memeorandum: As Cruz Dominates Delegate Contests, Trump Says Race is ‘Over’ (John McCormick/Bloomberg)

8:05 PM ET, May 1, 2016

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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: Complex, TheBlaze.com, Politico, Hullabaloo, Mediaite and TVNewser

Ezra Klein / Vox:

The joke was that Obama wasn't joking — The White House Correspondents' Dinner has become a strange event. It is, ostensibly, an evening when the president and the press can come together to share a few lighthearted laughs. But it's evolved into a recital of brutal truths — albeit one neither side ever really admits happened.

Discussion: bradford-delong.com

Brian Flood / The Wrap:

Fox News' Jesse Watters, HuffPost Reporter Get Into Fight After White House Correspondents' Dinner (Photo) — “Punches were definitely thrown,” the Washington Post reports of altercation at party following White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday — Fox News host Jesse Watters …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
At WH Correspondents Dinner, Larry Wilmore Smears Fox News as Racist, Hails Obama as ‘My N*gga’

Discussion: CNNMoney, The Gateway Pundit and Deadline

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Obama's “Trudge up the Hill” joke wasn't really about Hillary. It was a Bernie Sanders dig

Discussion: Scripting News

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Larry Wilmore Roasts the Press in White House Correspondents' Monologue

Discussion: New York Times and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »

Fox News:
‘Fox News Sunday’ marks 20 years on air; Trump and Cruz talk 2016 race

Discussion: RedState, Hullabaloo and Politicus USA

Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Larry Wilmore's 2016 White House correspondents' dinner speech

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Althouse and Politico

Ian Hanchett / Breitbart: Obama To Press: You Have ‘Responsibility’ ‘To Question,’ Thanks For Working ‘Side-By-Side’ With Me

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

Diana Pearl / People.com:
Kendall Jenner Met President Obama at WHCD: ‘He Was Like, Say Hi to Kim and Kanye’

Discussion: Complex and The Daily Caller

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, Guardian, whorunsGov, New York Magazine, Slantpoint, ABC News, Hot Air and The Last Refuge

John McCormick / Bloomberg:

As Cruz Dominates Delegate Contests, Trump Says Race is ‘Over’ — Even as his campaign struggles for survival, Senator Ted Cruz dominated weekend delegate selection contests that he and other Republicans hope could block Donald Trump from winning the party's nomination at their national convention.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ABC News and TheBlaze.com

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Ted Cruz's Support Softens Among the Delegates He Courted — Even as Donald J. Trump trounced him from New Hampshire to Florida to Arizona, Senator Ted Cruz could reassure himself with one crucial advantage: He was beating Mr. Trump in the obscure, internecine delegate fights that could end …

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:

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 …

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Stephanie Wang / Indianapolis Star:
Poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Indiana

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

Gov. Doug Ducey / Arizona Republic:
Trump campaign irate over defeat in Arizona delegate vote

Discussion: Washington Post, Independent Journal …, CNN and Fox News

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Cruz's camp, confidence crumbles

Discussion: The Hill, Los Angeles Times and Vox

John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trumps Says Rivals Are ‘Hanging on by Their Fingertips’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Associated Press

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Ted Cruz and Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates

Discussion: Politico, Associated Press, Politicus USA and Washington Post

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Watch Ted Cruz Argue With Disabled Man's Family About Health Care — Texas Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has placed a lot of electoral eggs in the basket that is Indiana, and so it was that Cruz found himself gamely pressing the flesh with voters outside the Pie Pan restaurant in Evansville this weekend.

Discussion: Raw Story

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz On Bathroom Bill: Transgender Individuals Aren't ‘The Real Danger’

Discussion: Mediaite

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Sanders: ‘The convention will be a contested contest’ — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — on Sunday said there will be a “contested contest.” — In a news conference from Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the Vermont senator urged superdelegates from states where he has won …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and alan.com

Story Hinckley / Christian Science Monitor:

As deadlines come and go, Puerto Rico's debt crisis grows — Puerto Rico's May 1 deadline on a $422-million debt payment has arrived, and US lawmakers are no closer to finding a solution for the island's financial woes. — Most of Sunday's payment is principal and interest due …

Discussion: Forbes and Washington Post

Bloomberg:
Puerto Rico Will Default on Government Development Bank Debt

Discussion: Business Insider

John Wagner / Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders's fundraising drops off sharply in April … Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he raised $25.8 million in April, well shy of his eye-popping totals of recent months. — The figure comes as Sanders's chance of defeating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination …

Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's Fund-Raising Plunges Amid Campaign Woes

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Pennsylvania GOP senator on collision course with Trump — Republican Sen. Pat Toomey's reelection bid is on a collision course with the most dominant force in GOP politics. — The biggest challenge to Toomey's reelection might not be Democrats, but Donald Trump

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

What #TrigglyPuff Means — The phenomenon of #TrigglyPuff — Cora Segal, the angry feminist who disrupted an event at the University of Massachusetts this week — deserves extended analysis, and I've got a 4,000-word draft in queue, awaiting the final touches.

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST

Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:

Toddlers have shot at least 23 people this year — This past week, a Milwaukee toddler fatally shot his mother after finding a handgun in the back seat of the car they were riding in. The case drew a lot of national attention given the unusual circumstances: Little kids rarely kill people, intentionally or not.

Discussion: WRDW-TV

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: Vox, AOL, NPR, The Week and Mashable