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12:40 PM ET, May 1, 2016

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Donald Trump Holds 15-Point Lead Ahead of Republican Rivals in Indiana Poll — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton 4 points ahead of rival Bernie Sanders — Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead in the Republican presidential primary in Indiana, and a majority of GOP voters disapprove …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, The Week and National Review

Stephanie Wang / Indianapolis Star:

Poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Indiana — A new poll gives U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a significant lead in Indiana's Republican presidential primary, with support from 44.8 percent of voters polled. — The Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics poll puts GOP front-runner Donald Trump …

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller, AOL and WISH-TV

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Inside Cruz's camp, confidence crumbles — BURLINGAME, Calif. — Ted Cruz is speaking confidently about knocking off Donald Trump to take the GOP nomination, but his top staffers admit they're getting nervous. — In interviews, several aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity …

Discussion: Vox and Los Angeles Times

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Donald Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race — ‘Stop Trump’ movement's hopes hinge on Indiana primary 3:44 — Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the potentially decisive May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Slantpoint and CNN

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Heidi Cruz says ‘Ted is an immigrant’ — GREENFIELD, Ind. — At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he “is an immigrant.”

Discussion: Breitbart, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider and BizPac Review

Associated Press:
CA Convention Is a Homecoming of Sorts for Carly Fiorina

Discussion: Associated Press

Washington Post:

The complete transcript of Larry Wilmore's 2016 White House correspondents' dinner speech … Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you, thanks for keeping that applause going all the way, too, I appreciate that. — Well, welcome to “Negro Night” here at the Washington Hilton …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Politico and Althouse

Emily Yahr / Washington Post:

How Helen Mirren won the White House correspondents' dinner — before it even started — Dame Helen Mirren showed up at the White House correspondents' dinner with purple gown, a purple tattoo near her collarbone and a plan to honor Prince. — The hand-drawn symbol is temporary …

Discussion: Guardian, Mashable, Balloon Juice, NBC News and The Huffington Post

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Larry Wilmore Reflects on Obama's Legacy at WHCD: ‘You Did It, My N*gga’

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Power Line and New York Times

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama roasts the media, RNC and, of course, Trump at annual dinner

Discussion: ABC News, more at Mediagazer »

Sonia Saraiya / Salon:
“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny …

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, Hot Air, Business Insider and Raw Story

New York Times:

Malia Obama to Attend Harvard, but Not Until 2017 — WASHINGTON — Malia Obama, the older daughter of President Obama, plans to attend Harvard University beginning in the fall of 2017, the White House announced on Sunday, waiting until her father leaves office to begin her college career.

Discussion: AOL and The Week

Alexander Mallin / ABC News:

Malia Obama to Attend Harvard University in Fall of 2017 — President Obama and the First Lady have announced that Malia Obama will attend Harvard in the fall of 2017, taking a gap year after her high school graduation next month. — Malia is set to graduate from the prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington next month.

Discussion: Politico

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo: Malia Obama To Attend Harvard University After Taking Gap Year

Beverly Gage / New York Times:

‘Listen, Liberal’ and ‘The Limousine Liberal’ — Liberals may be experiencing mixed emotions these days. The prospect of a Trump presidency has raised urgent fears: of the nation's fascist tendencies, of the potential for riots in the streets. At the same time, many liberals have expressed …

Emily Heil / Washington Post:

Nerdy fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters — For an event held at the soaring U.S. Institute of Peace building in Foggy Bottom, the swanky afterparty hosted by MSNBC following the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner sure saw some conflict.

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and TVNewser

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Five ways Trump will attack Clinton — is ramping up his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton — as the GOP front-runner looks beyond the primary to defeating the likely Democratic nominee in the fall. — If Trump and Clinton continue along their current trajectories …

Discussion: Politico

Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:

ELEPHANTS TO PERFORM FOR FINAL TIME AT RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago.

Discussion: The Atlantic

Daniel Lewis / New York Times:

Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94 — The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam War and landed him in prison, died on Saturday in New York City. He was 94.

Discussion: BBC, The Week and Slantpoint

Democracy Now:
Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

BBC:

Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament — Hundreds of Shia Muslim activists have stormed Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, in protest against continuing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. — Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr broke through barricades of the fortified Green Zone for the first time …