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11:20 AM ET, May 4, 2016

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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
What Went Wrong for Ted Cruz  —  What happened to Ted Cruz?  A month ago, he won the Wisconsin primary in a landslide and was poised to combat Donald Trump with a fresh burst of enthusiasm.  Now he's out of the race and Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Has Won and the Republican Party Is Broken  —  The surreal has finally become real.  —  It is fitting that Donald Trump has essentially locked up the Republican presidential nomination on the same day he made yet another bizarre and senseless (that is, lacking any discernible purpose) …
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The crisis in the Republican Party is even worse than it looks  —  Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for president, and this alarms ideological conservatives for several reasons:  —  1. They think he will lose badly to Hillary Clinton, perhaps so badly that Republicans lose control of both houses of Congress.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Defeat of True Conservatism  —  When Donald Trump knocked first Jeb Bush and then Marco Rubio out of the Republican primary campaign, he defeated not only the candidates themselves but their common theory of what the G.O.P. should be — the idea that the party could essentially recreate …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race  —  Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday night, ending one of the best-organized campaigns of 2016 after a series of stinging defeats left Donald Trump as the only candidate capable of clinching the nomination outright.
New York Daily News:
Lupica: Donald Trump's victory in Indiana is the final KO for Republican Party
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Guardian
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Trump again links Rafael Cruz to JFK's killer
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
The anti-Trump movement spent upwards of $75 million and ultimately lost
Associated Press:
Trump shifts to new campaign phase, dismisses GOP critics
Discussion: Washington Post
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and Losers from the Indiana primary
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Kasich campaign: Indiana results won't alter our plans
Discussion: Western Journalism and rubber hose
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz drops out of the Republican presidential race
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
I don't know about “Lyin' Ted” but I do know about “Doesn't Tell The Whole Story Ted”
Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and Politico
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Bernstein: There Will Be ‘Very Damaging’ Leaks From Hillary Email Investigation, Her Actions Reckless and Entitled  —  On Wednesday's “CNN Tonight,” Journalist and author Carl Bernstein stated that there would be “very damaging” leaks from the investigation into Democratic presidential candidate …
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CNN:
At the starting gate: Clinton leads Trump by double-digits  —  Indianapolis (CNN)As Donald Trump captures the mantle of presumptive Republican nominee, a new poll finds he begins his general election campaign well behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Yes, It's Early, but Donald Trump Would Have Uphill Battle Against Hillary Clinton  —  A general election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton became all but certain on Tuesday after Mr. Trump's decisive victory in Indiana.  —  He would begin that matchup at a significant disadvantage.
Mark Cunningham / New York Post:
With Trump's win, it's time for GOP to unite against Hillary  —  MORE FROM:  —  Ted Cruz did the right and honorable thing by suspending his presidential campaign Tuesday night.  John Kasich should follow suit.  It's time for the party to unite against Hillary Clinton.
New York Post:
Even Hillary Clinton's pals can't pretend to believe her lies  —  Figuring she has the Democratic nomination sewn up, Hillary Clinton this week headed to swing state West Virginia, aiming to “feel the pain” of coal country.  —  But then she ran into Bo Copley, a recently laid-off miner.
Discussion: Power Line
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
This Is What a Republican Attack on Bernie Sanders Would Look Like
Discussion: the daily howler
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump promises to obliterate Clinton's record
Scott Adams Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders surprises Clinton in Indiana  —  Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton in Indiana's Democratic primary Tuesday night, giving his flagging campaign another reason to carry on to Philadelphia even though he has virtually no chance of overtaking Clinton for the nomination.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Hit & Run
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Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
ONCE A CLINTON STRONGHOLD, APPALACHIA NOW TRUMP COUNTRY
Discussion: Washington Post and Scared Monkeys
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Projected Winner of Indiana Democratic Primary
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump and the Lord's Work  —  Like many others, I watched the video that President Obama showed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday of him inviting former House Speaker John Boehner over to solicit his advice on what Obama should do post-presidency.
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Republicans Should Confirm Merrick Garland ASAP.  —  Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee, this is not even a close call.  There is absolutely no reason to drag this out any longer.  Garland is not a great choice, but he is not a terrible one, either.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump says he's begun vetting VP picks  —  Donald Trump's campaign has begun vetting vice-presidential picks, but it's too soon to disclose any names, the presumptive Republican nominee said Wednesday.  —  Calling into MSNBC's “Morning Joe” following a decisive victory in Indiana …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
IRS to hire hundreds of new enforcement employees  —  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is going to hire between 600 and 700 new employees focused on tax enforcement, the agency's head announced.  —  The addition will be the agency's first significant enforcement hiring in more than five years …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Justin Madden / Reuters:
Chicago schools to allow transgender students to choose facilities
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
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Discussion: Vox
CincoSolas_del_Bronx / RedState:
In Which the Conservative Organ NYTimes Anoints Transgenderism with Napalm
Discussion: AOL and Guardian
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Six Months Out, the General Election Map Looks Tough for Donald Trump
Discussion: The Week
Zack Guzman / CNBC:
First, there were wearables. Now, there are swallowables
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Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Mythology Of Trump's ‘Working Class’ Support
Discussion: CBS Philly and Washington Post
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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