Donald Trump reorganizes campaign just before big state primaries  —  Two senior Trump sources confirmed an extensive reorganization of the Trump campaign to CBS News on Monday.  —  Paul Manafort, hired last week to be the convention manager, will now run the Trump campaign …

Nervous Hillary downplays potential of New York landslide  —  Less than 24 hours before the polls open in New York, Hillary Clinton's campaign tried to downgrade expectations of a huge victory by predicting a less-than-overwhelming margin in Tuesday's presidential primary.

Donald Trump hires top GOP lawyer for delegate fight  —  Donald Trump has made another new significant hire as he prepares for the possibility of a contested convention, bringing William McGinley, a prominent Republican political attorney and a veteran of past delegate battles, into his campaign.

Doris Roberts Dead at 90  —  DEAD AT 90  —  EXCLUSIVE

MINISTER POURS COLD WATER ON ‘BOATY MCBOATFACE’ PLAN  —  The British government has been accused of “riding roughshod over democracy” after it suggested it would not endorse naming a £200 million ($283 million) polar research vessel Boaty McBoatface.  The unseemly title was the winner …

Oral argument in DAPA case highlights the need to block Merrick Garland  —  The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in United States v. Texas.  This is the case in which Texas and 25 other states challenge the Obama administration's deferred-action policy (DAPA), otherwise known as executive amnesty …

David Furnish, Elton John sex scandal: British media forbidden from covering couple  —  The alleged story goes something like this: Elton John's partner and now-husband of 23 years, Canadian David Furnish, has been having a longtime affair with British businessman Daniel Laurence.  —  Story continues below

Bernie's Tax Hypocrisy  —  Bernie Sanders released his 2014 tax return this weekend, revealing that he and his wife took $60,208 in deductions from their taxable income.  These deductions are all perfectly legal and permitted under the U.S. tax code, but they present a morally inconvenient …

Debunking Republican Health Care Myths  —  “Disaster.”  “Incredible economic burden.”  “The biggest job-killer in this country.”  —  Central to the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz has been the claim that the Affordable Care Act has been a complete failure …

Pearl Jam Cancels 4/20 Raleigh, NC Concert in Opposition to HB2; Official Band Statement  —  PEARL JAM STATEMENT … Link to image of statement here.  —  What is HB2?  —  North Carolina's HB2 legislation targets the basic rights of transgender people and strips many nondiscrimination protections …

How New York will be won  —  Two New Yorks are voting on Tuesday.  —  In the Democratic presidential primary, about half the vote will come from New York City's five boroughs — a percentage that increases to nearly three-quarters of the vote when the entire New York media market is included.

Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?  —  Robert Eggers' period horror film “The Witch” has been one of the surprise hits of 2016.  It's even gained a second wind since its February 23 release: the first weekend of April it played on 666 screens around the country, raking in an additional USD$465,000.

Democracy in the crosshairs  —  In recent debates, both Hillary Clinton  —  boasted about the millions of votes they have received in the presidential primaries, with each touting the 8 million or 9 million votes they have won so far.  So, out of a country of about 321 million people …

Biden to critics: We had 8 atom bombs land on our desk  —  Vice President Joe Biden says politicians need to stop questioning each other's motives and question their judgments and decisions instead.  —  ABOARD AMTRAK ACELA #2166 — Joe Biden, 73, has been an influential figure in American politics for more than four decades.

Trump candidacy: Where some fear to tread others see a path to victory  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He's a successful businessman making his first foray into politics.  He wants to secure the southern border with Mexico and dump global trade deals.  And like Donald Trump, he wants to be the Republican establishment's worst nightmare.

UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike  —  The $15 minimum wage hike in California has sent financially troubled UC Berkeley into decision making mode, and “the people who clean buildings, who work in food services or health clinics,” says Todd Stenhouse, will be the ones without a job.