Poll Donald Trump leads in California primary race but threatens a GOP fracture  —  Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally in Fountain Hills, Ariz.  —  Riding a rebellion fueled by opposition to illegal immigration and pessimism about the nation's future, Donald Trump leads a scrambling duo …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON March 27, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  JONATHAN KARL, ABC HOST: And Donald Trump joins me on the phone right now.  —  Mr. Trump, thank you and Happy Easter.

Marauding parents in Easter Egg hunt rampage: Out-of-control adults push children to the ground, steal their buckets and leave one four-year-old ‘bloody’ at chaotic free event  —  An Easter egg hunt descended into chaos on Saturday after parents in Orange, Connecticut, stormed the field.

Hawaii Democrats pick Sanders in landslide over Clinton  —  UPDATE 11:48 p.m  —  Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders scored a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton in Hawaii Democrats' presidential preference poll Saturday, mobilizing a grass-roots campaign that signed up thousands of new Democrats …

Trump: What's going on in the GOP is a ‘disgrace’  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  in an interview Sunday blasted reports that rival Ted Cruz  —  will pick up extra delegates in Louisiana.  —  “Welcome to the Republican Party,” he said on ABC's “This Week. ”

Trump says allies must start paying for ‘American protection’  —  Donald Trump wants US allies to ante up if they want to continue under the “cloak of American protection,” according to his first detailed comments on his foreign-policy platform.  —  “We're not being reimbursed for the kind …

Deal reached to boost California's minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle  —  At a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall, workers press their demand for a minimum wage of $15 per hour.  —  Lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage …

Sanders: Superdelegates may now be eyeing switch from Clinton … After three big wins out west, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders  —  said he thinks many of the party's superdelegates who have pledged to rival Hillary Clinton  —  will switch to his side.

Glenn Beck: Ted Cruz ‘Anointed for this Time,’ Walks Back Blast of Christians Supporting Trump  —  Chastened by negative public reaction to his recent comments that “real Christians” don't support Donald Trump and “all throughout the South the Evangelicals are not listening to their God,” …

Robert De Niro Pulls Anti-Vaccine Documentary From Tribeca Film Festival  —  Facing a storm of criticism over its plan to show a documentary about the widely debunked link between vaccines and autism, the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday pulled the film from its schedule next month.

Behind Trump's CPAC deal gone bad  —  He spent big to cultivate the conservative group, only to walk away after a dispute over a Q&A session.  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland Donald Trump spent five years building a mutually beneficial relationship with the organization that hosts …

Who Is Ted Cruz?  —  ENOUGH, for one week at least, about the strange victories of Donald Trump.  Let's talk about the mysteries of his last real competitor, Ted Cruz.  —  On the surface, Cruz is a straightforward figure: The ideological zealot, the politician-as-activist, the unbending embodiment of True Conservatism.

Pope Francis says defeat Islamic State ‘with weapons of love’ during Easter message  —  The Pope said in his traditional Easter message that evil “seems to have the upper hand in the life of so many people”  —  Pope Francis has urged the world in his Easter message to use the “weapons of love” …

FBI reversal in Apple fight draws critics' ire  —  The FBI's last-minute decision to press pause in their legal fight with Apple over the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone is roiling the agency's critics who accuse it of acting disingenuously.  —  For weeks, critics pressed the FBI on whether …

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria  —  The Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces recently fought a CIA-armed militia.  Such clashes have become routine.  (Delil Souleiman / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Nabih Bulos, W.J. Hennigan, Brian Bennett

Sanders sharpens attacks for N.Y. showdown that may dash Clinton's unity hopes … In a mathematical squeeze to make up ground in the Democratic presidential race, Bernie Sanders is preparing to ratchet up his attacks on Hillary Clinton ahead of a New York showdown that could establish …

Donald Trump's Secret Weapon: Blue-State Voters  —  THE Republican establishment typically has a dependable ally in the primaries: the blue-state Republicans.  They're relatively affluent, well educated, moderate and secular, which usually makes them a natural partner to offset the more populist …