Evening Edition: Christie endorses Trump in stunning blow to remaining hopefuls

4 reasons Christie is backing Trump; 'Con artist' vs. 'Mr. Meltdown': Debate fight spills onto the trail; The 'Bernie-crats' want to revolutionize Congress. Almost all of them are doomed.; Kansas suspect had record, so officials aren't sure how he got guns; The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer; Birth defects, miscarriages documented in pregnant U.S. women with Zika; Tennessee's new official state rifle is so powerful it can ‘destroy commercial aircraft’; Police: Black students at SUNY Albany faked hate crime; Syrian opposition backs cease-fire even as battles rage in final hours; Why Clinton's 'super-predator' response is a big moment for political protest; Sandoval got out to save himself, possibly just in time; #OscarsSoWrong: A revisionist history of which films should have won; My fiancee makes more money. Can I tell her we're spending too much on our wedding?;   The day's most important stories   Christie endorses Trump in stunning blow to remaining hopefuls The endorsement could potentially recast the GOP nominating contest yet again, giving Donald Trump — already the undisputed front-runner — the weight and validation of a respected Republican executive officeholder. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more » 4 reasons Christie is backing Trump New Jersey's governor is a political realist, and today's announcement could put him into the mix for vice president. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   'Con artist' vs. 'Mr. Meltdown': Debate fight spills onto the trail The dramatic escalation in hostility between Marco Rubio and Donald Trump sets the stage for a brutal two-and-a-half-week stretch. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   The 'Bernie-crats' want to revolutionize Congress. Almost all of them are doomed. More than 30 Bernie Sanders supporters are running for Congress. Their candidacies show the promise — and the shortfalls — of his upstart, wildly ambitious campaign. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Kansas suspect had record, so officials aren't sure how he got guns Police think a restraining order that the suspect received about 90 minutes before shots were fired could have prompted the deadly rampage before the gunman was killed in a shootout with an officer. By Christopher Haxel and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer Debi Thomas won a medal at the Olympics. She graduated from Stanford. She became a surgeon. She wanted it all. And for a time, she had it. But then her life took several turns. By Terrence McCoy  •  Read more »   Birth defects, miscarriages documented in pregnant U.S. women with Zika Health officials have tracked at least nine pregnant women in the United States infected with the Zika virus. At least two women had abortions after the diagnosis, and two others suffered miscarriages. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Tennessee's new official state rifle is so powerful it can ‘destroy commercial aircraft’ One of "the most destructive weapons legally available to civilians" joins the tomato, the raccoon and the Tennessee cave salamander as one of the state's official symbols. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Police: Black students at SUNY Albany faked hate crime "The only person we heard uttering racial epithets was one of the defendants," the university police chief said of the students, who now face assault charges. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Syrian opposition backs cease-fire even as battles rage in final hours The success of the plan hinges on keeping together on a host of competing interests and rival allegiances that have shown little interest in finding common ground in the past. By Hugh Naylor  •  Read more »   Why Clinton's 'super-predator' response is a big moment for political protest The real beauty of this protest is that this activist has almost certainly forced Hillary Clinton to make clear commitments about what she will do differently if elected and why. By Janell Ross  •  Read more »   Sandoval got out to save himself, possibly just in time Hours after his name was publicly floated for the Supreme Court vacancy, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval envisioned his future — and it looks like he didn't like what he saw. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   #OscarsSoWrong: A revisionist history of which films should have won With the perspective lent to us by the passage of time, we can now look back and discern what was actually the best picture. By Dan Zak and Amy Argetsinger  •  Read more »   My fiancee makes more money. Can I tell her we're spending too much on our wedding? The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life. 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