Fox News Poll: Trump widens lead in GOP race, Clinton-Sanders tightens  —  Donald Trump jumps to an 18-point lead over Ted Cruz this week with record high support for the Republican nomination.  —  Trump tops Cruz by 45-27 percent among GOP primary voters in a new Fox News national poll on the 2016 election.

Clinton's Image Among Democrats at New Low  —  Recent activity in the presidential election campaign is clearly taking a toll on the images of the leading presidential candidates, as Hillary Clinton drops to her lowest net favorable rating among Democrats since Gallup began tracking her in July …

Palin says voters won't stand for it if Republican “power brokers” try to take the presidential nomination away from Trump or Cruz  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters will “rise up” in opposition if Republican power brokers try to take the presidential nomination away from Donald Trump or Ted Cruz …

New York Republicans Ignore Ted Cruz at GOP Gala  —  NEW YORK — A stunningly distracted crowd of hundreds of Republicans almost entirely ignored Ted Cruz's speech at the New York City GOP gala on Thursday night, instead chattering at their dinner tables, standing and taking selfies.

Trump poised for New York landslide  —  Donald Trump is poised to win New York in a landslide on Tuesday but he could leave as many as two-dozen critical delegates on the table by failing to win an outright majority in every corner of the state, according to new congressional district-level polling provided to POLITICO.

Clinton and Sanders brawl in Brooklyn  —  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders engaged in their most vicious debate yet, delivering a two-hour shouting match on the Democratic debate stage Thursday night as they brawled over Wall Street, guns, racism, the minimum wage and each other's fitness for the White House.

Brooklyn Debate Takeaways: Sarcasm, Snideness and Smackdowns  —  The Democratic debate on Thursday night played out as a magnified version of the primary race.  The personal clashes between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont were harsher.  Their policy differences gaped wider.

Sanders mocks Clinton's claim that she ‘called out’ Wall Street  —  sparred during Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate over who could be trusted to take on on Wall Street, with Sanders at one point mocking her insistence that she “called out” the big banks.

The Pastrami Principle  —  A couple of months ago, Jeb Bush (remember him?) posted a photo of his monogrammed handgun to Twitter, with the caption “America.”  Bill de Blasio, New York's mayor, responded with a picture of an immense pastrami sandwich, also captioned “America.”  Advantage de Blasio, if you ask me.