Politico
After yesterday’s votes, the White House announced that President Obama would meet with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday to discuss “how to build on the extraordinary work he has done to engage millions of Democratic voters, and to build on that enthusiasm in the weeks and months ahead.” It had also been announced that Sanders will begin to cut at least half of his campaign staff.
The New York Times
The pro-Clinton super PAC, Priorities USA, has begun attacking Donald Trump on his crass comments about a disabled journalist. The ad is included in a $20 million buy running from Wednesday through the GOP convention in seven swing states: Ohio, Virginia, Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.
Politico
On primary day in California, leader of House Democrats Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will cast her ballot for Hillary Clinton. The House minority leader, in an email to reporters, cited Clinton’s “commitment to children, to working families and to a brighter future for America.”
The Huffington Post
Former President Ronald Reagan’s son, Michael Reagan, announced via Twitter that he will not vote for Donald Trump in today’s California primary, adding that his father, the Republican icon, would not have done so, either. Donald Trump has often evoked the memory of Reagan as a president he admired.
The Wall Street Journal
With the last big batch of primary votes happening tomorrow, the Sanders campaign must determine whether there is still a viable path for them to capture the Democratic nomination. The numbers point to a virtually impossible task, with Hillary Clinton set to clinch the nomination after voters go to the polls on Tuesday in states including California and New Jersey. Whereas Sanders has pledged to fight until the convention in July, the debate within his campaign team points to a less-than-certain future for Bernie Sanders.
CNN.com
Following speculation that National Review columnist David French was being considered as an independent candidate to take on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, French wrote in a column that he would not seek the presidency. Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, had put forward French’s name as his independent pick.
USA Today
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts for 30 years, ranting from million-dollar real estate suits to personal defamation lawsuits.Just since he announced his candidacy a year ago, at least 70 new cases have been filed. New York State Department of Finance has obtained liens on Trump properties for unpaid tax bills at least three dozen times.
CNN.com
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he's voting for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. Ryan says says he is Trump will advance the Republican agenda. "... on the issues that make up our agenda, we have more common ground than disagreement."
The Washington Post
Donald Trump’s racially tinged attacks on a federal judge overseeing the Trump University lawsuits against him have alarmed legal experts. They fear the Republican presidential candidate’s vendetta signals a remarkable disregard for judicial independence. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born in Indiana, has emerged as a central target for Trump, who calls him "a hater." Curiel ordered the release of embarrassing internal documents detailing predatory marketing practices at the for-profit educational venture. The case will be heard post-election. Trump's response has raised questions about how he would react to adverse judicial decisions should he become president.
The Hill
Doubts are creeping in among opinion pollsters over how accurately they will be able to predict a presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. An ABC News/Washington Post poll put Trump up by two points. Other recent surveys have been more optimistic for Clinton — she was up by three points in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, and by four in a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday. Republican pollster David Winston leans toward low turnout, suggesting that the feelings of political partisans shouldn’t be confused with the view of the general public.