Cruz: ‘We need to secure Muslim neighborhoods’

Warning. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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1. After attacks, Cruz casts suspicion on Muslim Americans

After coordinated attacks killed dozens in Brussels, Republican candidate Ted Cruz warned that the US was incubating a homegrown threat.

Video: GOP candidates weigh in on Brussels attacks

Talking outside the US Capitol on Tuesday. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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Summary

We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.

We need to secure the southern border to prevent terrorist infiltration.

– Texas senator Ted Cruz

US presidential candidates respond to Brussels attacks

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Summary

Cruz rival Donald Trump called for the US border to be closed “until we figure out what is going on”, and for “a lot more than waterboarding”.

Mormon missionaries among injured

A Code Pink protest at a Trump hotel on Monday. Photograph: ddp USA/Rex/Shutterstock

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Clinton draws a contrast

We can be strong and smart without advocating torture or bigotry. We will not let fear dictate our foreign policy.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 22, 2016

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2. Clinton dismisses Trump's ‘stream of insults’

Hillary Clinton, on Trump questioning her “stamina”: “I don’t want to respond to his constant stream of insults. I find it really, at this point, absurd.”

Here’s a lesson in civility. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

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3. Cruz hopes for half in Utah

Voting’s happening now in Arizona, and Utah caucuses tonight. Mormon voters in Utah who had rejected Trump’s perceived religious intolerance had swung to Cruz – and if he hits 50% in the state, he gets all 40 delegates.

Cheat sheets: Arizona, Utah and Idaho

Utahns against Trump last week. Photograph: George Frey/Getty Images

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4. Former Toronto mayor Ford dies

Rob Ford, who won international notoriety when video emerged in 2013 of him smoking crack cocaine and acting wildly otherwise, has died after fighting cancer. He was 46.

Rob Ford denies smoking crack

‘A dedicated man of the people,’ his family said. Photograph: Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Getty Images

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5. Palin signs new reality show deal

Sarah Palin has signed up for a new Judge Judy-type courtroom show, reports said. If it airs, Palin would be the first former vice-presidential nominee to star in a courtroom reality show. #pioneer

Justice is blind, but I’m not, hope you make friends in jail. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio: why I’m endorsing Trump

‘They all like me until they get elected. But he’s different.’

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... and another thing:

and here it is: Obama doing the wave pic.twitter.com/1erVpjEVYN

— Colin Campbell (@BKcolin) March 22, 2016