Hawaii Democrats pick Sanders in landslide over Clinton  —  UPDATE 11:48 p.m  —  Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders scored a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton in Hawaii Democrats' presidential preference poll Saturday, mobilizing a grass-roots campaign that signed up thousands of new Democrats …

Trump refuses to rule out war with China: ‘We need unpredictability’  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  said on Saturday that his foreign policy would be “unpredictable” in order to maintain leverage over other countries.  —  In an interview with The New York Times …

Deal reached to boost California's minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle  —  At a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall, workers press their demand for a minimum wage of $15 per hour.  —  Lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage …

The media are losing their handle on this campaign — not that they ever had much of one … The notion that the media could control a presidential campaign was always bogus.  News organizations enjoy the ratings and readership delivered by Donald Trump — just ask CBS boss Les Moonves …

Obama reiterates refugee promise  —  In a brief Easter weekend radio address, President Obama vowed to decimate the self-proclaimed Islamic State, but he said the United States will do so by offering an example of freedom, tolerance and open society.  —  “Our openness to refugees fleeing ISIL's violence …

Wasserman Schultz: Trump is the most ‘misogynistic candidate in modern times’  —  Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday blamed the Republican Party for the rise of its front-runner Donald Trump  —  , calling him the most “misogynistic candidate in modern times.”

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria  —  The Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces recently fought a CIA-armed militia.  Such clashes have become routine.  (Delil Souleiman / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Nabih Bulos, W.J. Hennigan, Brian Bennett

Robert De Niro reverses course, yanks anti-vaccine film from Tribeca lineup  —  Robert De Niro at the Tribeca Screening Room in Manhattan in January 2013.  —  Facing a growing outcry, Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro has decided to remove a controversial anti-vaccine film from the gathering's lineup.

Mississippi House proposes firing squad instead of lethal injection because it is ‘more humane, effective and cheaper’  — Utah is the only American state that has executed someone by firing squad since the resumption of the death penalty  — Attorney General Jim Hood asked lawmakers earlier …

Teicholz disinvited from food policy panel  —  With help from Victoria Guida, Eric Wolff and Helena Bottemiller Evich  —  TEICHOLZ DISINVITED FROM FOOD POLICY PANEL: In a sign that the nutrition space is as defensive as ever, Nina Teicholz, an author who has publicly criticized the science behind …

French journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal  —  Former Le Monde correspondent in Bosnia detained for revealing information about Srebrenica massacre was withheld from international criminal court  —  The journalist Florence Hartmann, a former correspondent for Le Monde …

This Man Can Save Us From Trump—and Clinton  —  He's retired Marine General James Mattis.  He's an extraordinary American.  Yes, it's a longshot.  But he is exactly what we need.  —  As the inevitability of a Donald Trump nomination grows, many Republicans are moving to the acceptance stage of grief.