Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee... Cruz-Kasich Backroom Deal is Devastating (Video)  —  Rudy Giuliani joined Sean Hannity tonight to discuss the Republican primary race.  —  Rudy says it's over and Trump is the nominee. … The post Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee …

Bring on a Third-Party Candidate  —  Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type.  Here's how to do it.  —  I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble—the heart of Establishment America—covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics.

Trump: Americans will thank me when Lena Dunham flees to Canada  —  Not only would Donald Trump not mind if certain celebrities flee the United States upon his election, the Republican front-runner said Tuesday that their opposition to his candidacy only increases his will to win.

Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina Voter Rules  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republican-backed changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision, that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted African-Americans and other minorities.

More than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy  —  A conservative Christian activist group has gained more than half a million signatures and counting from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy.  —  The petition started by the American Family Association …

Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him ‘presidential’  —  Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds, multiple sources close to the campaign tell POLITICO.

Poll: Trump Reaches 50 Percent Support Nationally for the First Time  —  Trump: New Cruz-Kasich Alliance to Stop Him is ‘Pathetic’ and ‘Weak’ 2:47  —  Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|

The Emotional Life of Sanders Supporters  —  Movement will go on, they say — with or without Democratic Party  —  Van Hollen, McGinty Surge Ahead In Kansas, Pompeo Won't Challenge Sen. Moran Major Mystery Donor Reveals Why He Backed Donna Edwards  —  BALTIMORE - Bailey Myers …

Don't Suggest to Hillary She Could Ever Be Behind in Votes  —  During MSNBC's town hall with Hillary Clinton, Rachel Maddow made the mistake of suggesting Clinton could ever in the future be behind Bernie Sanders in the delegate count.  —  “That was June 7, 2008 when you got out of the race and endorsed President Obama.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: If Cruz Plan Succeeds and He Wins on Second Ballot, It's the “End of the Republican Party”  —  Rush Limbaugh told his radio audience today that if Ted Cruz succeeds in his plan to win the nomination on the second ballot it will be the “end of the Republican party.”

A Call and Response with Melissa Harris-Perry: The Pain and the Power of ‘Lemonade’  —  What happens when we take the hopes, dreams, pain, and joy of black girls and women and put them in the center?  —  What would happen if we took the hopes, dreams, pain, joy, loss, bodies, voices …

Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse  —  Sites charge $100 a year to access private photos and videos of non-porn stars in the nude, usually posted by spurned ex-lovers - but it doesn't end there  —  ix years ago, Rebekah Wells Googled her name to see what turned up.

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry, Heinz Family Have Millions Invested In Offshore Tax Havens  —  Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz have invested millions of U.S. dollars through family trusts in at least 11 offshore tax havens, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group.

The only campaign that would have even been legal eight years ago belongs to a 74-year-old socialist. … The Uncampaign has upended the system across the board, turning even the most basic of candidacies into something unrecognizable. … “All the rules of the playbook are thrown out the window …

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

Maybe Donald Trump has really lost his mind: What if the GOP frontrunner isn't crazy, but simply not well?  —  We've become familiar with his ramblings, and at ease mocking them.  But they might be the sign of someone unwell  —  The Donald Trump gaffe track keeps playing.

EXCLUSIVE: Colorado County GOP Chair: Errors with Ted Cruz's Delegate Win, Might Need Do-Over  —  The chairwoman of the Boulder County GOP has admitted that grave errors affected the Colorado Republican caucus, in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won a clean sweep of 34 delegates without opening up the process to voting by everyday citizens.

Husband charged with killing wife in St. Regis Park  —  Man says he didn't know gun was loaded when he pointed it at his wife, pulled trigger  —  A woman was shot and killed Sunday and her husband is behind bars at Metro Corrections.  —  Police said 22-year-old Damien Lacambra was arrested overnight and faces a murder charge.

‘Wild animals’: Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show  —  The following story contains offensive language and may not be suitable for all audiences.  —  (CNN)"I hate that beaner," one text reads, “but I think the nig is worse.”  —  “Indian ppl are disgusting,” proclaims another.