The Hill Articles: April 26, 2016

Nomination in sight as Clinton adds to delegate lead Mary Pat Christie gets attention for eye roll Failed Md. gubernatorial candidate wins primary for Donna Edwards seat House GOP chairman beats back primary challenge despite dating lobbyist After losses, Sanders vows to campaign until convention Candidate who spent $12M loses Md. House race Trump calls Priebus ‘a very good man’ Trump on Hillary: ‘The only thing she’s got going is the woman’s card’ Rep. Fattah becomes first lawmaker to lose primary Clinton wins Connecticut primary McGinty beats Sestak in Pa. Senate primary In shift, Trump praises media Trump: I consider myself the presumptive nominee Lewandowski: ‘I’d never want to change Donald Trump’ Trump’s Tuesday wins shatter ‘ceiling’ of support Van Hollen tops Edwards in Md. Senate primary Trump on rivals: ‘They should drop out’ Clinton vows to ‘unify’ Dems after big wins Sanders takes Rhode Island Trump: I don’t think I want to change Clinton notches win in Pennsylvania Sanders: I can still win Clinton wins Delaware Trump sweeps Atlantic primaries Trump takes Delaware primary Trump notches win in Rhode Island Cruz pivots to Indiana as he loses all 5 Atlantic primaries Overnight Defense: Obama open to more troops in Syria; Defense bill ready for markup Overnight Finance: Puerto Rico pressure builds; Big tariff vote Wednesday Clinton takes Maryland primary Trump wins Connecticut Trump takes Maryland Trump wins Pennsylvania primary Clinton aide: Big Tuesday will make lead ‘insurmountable’ Never Trump super-PAC: Trump can still be stopped after Tuesday races Rubio blocks Mexico ambassador nominee after talk of deal Baltimore judge extends voting for an hour at four polling locations WATCH LIVE: Trump gives speech after primary victories Trump aide: It’s Clinton who is out of touch GOP blocks slate of Obama judicial nominees Clinton revives attacks on Sanders’s auto bailout vote Levin demands review of alleged fraud in Michigan’s jobless benefits program Overnight Cybersecurity: Feds likely to keep iPhone hack a secret Fewer foreign fighters joining ISIS, commander says Returning the power of the purse to Congress Mellman: Fissures and factions Bringing US rice back to Cuba Moulitsas: 2016 dim for GOP Morris: Trump’s narrow window Overnight Tech: Email privacy bill gets its day Lobbying World Entitlement spending should be done wisely to protect fiscal health House sends bill to Obama limiting ISIS profits from cultural destruction Donna Edwards seeks court order to keep polls open in Baltimore Cruz firm readies for psychological ops at GOP convention House passes bill limiting paid leave for feds under investigation Overnight Healthcare: GOP wants AmeriCorps investigated over abortion support Overnight Energy: Flint aid attached to water bill IRS changing policy on employment-related identity theft Key Dem slams defense bill for ‘problematic’ funding Webb: This is the best we can do? House passes bill to enhance aviation security overseas ABC News, Fox News announce WHCA dinner guests The Trail 2016: Acela primaries to reverberate down ballot Bureau of Prisons changes policies for prisoners with children House delays vote on flood insurance reform Watch: Donald Trump’s new favorite word EPA launching new water infrastructure effort after Flint Durbin: McConnell should move criminal justice bill next month Report: Top aides pull Trump campaign in different directions House bill would help small biz thwart hackers Overnight Regulation: EPA weighs tougher pollution rules at national parks Rift opens in GOP over Zika funding Dem senator: Clinton should let Sanders help write party platform FBI unlikely to tell Apple how it hacked into shooter’s phone Police: Man prompts WH lockdown by jumping fence to flee robbery Lobby groups to House: We’ll remember tariff vote Supreme Court to consider ex-Virginia governor’s conviction Three more Republican senators to meet with Supreme Court nominee Kasich Indiana campaign official: Don’t tell voters how to vote NY judge: Trump University case will to go to trial Al Qaeda branch takes credit for killing of USAID worker Activists to give Google petition against RNC sponsorship US Chamber key-votes tariff relief bill Unleash the independent workforce: The hidden engine of small business growth McConnell: House moving first on Puerto Rico debt bill FDA should ban powdered caffeine, Dems say Military commission machinations: Another effort at changing the rules in the middle of the process North Carolina Dems slam ‘keep our state straight’ comment Reid: No path to nomination for Sanders Sanders links Clinton, Trump in fundraising pitch A fiscally responsible path to fighting Zika Senator concerned Amazon excluding minorities from same-day delivery Congress should investigate Pentagon cover up in FOIA cases Fix America’s ailing international tax system Reid: ‘Leave Tom Brady alone’ House expected to pass flood insurance reform A Supreme Court above politics and above reproach Senators close in on deal on Mexico ambassador nominee Sanders will release tax returns if Clinton releases transcripts, wife says Why I’m angry Obama open to sending more troops to Syria Poll: Voters most concerned about US fiscal health National parks facing stronger air pollution regs GOP Senate candidate calls for banning all Middle Easterners from US Pro-ISIS hacking group leaks ‘kill list’ of US government officials Lawmakers demand briefings on cell network security flaw Jane Sanders dismisses Trump’s advice: Bernie won’t run ‘as an independent’ Tea Party group endorses Stutzman for Indiana senate McCarthy: House won’t pass Puerto Rico bill by May 1 McCarthy casts doubt on emergency Zika funding Trump sells his jet to himself to circumvent FAA issue Carson: Cruz, Kasich should put GOP above ‘personal ambition’ Senate votes to increase wind energy funding Dem looks to allow Pentagon to close bases in defense bill Senate unveils $9B waterways bill with aid for Flint Department of labor overtime rule is a roadblock to a bright career path Schumer open to international tax reform this year Christie dances at Springsteen concert $220 million Flint aid package included in water bill Manufacturers press for support ahead of tariff relief vote Legislation to combat ISIS propaganda faces pushback from Dems Redskins ask Supreme Court to review trademark case The Hill’s 12:30 Report Hillary supporters accused of taking down Bernie FB pages in porn attack Top GOP rep. calls for probe into abortion services at community health centers Trump: Sanders should run as an independent Ryan stresses stronger Saudi ties in reflecting on secret 28 pages Top Republican floats Cruz as Supreme Court pick Super-PAC ad portrays Trump as con man Secretary Clinton has the solution for student debt Supreme Court sides with police officer in free speech case Watchdog: Group broke federal law escorting women to abortion clinics Study: Federal regs cost economy $4 trillion in one year Cruz: What Trump calls ‘collusion’ with Kasich is ‘coalition building’ Senate Dems: Skip break, pass Zika funding Clinton, Sanders support Syria deployment Mitsubishi admits to decades of improper fuel testing GAO: Feds need better response to car cyber attacks Senator seeks to block Obama from buying Iran’s nuclear material Trump: Cruz-Kasich ‘joke’ alliance is ‘almost dead’ Sanders’s clear views on two key national security issues Retailers battle financial sector over data breach legislation Toomey votes for Cruz in Pennsylvania primary Google, Ford, Uber part of new coalition for self-driving cars Obama: US prepping ‘shield’ to counter North Korea Lew on Puerto Rico: ‘The crisis is now’ New regs for Wednesday: Buses, bats, credit unions Sanders laughs off suggestion he’s hurting the Democratic Party Ryan to ‘Hamilton’ creator: We’re making progress on Puerto Rico Sanders’s push for Pennsylvania Latinos too little too late Tech leaders press Congress on computer science funding Kasich: Media ‘too hung up on process’ over Cruz alliance Trump: ‘I’d love to see a woman president,’ but not Clinton The Grand Canyon is under siege Working together in Europe makes us stronger Sanders floats Warren as running mate Trump fires back at Lena Dunham WATCH: Race dominates in Maryland Senate primary To House committee on Foreign Affairs: Five Priorities for South Sudan Trump breaks 50 percent mark in national poll Sanders dodges on support for Clinton as nominee 3 ways Hillary Clinton can capture the youth vote Can ‘leadership decapitation’ strikes defeat ISIS? Senate’s refusal to move on Garland continues to undermine rule of law One of these Dem stars is about to suffer a crushing defeat Acela primaries: 5 things to watch Cruz, Kasich weigh veep gamble Retailers press Fed to slash debit fees Battle of the box splits industry, Dems Biden-Clinton tensions linger Tea Party challenger uses rep’s relationship with lobbyist as ammo Obama-backed Dem makes gains in Pa. primary Congress has a chance to get education research right Wyden unveils business tax proposal