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Exit poll: Indiana GOP voters pick Donald Trump, but party divided
Donald Trump can thank male voters for his big victory Tuesday night in the Indiana Republican primary.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bernie Nation shedding its dignity
It comes, then, to this. The extreme left now mirrors the extreme right, each reflecting the anger and unbending rigidity of the other.
Sanders says he must win half remaining delegates
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says Indiana’s primary on Tuesday will be important to his goal of amassing as many delegates as possible to catch up with rival Hillary Clinton. And he’s acknowledging that’s a big challenge. In Evansville, Indiana, Sanders is telling supporters that with 10 states left, his campaign needs to earn more than 50 percent of the remaining delegates up for grabs. The Vermont senator says he will “fight hard as hard as we can for every vote.”
Kathleen Parker: Man Card is only one Trump can play
If Trump were a woman, not only would he not get 5 percent of the vote, he’d be tarred, feathered, branded and ridden out of town backward on a donkey.
Abroad, Trump seen as both a danger and a mystery
The world is fascinated by Donald Trump, just as blindsided as many Americans about his rise and nearly at a loss to understand what he would do as president.
What 8 years of Senate votes reveal about Hillary Clinton
Now that her dominance of the Acela primaries has moved Hillary Clinton’s nomination to the cusp of mathematical certainty, millions of voters will soon start looking for evidence to shape their judgment about her this fall.
Charles Krauthammer: The jumbled world according to Trump
Both the left and right have a long history of advocating American retreat and retrenchment.
Cynthia M. Allen: Getting ready to lose with Cruz
Cruz may have few attributes to recommend him, but that’s a few more than his primary opponent. And in the most bizarre election cycle in recent history, that tips the scale.
Senior Pentagon official criticizes House Benghazi probe
A senior Pentagon official criticized the House Republican-led investigation into the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, saying the panel has made a “crescendo” of costly, duplicative and unnecessary requests, including some based on claims made on Facebook or talk radio.
Florida GOP official under fire after Monica Lewinsky comment
In a presidential election in which the Republican front-runner commented on the size of his – well, you know – Broward’s GOP chairman has taken the level of discourse to a new low. Bob Sutton, chair of the Broward Republican Executive Committee, told the Washington Post that Democrat Hillary Clinton would be easy to defeat in a debate.
Milbank: Will Sanders’ exit look like Clinton’s?
What matters is that he quits gracefully, and there should be every expectation that he will, for a simple reason: Sanders is not a fool.
Sanders, Kasich holding rallies in Oregon Thursday
Democrat Bernie Sanders is making his third trip to Oregon since August, this time holding a rally on Thursday in Springfield in advance of the May 17 primary.
Cruz selects Fiorina as running mate, AP source says
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Associated Press has learned that Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina to run as his vice presidential nominee.
Trump: Foreign policy will be ‘America first’
In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security “above all else” if elected president, warning allies they would be left to defend themselves if they don’t “pay their fair share.” He also called for an easing of tensions with Russia “from a position of strength, only.”
New York’s fraud suit against Trump University moves forward
New York state’s fraud suit against Trump University is moving along. A New York judge heard procedural arguments Tuesday in the attorney general’s ongoing lawsuit against Donald Trump and his former school for real estate investors.
The Latest: Ted Cruz shoots an airball at ‘basketball ring’
The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters head to the polls in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland
Exit poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton draw support of broad coalitions
Donald Trump attracted a broad coalition of Republican voters as he won presidential primary elections in Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, pulling in support from young and old, men and women and those who want a candidate who will shake things up. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew overwhelming support from women and black voters as she beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Maryland and Pennsylvania primaries.
AP News Guide: Donald Trump sweeps 5 states, Hillary Clinton wins 4
Donald Trump scored a five-state East Coast sweep Tuesday to embolden his hopes of clinching the Republican presidential nomination without a catfight at the convention. Democrat Hillary Clinton, on the cusp of closing down Bernie Sanders’ remaining presidential hopes, advanced toward that goal with wins in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Donald Trump routs rivals in Northeast; Hillary Clinton carries 4 states
In a front-runner’s rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the GOP’s “presumptive nominee.” Hillary Clinton was dominant in four Democratic races and now is 90 percent of the way to the number needed to claim her own nomination.
Hillary Clinton surges to nomination with 4 more Northeast wins
Hillary Clinton rolled to victory in four more states Tuesday, putting her at least 90 percent of the way toward clinching the Democratic presidential nomination.