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2:00 PM ET, May 4, 2016

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich dropping out of presidential race  —  John Kasich is dropping his presidential bid, according to a senior campaign adviser, one day after Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee and Ted Cruz bowed out of the race.  —  The Ohio governor had long ago been mathematically eliminated …
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
John Kasich suspending campaign: Source tells NBC News  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to suspend his run to be the GOP presidential nominee, a senior campaign advisor told NBC News on Wednesday.  —  He had previously cancelled a planned event in order to make a Wednesday night statement in Ohio.
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.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Discusses How He'll Select a Running Mate  —  Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he expected to reveal his vice presidential pick sometime in July — before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland — but added that he would soon announce a committee to handle the selection process …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Kasich quitting presidential race: report … John Kasich is suspending his bid for the White House, NBC News is reporting.  —  He will make an announcement about his campaign at 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, his campaign said.  Kasich abruptly canceled a news conference planned for Wednesday morning outside Washington, D.C.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
John Kasich exiting the presidential race, leaving Trump as presumptive nominee … Ohio Gov. John Kasich — who ran as a sunny, moderate “Prince of Light and Hope,” but won only his home-state primary — will bow out of the Republican presidential race on Wednesday after a defeat in Indiana, his senior campaign advisers said.
CNN:
John Kasich drops out
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and Losers from the Indiana primary
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Kasich cancels DC-area event, stoking speculation he'll drop White House bid
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
Mike Huckabee:
The Voters Have Spoken  —  “It's all over but the shouting.”  ( It's an old expression that means that the decision has been reached and all that is left is for the public shouting to affirm what has been done.)  —  The official shouting will be done in Cleveland when the delegates shout …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Susan Collins: I'll Be Able To Back Trump If He Stops “Gratuitous Personal Insults”
Discussion: Political Wire
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:   GOP donors: Not a dime for Trump
New York Daily News:
Lupica: Donald Trump's victory in Indiana is the final KO for Republican Party
Discussion: Guardian and Joe.My.God.
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Six Months Out, the General Election Map Looks Tough for Donald Trump
Discussion: The Week
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump promises to obliterate Clinton's record
Discussion: Politico, The Week and ThinkProgress
In Touch Weekly:
Married ‘Fox News’ White House Correspondent Ed Henry's Affair Exposed — Mistress Tells All (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)  —  MARRIED ‘FOX NEWS’  —  WHITE HOUSE  —  CORRESPONDENT ED  —  HENRY'S AFFAIR EXPOSED  — MISTRESS TELLS ALL  —  (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)  —  In a world exclusive, In Touch …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Ed Henry off the air at Fox News after alleged infidelity reported  —  Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry will not be appearing on the channel for the time being, following a report in In Touch Weekly that he cheated on his wife with a Las Vegas hostess.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion: Vox
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Has Won and the Republican Party Is Broken
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 again links Rafael Cruz to JFK's killer  —  Donald Trump began Tuesday morning floating a conspiracy theory about Ted Cruz's father, but he ended the day with magnanimous praise for the Texas senator, hailing him as “one hell of a competitor” with “an amazing future” as he called for the party to unite behind his campaign.
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Associated Press:
Trump shifts to new campaign phase, dismisses GOP critics
Discussion: Washington Post
Keith Humphreys / Washington Post:
So, something interesting happens to weed after it's legal  —  Two years ago, the Washington state began an unprecedented policy experiment by allowing large-scale production and sale of recreational marijuana to the public.  The effects on public health and safety and on the relationship …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
The Woody Allen Interview (Which He Won't Read)  —  With ‘Cafe Society’ set to open the French festival, the director reflects on his unreflective stance on aging ("If you focus on mortality, the house always wins"), his movies ("I would erase all but a few"), saving wife Soon-Yi …
Discussion: Refinery29, Mashable, Althouse and AOL
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: Daily Kos and The Week
 
 
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Evan Thomas / New York Times:
Why We Need a Foreign Policy Elite
Alex Webb / Bloomberg:
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Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Top U.S. intel official: ISIS can stage Europe-style attacks in U.S.
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
IRS to hire hundreds of new enforcement employees
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Donald Trump is now the leader of the:
Donald Trump is now the leader of the Republican Party.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Vox
New York Post:
Even Hillary Clinton's pals can't pretend to believe her lies
Discussion: Power Line
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump and the Lord's Work
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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