GOP elites are now resigned to Donald Trump as their nominee … Throughout the Republican Party, from New Hampshire to Florida to California, many leaders, operatives, donors and activists arrived this week at the conclusion they had been hoping to thwart or at least delay: Donald Trump will be their presidential nominee.

Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed  —  Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring …

Obama makes joke at Cruz's expense  —  President Obama took a crack a Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz  —  on Thursday during an impromptu news conference with college journalists at the White House.  —  A student from Indiana, where Cruz is campaigning ahead of next week's primary …

Army retains decorated Green Beret it planned to kick out over confronting Afghan child rapist  —  EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused …

Cruz to trounce Trump in Virginia delegate election  —  Ted Cruz got crushed in Virginia on primary day, but even Donald Trump's forces believe he's about to stuff the state's national convention delegation full of supporters anyway.  —  Virginia GOP insiders with knowledge …

Searching for Ground Truth in the Kunduz Hospital Bombing  —  When the Taliban overran Kunduz last September after a monthlong siege, the northern Afghan city became the first to fall to the insurgency since the war began in 2001.  A week earlier, many Kunduz residents had left town to observe Eid al-Adha …

How to Save the Republican Party  —  Donald Trump's big victories in the Mid-Atlantic primaries don't represent quite the end of the ballgame—but they come damn close.  —  And now Donald Trump's many and fierce opponents in the Republican Party and the conservative movement face the hour of decision.

AN OPEN LETTER TO WILL FERRELL  —  I saw the news bulletin — as did everyone — that you intend to portray my father in the throes of Alzheimer's for a comedy that you are also producing.  Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer's and other versions of dementia.

VIDEO: Man hands Ted Cruz Communist Manifesto - watch what happens  —  Some young man gave Cruz something to sign during his Elkhart visit - turned out to be the Communist Manifesto.  —  Full coverage of Cruz's Michiana visit coming up at 4, 5 and 6 on WSBT 22 News.

Trump touts Mike Tyson's support in city where he committed rape  —  608 Shares … During one of his abrupt verbal asides on the political stump Wednesday night in Indianapolis, Donald Trump proudly noted another endorsement from the sports world.  —  Mike Tyson.

GOP's Favorability Rating Edges Lower  —  A quarter of the public views both parties unfavorably  —  The Republican Party's image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall.  Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view.

Hays eagles' feline meal disturbing for some viewers  —  It was inevitable, from the moment video cameras went up over Pittsburgh bald eagle nests, that viewers would eventually see something disturbing.  —  On Tuesday, eagles at the Hays nest site brought a young cat into the nest to feed their two eaglets.

Is Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer In The Flesh’?  We Asked A Satanist.  —  He says Ted Cruz is God's problem, not Satan's.  —  A campaign dominated by big and difficult debates witnessed, perhaps, its most perplexing and certainly its most spiritual one yet on Thursday morning.  —  Is Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) actually Lucifer?

White powder found in Trump Tower mail room  —  A suspicious white powder was found at the mail room of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York's ABC 7 reports.  —  The powder was discovered around 8:15 in the mailroom of the fifth floor, and the offices on that floor have been evacuated.