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	Tom Brokaw: When Brussels Was Attacked, Obama 'Stayed at the Baseball Game All Day Long' by Alex Griswold Veteran NBC reporter Tom Brokaw questioned President Barack Obama's decision to stay in Cuba and watch a baseball game on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday, saying that one would have expected him to cancel. Read More »

	Ted Cruz's Flashy New Line Against Trump Comes From a Sorkin Film by J.D. Durkin What's next for the Cruz Cinema Club? Read More »

	Eric Holder Has a Message For Donald Trump Supporters and Their 'Little Stupid Hats' by Tommy Christopher Former Attorney General Eric Holder took some time out of his post-Obama administration life as a private practice attorney to throw a few shots at Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Tuesday night's Late Night with Seth Meyers. Read More »

	Ted Cruz Repeats His Latest Head-Scratcher: 'America Has Never Engaged in Torture' by J.D. Durkin Remarkably, Cruz repeated the exact same line this morning on Fox & Friends, and newsflash: Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, nor Brian Kilmeade thought to correct the Texas Senator at his ridiculous claims. Read More »

	Hulk Hogan Speaks Out After $140 Million Verdict: ‘I Will Be Naked Forever’ by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Jimmy Kimmel Produces Hilarious Supercut of Donald Trump Loving Things by Tommy Christopher There are many things that come to mind when you think of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, but "love" might not be all that high on the list. On Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel set out to change all of that by putting together a montage of all the people, places, and things Donald Trump says he loves Read More »

	Grin and Bear It: Jeb Bush Endorses 'Consistent, Principled Conservative' Ted Cruz by J.D. Durkin After Cruz won last night's Utah caucus -- taking home nearly 70% of the vote -- Bush offered his support to his onetime debate stage rival, whose brand of politics often wildly differentiates from the former candidates. Read More »

	Hillary: After Brussels, Last Thing We Need Is Leaders Like Trump, Cruz, Who Incite Fear by Josh Feldman During her election night victory speech tonight, Hillary Clinton mentioned both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in a fiery call to reject "leaders who incite more fear." Read More »

	Romney Roasts Trump Over His 'Foreign Wives' at NRCC Dinner by Josh Feldman Mitt Romney, to put it bluntly, has run out of f*cks to give. Read More »

	Cruz Responds to Trump Threatening His Wife: 'You're More of a Coward Than I Thought' by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz tweeted a response tonight to Donald Trump threatening his wife, and wow did he not hold back. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Seattle Man Causes Minor Crisis After Refusing to Come Down from Huge Tree by Josh Feldman Sometimes you just want to climb up a tree. And sometimes you just want to stay up in that tree, even if, um, the police want you to come down. Read More »

	Trump Tweets Warning to Cruz: 'I Will Spill the Beans on Your Wife' (UPDATED) by Josh Feldman Donald Trump tonight tweeted and then quickly deleted a message that appeared to be threatening Ted Cruz's wife. Read More »

	Mormon Missionary Injured in Brussels Had Been in Boston, Paris During Terrorist Attacks by Josh Feldman Three U.S. Mormon missionaries were among the injured in Brussels today, and it was revealed that one of them not only had been at the site of the Boston Marathon bombing three years ago, but... Read More »

	Cruz: Trump Proposes Foreign Policy Ideas 'Weaker and More Liberal' Than Hillary, Obama by Josh Feldman Ted Cruz tonight went on the attack against Donald Trump over Brussels, saying it's interesting how only just yesterday yesterday Trump was questioning the need for NATO and the U.S.' involvement. Read More »

	Bill O’Reilly Will Push to Moderate Ted Cruz-Donald Trump Head-to-Head Debate on Fox by J.D. Durkin The topic came up several times during the interview Tuesday, after Cruz said, "I got an idea -- why don't you ask Donald Trump to come here and defend himself? Donald is afraid to debate." Read More »

	State Dept. Issues Travel Alert for U.S. Citizens 'Throughout Europe' by Josh Feldman The State Department just issued a travel alert for all United States citizens throughout Europe after the Brussels terrorist attacks. Read More »

	AIPAC President Criticizes Trump for 'Ad Hominem Attacks' Against Obama by Josh Feldman Yesterday at the AIPAC Policy Conference, Donald Trump spoke and delivered some harsh criticisms of President Obama. Today his criticisms were pretty strongly condemned by the head of AIPAC. Read More »

	Beware Mr. Trump: RNC Insider Reveals Which Republican Convention Rules Could Change by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	NBC Terrorism Analyst: We Need to Address Why Muslims Don’t Feel Assimilated in Belgium by Josh Feldman During a segment earlier tonight on the Brussels terrorist attacks, an NBC News terrorism analyst said it's important to examine the root causes––both locally and internationally. Read More »

	'Reprehensible': De Blasio, NYPD Commish Tear Into Cruz Over Muslim 'Patrols' by Josh Feldman New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton both felt the need to strongly condemn Ted Cruz earlier tonight over his proposal to "patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods." Read More »

	Latina Trump Supporter Harassed After Appearing Onstage With Candidate by Sam Reisman Betty Rivas, a Latina business owner in Tucson, Arizona and a Donald Trump supporter, has been inundated with harassing phone calls and Facebook comments ever since she joined the candidate onstage at a rally in Arizona this week, waving a "Latinos Support D. Trump" sign. Read More »

	Tony Blair Warns About 'Flabby Liberalism' in the Wake of Extremism by Josh Feldman Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave an interview to the BBC––apparently before the Brussels terrorist attacks today––in which he criticized "flabby liberalism" in the face of terrorism and extremism. Read More »

	Fox's Guilfoyle: Fighting Terror Must be 'Lawful,' So We Ought to Legalize Waterboarding by Sam Reisman When asked about the merits of waterboarding, The Five co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle affirmed that the fight against terrorism must be conducted in a "lawful" way — then stressed that it would be possible to "make laws" that effectively combat terror ("like the Patriot Act," she noted) if that's what it took. Read More »

	Gawker’s Nick Denton Angrily Denounces 'Sham' Trial, Blames Hulk Hogan by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Donald Trump Calls Waterboarding 'Minimal Form of Torture' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump called into CNN late this afternoon to talk about torture in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Read More »

	Cruz Defends Proposal to 'Patrol' Muslim Communities: We’re Not 'Targeting' Muslims by Josh Feldman During an interview on CNN this afternoon, Anderson Cooper confronted Ted Cruz over his proposal for law enforcement to "patrol" Muslim communities in the wake of Brussels. Read More »

	Now the World Knows if Paul Ryan Thinks Donald Trump is a Fascist by Tommy Christopher Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is somewhat hot-and-cold when it comes to commenting on Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, blasting him one minute, coming to peace with him the next, and at Tuesday' s Republican House Leadership press conference, insisting that he wouldn't "take the bait today" by weighing in on Trump. One reporter did manage to crack Ryan's resolve, asking him if he agrees with critics who say Trump is "authoritarian" and "fascist" Read More »

	Beloved Pokémon Designer Killed By Tree in Wind Storm by Lindsey Ellefson A tree fell, hitting his car and killing him instantly. His daughter was unharmed. Read More »

	BREAKING: Section of Denver Airport Evacuated Over Potential Security Threat by Josh Feldman Part of the Denver International Airport has been evacuated over concerns this afternoon of a security threat. Read More »

	White Nationalist Launches 24/7 Support Hotline for Bullied Trump Supporters by Sam Reisman An avowed white nationalist and Trump supporter has launched a 24/7 phone hotline “to help those who are attacked physically and verbally for supporting Trump." Read More »

	Nate Robinson Was Being Interviewed When a Shirtless Guy Challenged Him to a 1-On-1 Game by Lindsey Ellefson When he sat down for an interview with a TV station over there, it's no surprise that he was recognized by someone on the street. Read More »

	Piers Morgan: Brussels Shows It’s Time to Take Trump More Seriously on Terrorism by Josh Feldman Terrorist attacks have a way of getting people to reevaluate important decisions about who they want leading the nation. Piers Morgan is one of them, but he's actually arguing Brussels shows it's time to take Donald Trump more seriously. Read More »

	Terrorists Shut Down Brussels Starbucks — and The Hill Is On It by Sam Reisman When bulking up your homepage with wall-to-wall coverage of a terror attack, leave no stone unturned. The attacks in Brussels Tuesday morning killed at least 30 people, wounded over 200, and — as diligently reported by The Hill — shut down all of the Belgian capital's Starbucks locations. Read More »

	Gun Rights Activist May Be Charged After 4-Year-Old Son Accidentally Shoots Her by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	It's Been a Bummer Day So Let's Check Out These Ladies Who Founded a Bacon Startup by Lindsey Ellefson They appeared on CBS 12 with Michelle Wright in West Palm Beach today to promote their new brand, which has really been taking off. Read More »

	‘A Lot of People Are Hurt’: Dikembe Mutombo Describes Harrowing Scene at Brussels Airport by Josh Feldman One of the survivors of today's horrible terrorist attack at the Brussels airport earlier today was NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo, and he called into CNN this afternoon to describe the harrowing scene he witnessed. Read More »

	Sam Bee's Full Frontal Documented a 'Firebrand' Atheist at CPAC Going Down In Flames by Lindsey Ellefson Silverman found that when he took his message -- "religion is a lie and a scam and a con" -- to CPAC, he was met with a lot of backlash. Read More »

	ISIS Flag and Explosive Devices Found During Home Raids in Belgium by Matt Strong Read More »

	John Kasich Slams Obama For Going to Baseball Game After Brussels Attacks by Jon Nicosia Current Ohio Governor and Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich took a break from campaigning in Minnesota to weigh in on the terrorist attacks in Brussels Tuesday, and to slam President Obama for attending a baseball game in Cuba following the attacks, rather than cutting his trip short immediately and returning home. Read More »

	Trump Campaign Manager Threatening to Sue Buzzfeed Over Female Reporters Story by Alex Griswold The day after Buzzfeed published an article claiming that Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski had a history of calling female reporters while drunk to hit on them, Lewandowski hinted that he might sue. Read More »