Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign From Breitbart  —  Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben Shapiro are resigning from the company over the site's handling of Donald Trump's campaign manager's alleged assault on Fields, BuzzFeed News has learned.

White House preps Supreme Court battle plan  —  As soon as President Barack Obama announces a Supreme Court nominee from his short list — which is now set — the White House and its allies will unleash a coordinated media and political blitz aimed at weakening GOP resistance to confirming the president's pick.

What's Wrong With Hillary?  —  When Hillary Clinton began her second run for the White House, it must have seemed that the road ahead would rise up to meet her.  This time, there would be no political phenomenon in her way—no younger, more charismatic figure who would strip Clinton of the mantle of “change.”

Mitt Romney to Campaign with John Kasich in Ohio  —  Mitt Romney will campaign with John Kasich Monday at two stops in Ohio, NBC News has learned from a source familiar with the plans.  —  Romney is not expected to endorse the Ohio governor during the campaign swing, the source said …

Who Attacked Donald Trump?  —  A scary incident occurred yesterday at a Donald Trump event in Dayton, Ohio.  A man rushed the stage, coming from behind Trump.  His intent was unclear, but there was every reason to assume he intended to injure or kill Trump.  He was quickly stopped and led away by Secret Service agents:

Second State employee refuses GOP questions on Clinton server  —  A State Department staffer who oversaw security and technology issues for Hillary Clinton is refusing to answer Senate investigators' questions about the former secretary of state's use of a private email server …

Ex-senators plotting political comebacks after years in clink  —  Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate (left) and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. Photo: Gregory P. Mango; Steven Hirsch  —  Even after spending years in the clink, these Albany felons are raring to return to the scene of the crime.

Beverly Hills' crackdown on water wasters is having the desired effect  —  Developer Geoff Palmer's household used more than 12,000 gallons of water a day during a two-month period.  Facing a penalty, Palmer appealed in January.  —  Officials in Beverly Hills say they tried it all …

Police officer shot and killed outside Prince George's police headquarters; 2 suspects in custody  —  A Prince George's County police officer was killed Sunday in a fierce shootout with an armed man outside a district station in Landover, in what the police chief said was an unprovoked attack.

How to Steal a Nomination From Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump has spent much of his campaign selling himself as a maker of great deals.  But in the next phase of the campaign, the author of The Art of the Deal may be confronted with the ultimate dealmaking challenge, gaming the rulebook …

Iraq war shapes 2016 landscape  —  in a general election debate against Hillary Clinton  —  . He is going to attack her over her vote authorizing the war in Iraq.  —  picked up that hammer in 2008 and Bernie Sanders  —  is hammering away right now.  —  For an already fractured Republican party …

Trump dumps Illinois campaign director  —  CHICAGO — Donald Trump's Illinois campaign director has been sidelined after the national campaign grew furious over what sources described as a lack of organization in the state in the run-up to Tuesday's primary.

The Party Still Decides  —  POLITICAL parties are mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, and the party nominating process offers few of the protections associated with the ideal of “one man one vote.”  Voters in early states have far more influence than voters in later ones.

The End of Marco-mentum  —  The last time I saw Marco Rubio in person, he seemed to be on the verge of inheriting the charred Republican earth.  It was Feb. 22, the day before the Nevada caucuses.  We were aboard Rubio's campaign plane, flying from Reno, Nev., to Las Vegas.

Trump's Week of Errors, Exaggerations and Flat-out Falsehoods  —  Donald Trump says he is a truthful man.  “Maybe truthful to a fault,” he boasted last week at a North Carolina rally where one of his supporters sucker punched a protester.  —  But truthful he is not.

ABORTION POLITICS MEET A METH LAB LAW … UNEQUAL INJUSTICE … “When children are born positive and addicted to drugs, then we treat it like [any other] crime against a child.” … “IT'S SIMPLY TO SAVE A LIFE” … “HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR BABY?”