ANALYSIS: Hometown Wins Boost Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton  —  In a campaign where both sides debated New York values, what New York values most is candidates who call it home, it seems.  —  The ultimate value of New York, though, is questionable in the march to the party nominations.

Whole Foods taking legal action against cake accuser, releases video  —  Austin-based Whole Foods Market said it is taking legal action against an Austin man who claims he purchased a cake from the retailer that included a slur against gay people.  —  Whole Foods also released …

Donald Trump's Jet, a Regular on the Campaign Trail, Isn't Registered to Fly  —  Over the past several months, Donald J. Trump has crisscrossed the country making dozens of campaign stops in places like Sioux City, Iowa, and Jackson, Miss., often in his sleek Cessna jet.

De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered Democrats were dropped from the voting rolls since last fall.

BREAKING: Judge Denies Request To Immediately Open Up New York Primary To Independent Voters  —  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Independent New York voters who were hoping to gain the right to vote in the state's closed primary received some disappointing news from a federal judge on Tuesday …

Why I'm Voting for Ted Cruz  —  I don't like his personality.  I don't love his vision for the GOP.  He's by far the best Republican candidate.  —  I just voted for Ted Cruz in New York's Republican primary, and it was not a hard call.  The emotions I most closely associate with this campaign season are …

With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed personal income taxes on the promise that the deep cuts would trigger a furious wave of hiring and expansion by businesses.

Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward  —  A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boy's bathroom is discriminatory.

Trump Campaign Paid A Breitbart Editor For Consulting Work  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $8,000 for “policy consulting” last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.  —  The filings show that the payment to Gorka was made in October.

Bernie Sanders Was Asked to Leave Hippie Commune for Shirking, Book Claims  —  Bernie Sanders was asked to leave a hippie commune in 1971 for “sitting around and talking” about politics instead of working, according to a forthcoming book.  —  We Are As Gods by Kate Daloz, scheduled for release April 26 …

Why Ben and Jerry Just Got Arrested  —  Earlier today, our cofounders, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, along with hundreds of other activists, were arrested as part of Democracy Awakening's direct action on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building.  —  JUST BEFORE THEY WERE ARRESTED

House Republican on health care plan: ‘Give us a little time’  —  One of the best running jokes in American politics is the one about Republicans releasing their own alternative to the Affordable Care Act.  Any day now, GOP leaders have been saying for many years, they're going to have a plan that rivals …

Fidel Castro Gives Rare Speech Saying He Will Soon Die  —  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he will soon die and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.