Wednesday's Headlines: Clinton wins 4 of 5 states

Trump sweeps Republican races; Indiana looms large for Ted Cruz's slender hopes; Winners and losers of the night; Trump: If Clinton 'were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote';   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Clinton wins 4 of 5 states While not mathematically eliminated, Sen. Bernie Sanders remains far behind and now faces nearly impossible odds. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more » Trump sweeps Republican races Basking in what he called his "biggest night" of the race so far, Donald Trump declared himself the presumptive nominee. By Philip Rucker and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   Indiana looms large for Ted Cruz's slender hopes For Donald Trump's rivals, all is now a numbers game — including the challenge of making everyone believe that the front-runner can be kept short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win on the first ballot at the convention. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Winners and losers of the night Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are sitting pretty. But Ted Cruz’s momentum has come to a dead stop. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more »   Trump: If Clinton 'were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote' The GOP front-runner's remarks were the latest in a long line widely seen as sexist or offensive toward women and underscores the difficulties he faces with female voters. By Jose A. DelReal and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Bernie Sanders is no fool. He'll back Clinton when he drops out. By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Trump’s sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites By Joe Scarborough  •  Read more »   No, Donald Trump, beating Hillary Clinton will not be easy for you By Stephen Stromberg  •  Read more »   How the GOP's 'rigged' system actually helps Trump By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Plato would be horrified by Trump's rise By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   The American ally that tortures American citizens By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Key suspect in Paris terrorist attacks is handed over to France Salah Abdeslam was arrested in the Brussels district of Molenbeek in March after four months of eluding authorities in both Belgium and France. By James McAuley  •  Read more » Supreme Court to hear former Virginia governor's political corruption case Robert F. McDonnell was sentenced to two years in prison, but his lawyers will argue that his acts were indistinguishable from favors politicians regularly provide in exchange for campaign contributions. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more » U.S. high school seniors slip in math and show no improvement in reading The sobering news comes at the same time the nation is celebrating its highest-ever graduation rate, raising questions about whether a diploma is a meaningful measure of achievement. By Emma Brown  •  Read more » Emily’s List’s sleazy attack ad in the Pennsylvania Senate race The group that seeks to elect female Democrats twisted the facts and misled voters in the Pennsylvania Senate primary. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more » 'Sorry, my first kill was clumsy' reads scrawled note left next to slain couple San Jose police offered few details about the deaths of Golam and Shamima Rabbi, who were shot in their home. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more » He once tried to fix failing D.C. schools. Now he's trying to fix an African nation. "I used to say D.C. was like a Third World country," said Abdusalam Omer, now the foreign minister of Somalia. "Then I came back here and I realized what a Third World country really was." By Kevin Sieff  •  Read more » A new book portrays Hitler as a normal guy. That’s a problem for some. A new 2,500-page book published this week traces Hitler's day-to-day whereabouts and shows the dictator also had a somewhat human side. By Stephanie Kirchner  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071