Map Shrinks for Donald Trump's Foes  —  Ted Cruz and John Kasich pin their fading hopes on Indiana's Republican presidential primary next week  —  ROCKVILLE, Md.—Donald Trump is poised to sweep five states' Republican primaries on the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, but his rivals …

Cruz Campaign Vetting Carly for VP  —  Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned.  —  According to a spokeswoman for Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time presidential candidate is being vetted by Cruz's campaign.

You need to chill out, Tim Robbins … The last we heard from actor and Bernie Sanders mega-supporter Tim Robbins, he was disparaging Hillary Clinton's big wins in the South by pointing out that those states would vote for the Republican in November.  (We pointed out that Sanders won a lot of red states …

Alleged sex abuse victim sues Dennis Hastert for breach of contract  —  Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert through the years.  —  The man known only as Individual A has filed a lawsuit alleging former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert still owes him $1.8 million — plus accrued interest …

Lena Dunham promises to move to Canada if Trump wins  —  Lena Dunham is the latest celebrity to say she'll hightail it out of the country if Donald Trump  —  is elected president.  —  “I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will,” Dunham told Andy Cohen at the Matrix Awards on Monday.

Americans Overwhelmingly Engaged in 2016 Election but Tone of Race Is Affecting Voters, New GW Battleground Poll Shows  —  Obama's Approval Rating Turns Positive for First Time in Three Years  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199

Bobby Knight to campaign for Trump in Indiana  —  Legendary Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight will appear with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  on Wednesday in Indianapolis.  —  Trump's campaign on Monday announced that Knight is joining the billionaire for a campaign rally.

Jay-Z's not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission  —  I never like it when entertainers go all political.  —  The cynic in me believes it's rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.

Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey's Erdogan as an ape crushing free speech … After a Dutch journalist was arrested in Turkey this weekend for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most-read newspaper in the Netherlands on Monday published a front-page editorial cartoon …

The future of TV is arriving faster than anyone predicted  —  Late last week, Comcast announced a new program that allows makers of smart TVs and other Internet-based video services to have full access to your cable programming without the need for a set-top box.

Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’  —  Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants.  —  A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.

Megyn Kelly lands big interview with Trump  —  MORE FROM:  —  Megyn Kelly has landed a big interview with Donald Trump after the warring pair agreed to end their feud.  —  Trump will sit for an in-depth interview on Kelly's special, which airs on Fox on May 17, a source confirmed to Page Six.

Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo ID mandate  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina's election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.

VIDEO: Target Welcomes Man To Use Women's Room, Promises To Handle Women's Complaints  —  This video has been going around Facebook all day today, but was apparently uploaded to YouTube on Friday, and shows a man, Andy Park, visiting a Target store in Florida and asking about their bathroom policy.

Texas father murdered 2-year-old daughter because she interrupted his computer games  —  A North Texas man beat and killed his 2-year-old daughter because she distracted him from his computer games, police said.  —  Anthony Michael Sanders, 31, was charged Friday with capital murder …

Tamir Rice settlement should help educate kids on guns, Cleveland police union president says  —  Eric Heisig, cleveland.com By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of the Cleveland rank-and-file police union says the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice should use money …

Sanders: It's Clinton's job to ask my backers to support her  —  Hillary Clinton suggested during a town hall event Monday that she expects Bernie Sanders to urge his supporters to vote for her in the general election, but Sanders wouldn't commit — instead saying “it is incumbent upon Secretary Clinton” …

Obama spends a little time in the ‘brave new world’ of virtual reality  —  When you're the leader of the free world who has been keeping an eagle eye on liberty and domestic surveillance for the past 7-8 years, sometimes you just want to take a look at a new version of reality.