Donald Trump is on the verge of a win in Indiana tonight that would leave him the likely Republican nominee. One recent public poll had the real estate mogul up 15 points over rival Ted Cruz, who was heckled by a 12-year-old and quizzed about his birthplace while his wife faced questions over whether he was a serial killer yesterday. Oh, and he seemed to ignore his running mate Carly Fiorina falling off the stage. These indignities and others came on the last day of campaigning in a state he desperately needs to win in order to continue his strategy of denying Donald Trump the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination. Here’s where the delegate count stands for both parties. On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton is a few points ahead of Bernie Sanders in the polls . Results are expected some time after 6pm ET and we’ll have live coverage throughout the evening. White House ducks Wilmore backlash
The controversy over comedian Larry Wilmore’s use of the N-word to hail Barack Obama at the White House correspondent’s dinner over the weekend has yet to subside. The White House says the president appreciated “the spirit” of the comedian’s choice of words. The moment “made me feel a sense of pride – a sense of black pride”, writes Rebecca Carroll . Sci-fi fashion at the Met Ball
Anna Wintour’s fashion gala , whose theme was man and machine , kicked off with dozens of celebrities turning up in sci-fi outfits. Guardian fashion critic Jess Cartner-Morley says Taylor Swift’s platinum-blonde hair was OK but the rest of her outfit – an old-school sci-fi baddie – was unconvincing. Wintour looked “balls-out regal ”, and of Sarah Jessica Parker she asked: “You know in Cinderella, where the fairy godmother turns four […]
