The Big Stories We Covered This Week
Things Couldn’t Be Cheddar
The candidates are looking for a taste of Wisconsin cheddar: The state’s primary is held on April 5. Wisconsin governor and former presidential candidate Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz.
On the Democratic front, Hillary Clinton campaigned in New York, which holds its primary on April 19. Clinton visited the state this week in a rally that, as Russell puts it, “served as both reunion and reintroduction.”
For Donald Trump, the week came with a few hiccups after his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was arrested for battery. Ron Brownstein describes how Trump “is largely running in place, with any gains among the groups most receptive to him offset—or exceeded—by losses among those most skeptical.”
Over at the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices reached a split decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association in a victory for public-sector unions. In a separate case, Garrett covers the Court’s “plea for health insurance help.”
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