Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins  —  New Public Policy Polling surveys in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island conducted on behalf of VoteVets.Org Action Fund find the Democratic race for President in those states competitive, while on the Republican side Donald Trump …

Cruz Campaign Vetting Carly for VP  —  Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned.  —  According to a spokeswoman for Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time presidential candidate is being vetted by Cruz's campaign.

Americans Overwhelmingly Engaged in 2016 Election but Tone of Race Is Affecting Voters, New GW Battleground Poll Shows  —  Obama's Approval Rating Turns Positive for First Time in Three Years  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199

Alleged sex abuse victim sues Dennis Hastert for breach of contract  —  Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert through the years.  —  The man known only as Individual A has filed a lawsuit alleging former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert still owes him $1.8 million — plus accrued interest …

Jay-Z's not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission  —  I never like it when entertainers go all political.  —  The cynic in me believes it's rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.

Actor Tim Robbins blames Sanders losses on ‘voter fraud’  —  Actor Tim Robbins is alleging the “election is being stolen” from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  In a tweet Monday afternoon, the actor called out The New York Times and CNN, suggesting the media is tipping …

Megyn Kelly lands big interview with Trump  —  MORE FROM:  —  Megyn Kelly has landed a big interview with Donald Trump after the warring pair agreed to end their feud.  —  Trump will sit for an in-depth interview on Kelly's special, which airs on Fox on May 17, a source confirmed to Page Six.

Tamir Rice settlement should help educate kids on guns, Cleveland police union president says  —  Eric Heisig, cleveland.com By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of the Cleveland rank-and-file police union says the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice should use money …

Tom Brady's four-game suspension upheld  —  A federal appeals court has ruled that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game Deflategate suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the NFL Players Association.

Texas father murdered 2-year-old daughter because she interrupted his computer games  —  A North Texas man beat and killed his 2-year-old daughter because she distracted him from his computer games, police said.  —  Anthony Michael Sanders, 31, was charged Friday with capital murder …

Kansas Governor Justifies Kicking 15,000 People Off Food Stamps  —  For over five years now, Kansas has served as an economic policy experiment for anti-tax, small-government conservatives.  Their lab work is costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars, crippling public service budgets …

Rape Trees, Dead Migrants and the Consequences of an Open Border  —  Many of the most caring people in the U.S. think they are helping the poor from Latin America by leaving our Southwest border wide open between ports-of-entry, but they are not.  Several of the transnational criminal organizations …

9/11 Memorial guards order kids to stop singing National Anthem  —  Two tone-deaf security guards at the 9/11 Memorial got tough with some wide-eyed middle-school kids visiting the city for the first time from their small town in North Carolina — because they sang “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Poll Documents:  —  Press Release: Poll Shows Turmoil, Possible Defections, Among GOP Voters  —  Statement of Methodology: This survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted between April 20 and April 24, 2016, and is based on live telephone interviews of adults 18 years of age or older …

Harvard IOP Spring 2016 Poll  —  CLINTON IN COMMANDING LEAD OVER TRUMP AMONG YOUNG VOTERS, HARVARD YOUTH POLL FINDS  —  Sanders remains most popular candidate for America's 18- to 29-year-olds; Nearly half believe today's politics are unable to meet the country's challenges; Majority reject both socialism and capitalism

Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’  —  Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants.  —  A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.

Yes, China has won big from U.S. trade  —  America's middle class is deeply concerned about jobs, pay and their future, and many of them are blaming China.  —  In the U.S., 43% of voters believe trade with other countries is a bad thing, according to the Pew Research Center.  It's not that hard to understand why.

Clinton knocks Trump's lavish lifestyle  —  Wilmington, Delaware (CNN)Hillary Clinton cast Donald Trump as out of touch with the United States while campaigning Monday in Delaware, arguing that the Republican front-runner flies into states, gives speeches and then returns to the lap of luxury without listening to voters' problems.

Trump: 'Don't think you're ever going to see me again' if I lose  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  said if he loses the Republican nomination, people shouldn't expect him to stick around in the public eye.  —  “They fight like hell for six months …

VIDEO: Target Welcomes Man To Use Women's Room, Promises To Handle Women's Complaints  —  This video has been going around Facebook all day today, but was apparently uploaded to YouTube on Friday, and shows a man, Andy Park, visiting a Target store in Florida and asking about their bathroom policy.