Obama's “Trudge up the Hill” joke wasn't really about Hillary.  It was a Bernie Sanders dig  —  Out of President Obama's roughly thirty-minute set at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night, one joke stands out as unusually revealing of how the president thinks about politics.

Bernie Sanders Vows Contested Convention, Makes Case for Superdelegate Flips  —  The Vermont senator continued to argue that he could still win the Democratic nomination.  —  aritbenie  —  Bernie Sanders on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of his bid for the White House by vowing …

America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny … Illustration by  —  As this dystopian election campaign has unfolded, my mind keeps being tugged by a passage in Plato's Republic.  It has unsettled — even surprised — me from the moment I first read it in graduate school.

A Confident Trump Seeks Knockout of Cruz in Indiana  —  Back in the part of the country where he last lost to Ted Cruz, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is confidently pushing for a win Tuesday in Indiana that he argues ought to knock the Texas senator out of the race.

Craig Wright revealed as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto  —  Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.  —  His admission ends years of speculation about who came up with the original ideas underlying the digital cash system.

U.S. cruise sets sail for Cuba; first voyage in decades draws protests  —  Miami (CNN)The first U.S. cruise ship bound for Cuba in decades set sail Sunday as salsa music played and protesters picketed nearby.  —  Standing beside a Cuban flag and an American flag, the cruise manager touted the journey as “the beginning of a new era.”

Senate on pace for lightest work schedule in 60 years  —  Senate Republicans have left town for another recess with their yearlong claim that the Senate is “back to work” an increasingly tough sell to voters.  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has worked painstakingly to craft …

Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like’  —  IN American politics, few forces are more powerful than a voter's vague intuition.  “I support Donald Trump because I feel like he is a doer,” a senior at the University of South Carolina told Cosmopolitan.  “Personally, I feel like Bernie Sanders is too idealistic …

The Reagan Coalition Is Dead.  What's Next For Conservatism?  —  Ronald Reagan swept to two landslide victories on the strength of his famous three-legged stool—economic conservatism, social conservatism and an internationalist, hawkish foreign policy.  But the elements of the Reagan coalition …

Historic church up in flames after Easter service  —  A massive 4-alarm fire engulfed a Serbian Orthodox church in Manhattan on Sunday—hours after their Easter service, authorities said.  —  The blaze broke out in Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava at 20 W 25th St at around 6:49 p.m., according to FDNY officials.

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.

Trump delegates blocked from key posts in New Hampshire  —  Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary handily nearly three months ago, but state GOP officials are pushing a plan to block all of Trump's delegates from serving on any of the key committees at the national convention in July.

Halliburton, Baker Hughes Calls Off $28 Billion Deal  —  Baker Hughes stands to receive $3.5 billion breakup fee  —  Justice Department filed lawsuit to stop merger in early April  —  Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. called off their $28 billion merger, which has met stiff antitrust resistance …

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 …

Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races  —  SAN ANTONIO — In a state where everything is big, the 23rd Congressional District that hugs the border with Mexico is a monster: eight and a half hours by car across a stretch of land bigger than any state east of the Mississippi.