The Numbers: After sweeping five northeastern Republican primaries yesterday, Donald Trump said, “I consider myself the presumptive nominee.” The billionaire businessman won Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island by margins between 58 and 64 percent, but he’s still short …

New York Values: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out of the New York primary sounding like they are the nominees for president. Clinton said “Victory is in sight,” and Trump declared, “Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.” Clinton …

Japan Quake: Two serious earthquakes within 24 hours in Southern Japan have killed at least 32 people, injured 1,500, and left hundreds of thousands of people without water and electricity. Buildings, hillsides and highways collapsed. More than 200 homes and …

No Means No: House Speaker Paul Ryan called a press conference yesterday to say, don’t even think about it, he’s not going to step into the Republican nomination melee and declare himself a candidate for President. Sounding a bit like …

Big Mosquito: The Zika virus is “scarier than we initially thought,” according to US health officials and the White House has asked Congress for $ 1.9 billion to kill mosquitoes and fight the spread of the virus. The Centers for …

Ballot Box: Democrat Bernie Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton yesterday in Washington State, Alaska, and Hawaii, leaving him still far behind in the delegate count but gathering momentum. Sanders won Washington with 72 percent of the vote, Alaska with 81, and …

Manhunt: The only known survivor among the terrorists who attacked in Paris last November was wounded and captured in Brussels yesterday. The arrest of Salah Abdeslam, 26, a Belgian-born French citizen, was the result of a four-month international manhunt. Residents …

The News: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders duked it out in debate last night over future relations with Cuba, immigration reform, and healthcare. Both candidates said the US should normalize relations with Cuba, but did their best to please the …

Politics: Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton, winning the Michigan primary and extending Clinton’s quest to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders said, “The political revolution that we’re talking about is strong in every part of the country.” Donald Trump won …

It’s Political: Hillary Clinton this week appears to be running for the third term of the Obama presidency, saying Bernie Sanders “has called the president weak, a disappointment. He does not support, the way I do, building on the progress …