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.

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.

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.

Question … Answer  —  Two aspects of this stand out.  First, high levels of name recognition from both probable nominees.  (I'm not there yet with presumptive nominees.  Give me time.)  Both Trump and Clinton have been in the public eye for a long time, and the information about them has not always been favorable.

The Mythology Of Trump's ‘Working Class’ Support  —  It's been extremely common for news accounts to portray Donald Trump's candidacy as a “working-class” rebellion against Republican elites.  There are elements of truth in this perspective: Republican voters, especially Trump supporters, are unhappy about the direction of the economy.

In N.Y., White House poised to create first monument to gay rights struggle  —  Live updates … President Obama is poised to declare the first-ever national monument recognizing the struggle for gay rights, singling out a sliver of green space and part of the surrounding Greenwich Village neighborhood …