A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday finds Donald Trump has a double-digit lead over Rubio in Florida, 40 percent to 24 percent, reports CNN. As for Rubio himself, he insisted Thursday night that he is not dropping out of the GOP primary, according to The Hill.

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A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday finds Donald Trump has a double-digit leadover Rubio in the Sunshine State, 40 percent to 24 percent.

Given Donald Trump’s victories in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii and the shrinking campaign of Marco Rubio, some top GOP power brokers are turning to Ted Cruz as their best hope to stop Trump from dominating the GOP, reports Politico.

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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said Monday that he “laments” Donald Trump’s idea of building a border wall paid for by Mexico, adding that Trump’s use of “strident rhetoric” is similar to that of Hitler and Mussolini, reports The Hill.

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