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Your Thursday Evening Briefing: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, N.F.L. Your Thursday Evening Briefing: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, N.F.L.
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Good evening. Here’s the latest.Good evening. Here’s the latest.
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1. “Lucifer in the flesh.” “I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” That was the former House Speaker John Boehner, revealing the depth of his antipathy for the Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Mr. Cruz responded that Mr. Boehner had “allowed his inner Trump to come out.” He said the comments validated his own standing as a maverick in Washington.1. “Lucifer in the flesh.” “I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” That was the former House Speaker John Boehner, revealing the depth of his antipathy for the Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Mr. Cruz responded that Mr. Boehner had “allowed his inner Trump to come out.” He said the comments validated his own standing as a maverick in Washington.
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2. Donald Trump’s sweep of five primaries this week added so significantly to his delegate count that he may not even need to win Indiana next week. He is estimated to have won 110 of the 118 pledged delegates at stake on Tuesday, and appears to have claimed about 40 of Pennsylvania’s unpledged delegates. Check out the numbers in our updated delegate counter.2. Donald Trump’s sweep of five primaries this week added so significantly to his delegate count that he may not even need to win Indiana next week. He is estimated to have won 110 of the 118 pledged delegates at stake on Tuesday, and appears to have claimed about 40 of Pennsylvania’s unpledged delegates. Check out the numbers in our updated delegate counter.
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3. One of our best-read articles today looks deeply at President Obama’s handling of the economy. In a series of conversations with one of our top business reporters, Mr. Obama reveals frustration with Republican criticism that ignores gains, including the longest period of sustained job growth on record. When people hear “that things are terrible all the time,” Mr. Obama said, “then people will start absorbing that.”3. One of our best-read articles today looks deeply at President Obama’s handling of the economy. In a series of conversations with one of our top business reporters, Mr. Obama reveals frustration with Republican criticism that ignores gains, including the longest period of sustained job growth on record. When people hear “that things are terrible all the time,” Mr. Obama said, “then people will start absorbing that.”
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4. Round 1 of the N.F.L. draft starts tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern (ESPN and NFL Network). Chicago plays host for the second straight year. The Los Angeles Rams lead off, and the New England Patriots won’t get to pick till Friday as part of their Deflategate punishment. Our live coverage is here.4. Round 1 of the N.F.L. draft starts tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern (ESPN and NFL Network). Chicago plays host for the second straight year. The Los Angeles Rams lead off, and the New England Patriots won’t get to pick till Friday as part of their Deflategate punishment. Our live coverage is here.
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5. Two female journalists have jolted the sports world with a four-minute video revealing the kind of messages they regularly receive — read aloud by male friends staggered by the viciousness. Examples: “You need to be hit in the head with a hockey puck and killed,” and “I hope you get raped again.” Our columnist, who has received many similar messages, asks: “So much hate. And for what?”5. Two female journalists have jolted the sports world with a four-minute video revealing the kind of messages they regularly receive — read aloud by male friends staggered by the viciousness. Examples: “You need to be hit in the head with a hockey puck and killed,” and “I hope you get raped again.” Our columnist, who has received many similar messages, asks: “So much hate. And for what?”
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6. China became the latest country to sharply restrict the operations of nongovernmental groups, fearing their power to undermine authoritarian rule. A new law requires some 7,000 such groups to find an official sponsor and register with the police — serious obstacles for those that promote workers’ rights, ethnic equality or religious freedom. 6. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York is under scrutiny in five investigations by federal, state and local agencies. Most involve fund-raising linked to the mayor, his election campaign or a nonprofit group connected with him. “I can’t recall any other sort of perfect storm like this, coming from all those different angles,” a historian said of the welter of inquiries.
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7. That’s it for DreamWorks Animation, maker of “Kung Fu Panda,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Shrek.” Hollywood’s smallest publicly traded studio ended 12 years of turbulent independence with a deal to sell itself to Comcast’s giant NBCUniversal. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the founding chief executive, is expected to pocket nearly $400 million of the $3.8 billion deal. 7. China became the latest country to sharply restrict the operations of nongovernmental groups, fearing their power to undermine authoritarian rule. A new law requires some 7,000 such groups to find an official sponsor and register with the police — serious obstacles for those that promote workers’ rights, ethnic equality or religious freedom.
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8. That’s it for DreamWorks Animation, maker of “Kung Fu Panda,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Shrek.” Hollywood’s smallest publicly traded studio ended 12 years of turbulent independence with a deal to sell itself to Comcast’s giant NBCUniversal. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the founding chief executive, is expected to pocket nearly $400 million of the $3.8 billion deal.
U.S. stocks fell. Apple logged a second day of losses, helping drag down tech stocks, and energy stocks tumbled despite a gain in the price of oil.U.S. stocks fell. Apple logged a second day of losses, helping drag down tech stocks, and energy stocks tumbled despite a gain in the price of oil.
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8. Syria’s partial truce shattered as the northern city of Aleppo plunged back into all-out war. Government airstrikes destroyed a hospital, and rebels counterattacked with mortars. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to neighboring Iraq, hoping to pull that country’s political leadership out of its latest crisis and strengthen the fight against the Islamic State. 9. Syria’s partial truce shattered as the northern city of Aleppo plunged back into all-out war. Government airstrikes destroyed a hospital, and rebels counterattacked with mortars. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to neighboring Iraq, hoping to pull that country’s political leadership out of its latest crisis and strengthen the fight against the Islamic State.
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9. One of the first women to graduate from the Army’s elite Ranger school is now qualified to lead troops into combat. Capt. Kristen Griest, above right, finished a final course, breaking another barrier to full service. “We are at a time and a place in the world where we need to have the best leaders from everywhere,” an Army spokesman said, “and that includes women.” 10. One of the first women to graduate from the Army’s elite Ranger school is now qualified to lead troops into combat. Capt. Kristen Griest, above right, finished a final course, breaking another barrier to full service. “We are at a time and a place in the world where we need to have the best leaders from everywhere,” an Army spokesman said, “and that includes women.”
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10. Finally, Happy Ed Balls Day. Britain has been celebrating its Twitter joke for five years, ever since a political official named Ed Balls inadvertently posted his name on the platform. Mr. Balls, pictured above in a typically good-natured moment last year, has taken the joke in stride. “It’s as incomprehensible as the Internet and social media can get, but people enjoy it,” he said. “I shrug my shoulders.” 11. Finally, Happy Ed Balls Day. Britain has been celebrating its Twitter joke for five years, ever since a political official named Ed Balls inadvertently posted his name on the platform. Mr. Balls, pictured above in a typically good-natured moment last year, has taken the joke in stride. “It’s as incomprehensible as the Internet and social media can get, but people enjoy it,” he said. “I shrug my shoulders.”
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