka Trump, like her friend Chelsea Clinton, doesn’t like the press very much. Perhaps that’s understandable coming from the daughter of Donald Trump, who grew up with outrageous headlines targeting her father hitting the newsstands with alarming regularity. One of them – a quote from his then mistress Marla Maples – spelled “THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD”. |
| In a 2007 interview with GQ, Ivanka described the media at that time as “vicious and brutal”, as she recounted being accosted by photographers outside theexclusive all-girls Chapin school in Manhattan. One of them asked her for a comment on whether it was true that her father was good in bed. She was nine. | In a 2007 interview with GQ, Ivanka described the media at that time as “vicious and brutal”, as she recounted being accosted by photographers outside theexclusive all-girls Chapin school in Manhattan. One of them asked her for a comment on whether it was true that her father was good in bed. She was nine. |
| “It taught me not to trust anyone,” she said. “You can never let your guard down, and I never really have since that time.” | “It taught me not to trust anyone,” she said. “You can never let your guard down, and I never really have since that time.” |
| Related: Ivanka Trump, from model to mogul: inside the life of Donald's daughter | Related: Ivanka Trump, from model to mogul: inside the life of Donald's daughter |
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| Update: Shooter at Capitol was the only person seriously injured | Update: Shooter at Capitol was the only person seriously injured |
| In a press conference, Capitol police chief Matthew Verderosa said that based on the preliminary investigation, the incident was believed to be that “act of single person who has frequented Capitol grounds before and [we have] no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act”. | In a press conference, Capitol police chief Matthew Verderosa said that based on the preliminary investigation, the incident was believed to be that “act of single person who has frequented Capitol grounds before and [we have] no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act”. |
| A female bystander suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital, Verderosa said. The shooter, a long male, is currently undergoing surgery and his condition is unknown. | A female bystander suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital, Verderosa said. The shooter, a long male, is currently undergoing surgery and his condition is unknown. |
| The shooting, which occurred in the Capitol visitors center, an underground entrance to the Capitol building for tourists, sowed panic in Washington on a pleasant spring day. | The shooting, which occurred in the Capitol visitors center, an underground entrance to the Capitol building for tourists, sowed panic in Washington on a pleasant spring day. |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| How, exactly, does a “Brooklynite” campaign? | How, exactly, does a “Brooklynite” campaign? |
| That’s the question Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist seemed to beg after tweeting that the former senator and secretary of state will campaign in New York “like a senator,” unlike rival Bernie Sanders, who will campaign like a... well: | That’s the question Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist seemed to beg after tweeting that the former senator and secretary of state will campaign in New York “like a senator,” unlike rival Bernie Sanders, who will campaign like a... well: |
| Clinton strategist Joel Beneson says Sanders is going to "campaign like a brooklynite, while Clinton is going to campaign like a senator." | Clinton strategist Joel Beneson says Sanders is going to "campaign like a brooklynite, while Clinton is going to campaign like a senator." |
| Joel Beneson appears to have forgotten that Clinton’s national campaign headquarters is in the heart of Brooklyn - and that insulting a borough of 2.6 million people might not be the best way to win the hearts of some of the country’s most liberal voters. | Joel Beneson appears to have forgotten that Clinton’s national campaign headquarters is in the heart of Brooklyn - and that insulting a borough of 2.6 million people might not be the best way to win the hearts of some of the country’s most liberal voters. |
| Beneson later tweeted that “Brooklynite” was a term of affection from a fellow outer-borougher: | Beneson later tweeted that “Brooklynite” was a term of affection from a fellow outer-borougher: |
| Of course "Brooklynite" was a compliment! I'm an outer borough guy from Queens and we'are all proud New Yorkers. https://t.co/GrHaP42whg | Of course "Brooklynite" was a compliment! I'm an outer borough guy from Queens and we'are all proud New Yorkers. https://t.co/GrHaP42whg |
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| Dana Scavino, social media director for billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is fanning the flames of the unsupported conspiracy theory that rival Ted Cruz has engaged in a physical relationship with his former communications director. | Dana Scavino, social media director for billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is fanning the flames of the unsupported conspiracy theory that rival Ted Cruz has engaged in a physical relationship with his former communications director. |
| Amazing. @realDonaldTrump's fault. https://t.co/zpPOwG3IEq | Amazing. @realDonaldTrump's fault. https://t.co/zpPOwG3IEq |
| His tweet links to a conspiracy video that purports to “prove” that Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz campaign staffer, and the Texas senator were engaged in an affair. The “proof”? Carpenter said on Twitter that Cruz was in a “fun” mood one day. | His tweet links to a conspiracy video that purports to “prove” that Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz campaign staffer, and the Texas senator were engaged in an affair. The “proof”? Carpenter said on Twitter that Cruz was in a “fun” mood one day. |
| Carpenter has gone on the record calling allegations that she and the senator had anything more than a professional relationship “categorically false.” | Carpenter has gone on the record calling allegations that she and the senator had anything more than a professional relationship “categorically false.” |
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| More on the shooting at the Capitol... | More on the shooting at the Capitol... |
| The shelter in place order has been lifted, though the visitors center remains closed and the Capitol is only open for official business. Capitol Police said chief Matthew Verderosa would hold a press conference at 4:15pm. | The shelter in place order has been lifted, though the visitors center remains closed and the Capitol is only open for official business. Capitol Police said chief Matthew Verderosa would hold a press conference at 4:15pm. |
| Washington was filled with tourists taking advantage of their Easter vacation while few members of Congress were even in the city as no votes were scheduled for this week. Police blocked off the streets around the Capitol with armed officers holding submachine guns standing in the intersections to ward off sightseers. | Washington was filled with tourists taking advantage of their Easter vacation while few members of Congress were even in the city as no votes were scheduled for this week. Police blocked off the streets around the Capitol with armed officers holding submachine guns standing in the intersections to ward off sightseers. |
| The lockdown also applied to the White House, where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. | The lockdown also applied to the White House, where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. |
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| Bryan Sanders, a man who was punched in the face at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona, last week, writes that the man who hit him should be held responsible for his actions - but that the violent rhetoric against peaceful protest starts with Trump himself: | Bryan Sanders, a man who was punched in the face at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona, last week, writes that the man who hit him should be held responsible for his actions - but that the violent rhetoric against peaceful protest starts with Trump himself: |
| I don’t bear Tony Pettway, the man who sucker-punched me when I was peacefully protesting at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson last week, any ill will. I think he was just caught up in the moment. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him; his career in the air force is already going to be messed up. | I don’t bear Tony Pettway, the man who sucker-punched me when I was peacefully protesting at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson last week, any ill will. I think he was just caught up in the moment. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him; his career in the air force is already going to be messed up. |
| What happened to me is a tragedy that comes straight from Donald Trump. He created the situation where people come and protest at his rallies because of what he says; he tells his supporters that “in the old days the protester would be taken out on a stretcher”. He says that he’d like to punch a protester in the face. He offers to pay the legal bills of somebody who punches a protester. Pettway is responsible for his own actions, but it’s Trump’s violent, hateful message that is creating this situation. | What happened to me is a tragedy that comes straight from Donald Trump. He created the situation where people come and protest at his rallies because of what he says; he tells his supporters that “in the old days the protester would be taken out on a stretcher”. He says that he’d like to punch a protester in the face. He offers to pay the legal bills of somebody who punches a protester. Pettway is responsible for his own actions, but it’s Trump’s violent, hateful message that is creating this situation. |
| In a way, what happened afterwards was worse. By the Sunday after the rally, I woke up with these crazy viral stories about me online. I had messages of support from around the world, but also immense amounts of hate and lies being spread about me. | In a way, what happened afterwards was worse. By the Sunday after the rally, I woke up with these crazy viral stories about me online. I had messages of support from around the world, but also immense amounts of hate and lies being spread about me. |
| Trump had lied about me on George Stephanopoulos’ show on ABC after the protest. He said I was a professional agitator, and the rightwing blogosphere immediately followed it with a half-dozen articles. | Trump had lied about me on George Stephanopoulos’ show on ABC after the protest. He said I was a professional agitator, and the rightwing blogosphere immediately followed it with a half-dozen articles. |
| They said I must have used a racial slur to incite Pettway to hit me. They said I assaulted him first – despite the clear video evidence that I did not. They said endless things about me; that I was a plant of George Soros, or the Bernie Sanders campaign, or the Hillary Clinton campaign. None of those things are true. | They said I must have used a racial slur to incite Pettway to hit me. They said I assaulted him first – despite the clear video evidence that I did not. They said endless things about me; that I was a plant of George Soros, or the Bernie Sanders campaign, or the Hillary Clinton campaign. None of those things are true. |
| Related: I was punched at a Donald Trump rally. His message of hate caused the violence | Bryan Sanders | Related: I was punched at a Donald Trump rally. His message of hate caused the violence | Bryan Sanders |
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| US Capitol in lockdown after police officer shot | US Capitol in lockdown after police officer shot |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| One Capitol police officer has been shot and a shooter is in custody, US officials have told the Associated Press. | One Capitol police officer has been shot and a shooter is in custody, US officials have told the Associated Press. |
| The US Capitol was placed on lockdown and all staff ordered to shelter in place after reports of gunshots being fired in the Capitol visitors center, police said on Monday afternoon. | The US Capitol was placed on lockdown and all staff ordered to shelter in place after reports of gunshots being fired in the Capitol visitors center, police said on Monday afternoon. |
| The US Capitol police shut down the entire Capitol complex due to a “potential security threat” following reports of gunfire, according to an alert emailed to Capitol staff. | The US Capitol police shut down the entire Capitol complex due to a “potential security threat” following reports of gunfire, according to an alert emailed to Capitol staff. |
| The alert states that no one will be allowed to enter or exit the buildings though people are allowed to move within the buildings and underground between buildings. The police warned those outside to seek cover. | The alert states that no one will be allowed to enter or exit the buildings though people are allowed to move within the buildings and underground between buildings. The police warned those outside to seek cover. |
| Due to police activity, Capitol Police have issued a shelter in place for the Capitol complex. Please stay in your designated area. #alert | Due to police activity, Capitol Police have issued a shelter in place for the Capitol complex. Please stay in your designated area. #alert |
| The lockdown also applied to the White House where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. | The lockdown also applied to the White House where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. |
| Congress is in recess, with few lawmakers in Washington. | Congress is in recess, with few lawmakers in Washington. |
| Update: Capitol police now say that previous reports of a police officer having been shot were inaccurate - the shooter himself was the only person seriously injured. | Update: Capitol police now say that previous reports of a police officer having been shot were inaccurate - the shooter himself was the only person seriously injured. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| One Capitol Police officer has been shot and the shooter is now in custody, according to AP. | One Capitol Police officer has been shot and the shooter is now in custody, according to AP. |
| APNewsAlert: Capitol officials: 1 Capitol police officer shot, not seriously, shooter in custody. | APNewsAlert: Capitol officials: 1 Capitol police officer shot, not seriously, shooter in custody. |
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| Capitol Hill and the White House are currently in lockdown because of this reported shooting. As the AP reports: | Capitol Hill and the White House are currently in lockdown because of this reported shooting. As the AP reports: |
| The U.S. Capitol Police are telling staff in the Capitol complex to shelter in place after a report of gunshots being fired in the Capitol Visitors Center. | The U.S. Capitol Police are telling staff in the Capitol complex to shelter in place after a report of gunshots being fired in the Capitol Visitors Center. |
| ...The situation was apparently contained to the Visitors Center but no further information was immediately available. | ...The situation was apparently contained to the Visitors Center but no further information was immediately available. |
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| Reports of a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center, with US Capitol Police responding. | Reports of a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center, with US Capitol Police responding. |
| *SHOTS FIRED AT U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER: CAPITOL POLICE | *SHOTS FIRED AT U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER: CAPITOL POLICE |
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| Guns banned at RNC, says Secret Service | Guns banned at RNC, says Secret Service |
| Temperatures will already be running hot at the possibly-contested Republican National Convention in July, but no one will be packing heat, after Secret Service ruled that guns are banned. | Temperatures will already be running hot at the possibly-contested Republican National Convention in July, but no one will be packing heat, after Secret Service ruled that guns are banned. |
| A petition with 45,000 signatures and counting called on event organizers to allow people to carry guns. Ohio is an open carry state, but the venue, the Quicken Loans Arena, bans all firearms. | A petition with 45,000 signatures and counting called on event organizers to allow people to carry guns. Ohio is an open carry state, but the venue, the Quicken Loans Arena, bans all firearms. |
| Only law enforcement would be allowed to carry gun, said the Secret Service spokesman. | Only law enforcement would be allowed to carry gun, said the Secret Service spokesman. |
| “Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event,” spokesman Robert Hoback told The Hill. | “Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event,” spokesman Robert Hoback told The Hill. |
| When questioned about it at a recent news conference in Wisconsin, candidate Ted Cruz supported the Secret Service’s policy. | When questioned about it at a recent news conference in Wisconsin, candidate Ted Cruz supported the Secret Service’s policy. |
| “Secret Service is going to have principal decision making,” said Cruz. | “Secret Service is going to have principal decision making,” said Cruz. |
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| Trump not suing over Louisiana delegates | Trump not suing over Louisiana delegates |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| The “lawsuit” threatened by Donald Trump on Twitter over the weekend against the Louisiana Republican Party, will be a challenge in the RNC Committee on Contests. | The “lawsuit” threatened by Donald Trump on Twitter over the weekend against the Louisiana Republican Party, will be a challenge in the RNC Committee on Contests. |
| Top Trump aide Barry Bennett clarified that the campaign will not seek litigate the matter, which is likely non-justiciable and instead go through the RNC’s internal process for fights over delegates. | Top Trump aide Barry Bennett clarified that the campaign will not seek litigate the matter, which is likely non-justiciable and instead go through the RNC’s internal process for fights over delegates. |
| The Wall Street Journal reported last week that despite Trump’s win of the popular vote in the Pelican State, supporters of Texas senator Ted Cruz had captured control of the delegation through internal maneuvering. Both Trump and Cruz won 18 delegates apiece in the state’s March 5 primary while Marco Rubio won five delegates and the remaining five delegates are unbound free agents. | The Wall Street Journal reported last week that despite Trump’s win of the popular vote in the Pelican State, supporters of Texas senator Ted Cruz had captured control of the delegation through internal maneuvering. Both Trump and Cruz won 18 delegates apiece in the state’s March 5 primary while Marco Rubio won five delegates and the remaining five delegates are unbound free agents. |
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| Ted Cruz just spoke with reporters in Wisconsin about terrorism, jobs and his ongoing quibbles with Donald Trump. | Ted Cruz just spoke with reporters in Wisconsin about terrorism, jobs and his ongoing quibbles with Donald Trump. |
| The Texas Senator claimed that he would destroy ISIS. “Jihadists across the globe, your day of reckoning is coming,” said Cruz. | The Texas Senator claimed that he would destroy ISIS. “Jihadists across the globe, your day of reckoning is coming,” said Cruz. |
| He said jobs was his biggest campaign issue, bringing back jobs to the US and driving wages up. “We’re going to see people coming out of school with 2,3,4 job opportunities. That’s what this election is about. | He said jobs was his biggest campaign issue, bringing back jobs to the US and driving wages up. “We’re going to see people coming out of school with 2,3,4 job opportunities. That’s what this election is about. |
| And Cruz slammed Trump for retweeting a disparaging comment about his wife last week. | And Cruz slammed Trump for retweeting a disparaging comment about his wife last week. |
| “No candidate should be doing what Donald Trump did last week which was attacking my wife and attacking my family,” said Cruz. “Let me get an answer from the American people… who cares? Who cares what Donald Trump is tweeting at night? | “No candidate should be doing what Donald Trump did last week which was attacking my wife and attacking my family,” said Cruz. “Let me get an answer from the American people… who cares? Who cares what Donald Trump is tweeting at night? |
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| Kasich’s campaign strategist John Weaver tweeted even more detail about the Kasich campaign changing its radio buy in Wisconsin, since many on social media immediately took it to mean that the Ohio governor was dropping out of the race. | Kasich’s campaign strategist John Weaver tweeted even more detail about the Kasich campaign changing its radio buy in Wisconsin, since many on social media immediately took it to mean that the Ohio governor was dropping out of the race. |
| Instead, Weaveer says more money is being spent in specific key congressional districts, since both New York and Wisconsin are winner-take-all states when it comes to delegates. | Instead, Weaveer says more money is being spent in specific key congressional districts, since both New York and Wisconsin are winner-take-all states when it comes to delegates. |
| Allocating additional $ in key CDs, reallocating in others in WI. Going up in New York today/tomorrow, to be followed soon in PA. #targeting | Allocating additional $ in key CDs, reallocating in others in WI. Going up in New York today/tomorrow, to be followed soon in PA. #targeting |
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| Some clarification from the Kasich campaign about the cut down in radio ad buys in Wisconsin, by Dave Weigel from the Washington Post. | Some clarification from the Kasich campaign about the cut down in radio ad buys in Wisconsin, by Dave Weigel from the Washington Post. |
| Kasich spox: "We are increasing our buys in some Congressional Districts in Wisconsin and reallocating in some others." | Kasich spox: "We are increasing our buys in some Congressional Districts in Wisconsin and reallocating in some others." |
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| Yesterday a tombstone for presidential wannabe Donald J Trump mysteriously turned up in Central Park on a sunny New York Sunday. | Yesterday a tombstone for presidential wannabe Donald J Trump mysteriously turned up in Central Park on a sunny New York Sunday. |
| It’s currently unknown which pranksters erected the stone tribute - it shows Trump’s actual birth year - but the Parks Department had removed it by Sunday evening. | It’s currently unknown which pranksters erected the stone tribute - it shows Trump’s actual birth year - but the Parks Department had removed it by Sunday evening. |
| Updated | Updated |
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