Gut check moment for Trump

I should not have had the shellfish. Photograph: Chris Keane/Reuters

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1. Bureau opens files on Trump U

The Better Business Bureau held a news conference to explain why it gave Trump University a D- rating while the school was active: “BBB received multiple customer complaints about the business.”

Trump University faces a class-action fraud suit. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP

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Summary

The school is accused of fraud. Donald Trump’s GOP rivals brought it up at last week’s debate. In response, the Trump camp distributed a supposed BBB accreditation. But...

New York BBB CEO Claire Rosenzweig at the conference. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

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‘Trump U has never been BBB-accredited’

WATCH: Better Business Bureau explains its D-minus grade for Trump University: https://t.co/0xaL62rfCFhttps://t.co/itoMXXd2Gs

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 8, 2016

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2. Trump’s rocky Tuesday

It came out today that Trump makes an impressive array of goods overseas, and that he got a tax break reserved for people making less than $500,000 a year (?!). That was after he lost two states on Saturday. And …

Ivanka Trump collection: ‘Much of it made elsewhere.’ Photograph: Aaron P Bernstein/Reuters

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Summary

The Republican party has created an actual slideshow plotting out state-by-state how to fight Trump to a stalemate, the Washington Post reported. And if that weren’t enough ...

And then we’ll take the duct tape, right? Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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Dog refuses to take Trump pledge

OMG Man tries to make dog give @realDonaldTrump loyalty pledge https://t.co/kZBcXkkhu4

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) March 8, 2016

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3. Michigan test tonight

Polls close in Michigan, which awards 59 GOP delegates and regional bragging rights, tonight at 9pm ET. Ohio governor John Kasich appeared to be eating into Trump’s once-sizable lead there.

Kasich at a Michigan brewery. Happy. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

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4. Rubio bears down in Florida

Marco Rubio campaigned in his home state today even as a new local poll had Trump beating him by 20 points, and Ted Cruz announced plans for a Wednesday rally in Miami. Heat!

Stick with me. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP

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5. Bush brother backs Cruz

Cruz added Neil Bush, brother to Jeb and George W, to his finance team. Skeletons in Neil’s closet include a savings-and-loan blow-up and “unusual” prostitutes. And now this.

Neil in HW’s arms. Photograph: Getty Images

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6. Clinton to attend Reagan funeral

Hillary Clinton announced she would break from campaigning on Friday to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral. Michelle Obama was to attend but the president was not.

At the National Portrait Gallery. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

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... and another thing:

Tammy Duckworth lost both her legs while serving in the Iraq War. https://t.co/RO0RtPIAP9 pic.twitter.com/lBzSgruQHJ

— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) March 8, 2016