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FIRST 39 STORIES ARE ADDED STARTERS SINCE 2 P.M. BUDGET

CRUZ – Ted Cruz’s latest fight with GOP leaders is a reminder: Few people like the guy. 1,100 words, by Sean Sullivan and Ed O’Keefe (Post). Developing.

TRUMP-GOP – WASHINGTON – GOP stalwarts who once hoped to thwart Trump now conclude he will be their nominee. 1,200 words, by Philip Rucker (Post). Developing.

GOP-CALIF – Rare San Francisco Republicans are being courted by the rival GOP presidential campaigns. 1,065 words, by James Nash and Alison Vekshin (Bloomberg). One photo.

BRITAIN (1STLD) — A week before nationwide elections in Britain, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn found himself fighting off a crisis over anti-Semitism in the party. 915 words, by Thomas Penny and Robert Hutton (Bloomberg). Two photos.

PRICELINE — Priceline says CEO Darren Huston is resigning after an investigation found he had a personal relationship with an employee. 615 words, by Gerrit DeVynck (Bloomberg). One photo.

CRUZ-KASICH-ANALYSIS – Remember that Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance? It died Thursday. 445 words, by Chris Cillizza (Post).

AMERICAN-IDOL _ Producers of what was once the nation’s most popular TV show, “American Idol,” file for bankruptcy after 15 years. 615 words, by Steven Church and Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg).

TRUMP-OBAMA-COMMENT _ Trump says our allies have to pay up. Obama’s been saying that for years. 720 words, by David Swerdlick (Bloomberg).

CLASSROOM-TECH-COMMENT _ Confessions of a Luddite professor. 780 words, by Daniel W. Drezner (Bloomberg).

JAPAN-BANK-COMMENT _ The Bank of Japan finds it can’t win either way. 650 words, by Mohamed El-Erian (Bloomberg).

LIBERALS-COMMENT _ Democrats pay a high price for their liberal smugness. 780 words, by Ramesh Ponnuru (Bloomberg).

PUTIN-SPACE-COMMENT _ Russia finally launched the first rocket from its new spaceport, Cosmodrome Vostochny, one of Putin’s signature megaprojects. The Cosmodrome has been plagued by problems from the start. The launch was no exception. 1030 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

BRITAIN-QANDA _ Pertinent questions about a possible Brexit with Duncan Weldon, head of research at London-based financial services firm Resolution Group. 1600 words, by Jared Bernstein (Post special).

POT-LAWS-COMMENT — Is it time to revise our federal drug laws? 764 words, by Christine Emba (Post).

POT-LEGALIZATION-COMMENT — Why legalizing marijuana will be much harder than you think. 788 words, Erwin Chemerinsky (Special to the Post).

POT-PARADOX-COMMENT — The paradox at the heart of our marijuana laws – and how to fix it. 814 words, by Keith Humphreys (Special to the Post).

POT-RACISM-COMMENT — How racism and bias criminalized marijuana. The Controlled Substances Act isn’t the problem. Our lawmakers are. 816 words, by John Hudak (Special to the Post).

POT-SCIENCE-COMMENT — There’s something missing from our drug laws: Science. 768 words, by Bill Piper (Special to the Post).

HYENA – Ancient human bones show evidence of a hungry hyena encounter. 295 words, by Rachel Feltman (Post).

SOUTH-SUDAN — Frustration rises over American policies in South Sudan. 946 words, by Siobhan O’Connor (Foreign Policy).

WIKIPEDIA — Wikipedia’s social structures resemble a bureaucratic corporation, studies say. 602 words, by Karen Turner (Post).

TEACHER-AWARD — National Teacher of the Year, Jahana Hayes, says she was a teenage mom, and teachers changed her life. 713 words, by Emma Brown (Post). Two photos.

ISLAMIC-STATE — The Islamic State claims strikes on Turkish artillery as tensions rise on the Turkey-Syria border. 473 words, by Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Liz Sly (Post.)

METRO – WASHINGTON – Transportation secretary steps up his pressure on Metro to improve its safety performance by replacing three members of the transit agency’s board. 765 words, by Robert McCartney and Paul Duggan (Post).

POPULISM-COMMENT – Trump is following the pattern of rhetorical populism we’ve seen before. 1,015 words, by Bart Bonikowski and Noam Gidron (Post special).

TRUMP-POLICY-COMMENT – On Donald Trump, gefilte fish and foreign policy. 1,455 words, by Julia Ioffe (Foreign Policy).

ASTEROID-MINING – Some tech industries see asteroid mining as the next tech frontier. 4,240 words, by Matthew Shaer (Foreign Policy). One illustration.

WAGEGAP – Pay disparities between the sexes, widely assumed to crack open as workers enter their 30s, actually begin right after graduation. 675 words, by Danielle Pacquette (Post). Developing.

PHOTO-DATA – Security of critical phone databaseis called into question. 1,000 words, by Ellen Nakashima (Post). Developing.

SAUDI-TOURISM — Holidays in Saudi Arabia? The Kingdom’s ambitious post-oil tourism plan. 800 words, by Adam Taylor (Post).

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say 13-year-old with fake gun turned on officer who shot him. 250 words, by Justin Wm. Moyer (Post).

ISLAMICSTATE-STRATEGY — Facing skepticism, military leaders say Islamic State strategy is making headway. 800 by Missy Ryan (Post).

FECAL — Scientists think they’ve found the secret to better fecal transplants. 690 words, by Rachel Feltman (Post).

EMISSIONS — US oil and gas boom having global consequences, scientists suggest. 1,250 words, by Chelsea Harvey (Post special).

AFGHAN — Former Bagram detainee may have played role in attack that rocked Kabul last week. 700 words, by Tim Craig (Post).

WHITEHOUSE-FENCE — New, ‘tougher, taller and stronger’ fence proposed for the White 600 words, by Dana Hedgpeth (Post).

NAVAL-ACADEMY – Military files new criminal charges against ex-Naval Academy teacher in sexual misconduct case. 845 words, by John Woodrow Cox (Post).

ICAHN-APPLE – Why billionaire Carl Icahn just dumped every share he has in Apple. 400 words, by Renae Merle and Hayley Tsukayama (Post).

END ADDED STARTERS FOR 5 P.M. BUDGET

Politics

RUBIO-DELEGATES – At Ted Cruz’s request, Marco Rubio is working to hang onto 171 delegates across the country. 1,100 words, by Ed O”Keefe and Karen Tumulty (Post).

TRUMP-RIVALS-ANALYSIS – Cruz’s pick of Fiorina shows why Trump’s rivals still haven’t stopped him. 565 words, by Jim Tankersley (Post).

CAMPAIGN-HISPANIC – Clinton, Kasich – not Cruz – are endorsed by nation’s largest Hispanic business group. 790 words, by Ed O’Keefe (Post).

INDIANA-GOP – Indiana emerges as a last stand for Republican Ted Cruz and the stop-Trump movement. 1,605 words, by Michael C. Bender and Mark Niquette (Bloomberg). One photo.

GOP-PARTIES — Republicans want lobbyists and politicians to know there’s plenty of opportunity to party this summer at their national convention in Cleveland. 975 words, by Laurence Arnold (Bloomberg).

POLITICS-RELATIVES – Analysis: Want to run for president? Prepare to meet that half-brother you didn’t know existed. 1,205 words, by Callum Borchers (Post).

TRUMP-FACTCHECK – Fact Checker: Trump’s eight repeated falsehoods in 16 hours. 1,625 words, by Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Post).

SANDERS-SPENDING — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is biggest spender of 2016 so far – generating millions for consultants. 1,670 words, by Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy (Post).

National

TRANSGENDER – A year after gender reassignment surgery, a South Dakota woman is part of a wave against the surge in state bathroom bills. 1,740 words, by Sandhya Somashekhar (Post). Five photos, one video.

NEWJERSEY — A federal judge is weighing arguments from two former allies of Gov. Chris Christie that prosecutors twisted federal law to find a crime in the “Bridgegate” affair. 700 words, by David Voreacos (Bloomberg).

HOUSING-CALIF – STOCKTON, Calif. – Forces that sent San Francisco home values soaring fueled a bubble and bust in Stockton. 2,300 words, by Emily Badger (Post). Seven photos. With HOUSING-CALIF-GRAPHICS.

BIRTHS-TEENS — Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks. 400 words, by Ariana Eunjung Cha.

FDA-TECH – SAN FRANCISCO – Amid a tidal wave of new health-related gadgets, the FDA is showing up in Silicon Valley like it’s never done before. 1,400 words, by Ariana Eunjung Cha (Post).

SANBERNARDINO — FBI arrests brother and other relatives of San Bernardino attacker. 250 words, by Mark Berman (Post).

SCOTUS-GARLAND – Republican opposition to President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee remains firm, and it is all but certain the seat will remain vacant until after the election. 1,010 words, by Mike Dorning and Tim Higgins (Bloomberg). One photo.

DRAFT – WASHINGTON – The House Armed Services Committee takes an unexpected step toward making women register for the draft. 580 words, by Karoun Demirjian (Post).

KERRY – AUSTIN, Texas – Secretary of State John Kerry reflects on the Vietnam War at the LBJ Presidential Library. 1,165 words, by Carol Morello (Post).

FCC (1ST) – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler enrages the cable and telecom industry he once represented as a lobbyist. 940 words, by Todd Shields (Bloomberg). One photo.

OKLAHOMA – An Oklahoma jury recommends a 4-year sentence for a 73-year-old volunteer deputy who mistakenly shot an unarmed black man. 1,040 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).

DHS – WASHINGTON – Lawmaker to DHS official: when is it going to get better? 560 words, by Lisa Rein (Post).

SCALIA-LAWSCHOOL – A Virginia lawmaker opposes George Mason’s decision to rename its law school for Scalia. 750 words, by Susan Svrluga (Post).

UCDAVIS – UC Davis chancellor placed on administrative leave after revelations of ‘scrubbing’ Internet. 745 words, by Fred Barbash (Post).

TEACHER – Teacher claims she was fired for saying ‘vagina’ in discussing Georgia O’Keeffe’s art. 400 words, by Peter Holley (Post). One photo.

SNAPCHAT-TEEN – Teen took Snapchat photos while crashing Mercedes at 107 mph. Now her victim has sued Snapchat. 490 words, by Katie Mettler (Post).

COURT-DEAR – Competency hearing set for accused Planned Parenthood gunman Robert Lewis Dear . 650 words, by Mark Berman (Post).

OBAMA-PASSOVER – Passover Seder: One last time of an Obama White House tradition. 600 words, by Juliet Eilperin (Post).

MONROE — At Virginia home of President Monroe, a sizable revision of history. 580 words, by T. Rees Shapiro (Post). One photo.

International

SYRIA (1STLD) – ISTANBUL – Airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo destroy hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders, the aid group says, killing at least 14. 575 words, by Erin Cunningham (Post).

IRAQ-BIDEN – BAGHDAD – Vice President Biden arrives here at a moment of intense political turmoil for Iraq and its prime minister. 1,215 words, by Greg Jaffe (Post).

TURKEY — Turkey is determined to wipe out the PKK separatist group, a top aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. 905 words, by Selcan Hacaoglu and Firat Kozok (Bloomberg).

NKOREA – TOKYO – North Korea test-fires another intermediate-range ballistic missile early Thursday, but the launch appears to have failed, South Korea says. 645 words, by Anna Fifield (Post).

CHINA – BEIJING – China moves to bring foreign NGOs under security supervision. 840 words, by Simon Denyer (Post).

BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT – Brazil’s anti-impeachment protesters block highways at rush hour. 609 words, by Dom Phillips (Post).

DENMARK – Denmark says you are “ethically obligated” to eat less beef. 490 words, by Max Bearak (Post).

VIETNAM – DA NANG, Vietnam – A Vietnam veteran and a 1960s radical met on a bus headed for Khe Sanh. Here’s what happened. 710 words, by Daniel Malloy (Post). Two photos.

TRUMP-POLICY-ANALYSIS – Donald Trump’s foreign policy: a clash of civilizations. 765 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post).

VENEZUELA – Few countries need oil’s rally to last more than Venezuela. 840 words, by Angelina Rascouet (Bloomberg).

BRITAIN-LEFT — Zionism and Hitler? A guide to the wild scandal rocking Britain’s left. 1,100 words, by Adam Taylor (Post).

SPAIN — Spanish Socialist Leader Pedro Sanchez is trying to rebuild his relationship with the governing People’s Party. 535 words, by Ben Sills and Esteban Duarte (Bloomberg).

MEXICO — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto falls silent amid accusations his own party in Congress is trying to water down anti- corruption legislation. 600 words, by Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin (Bloomberg).

FRANCE-MOSQUE – A French synagogue is being repurposed as a mosque after local Jews left the neighborhood. 510 words, by Adam Taylor (Post).

TERROR-RANSOM – Analysis: Canada’s Justin Trudeau wants the world to stop paying ransoms to terrorists. 785 words, by Max Bearak (Post).

JOBS-GLOBAL – Gallup poll: The U.S. job market has a larger share of “great” jobs than all but Panama and is tied with Uzbekistan and Russia. 550 words, by Niraj Chokshi (Post). One jpg graphic.

Financial

CHIPOTLE-FOURSQUARE _ Chipotle announced its first loss as a public company Tuesday. But two weeks earlier, an unlikely source — the social media app Foursquare — had beat Chipotle to the punch. How? 530 words, by Matt McFarland (Post).

ECON (1STLD) – WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy grew at its weakest quarterly pace in two years between the months of January and March, new government data show. 840 words, by Chico Harlan (Post).

ECON-ASSESS – The U.S. economy is finding it hard to spring back from a weak winter. 775 words, by Rich Miller and Michelle Jamrisko (Bloomberg). One photo.

PUERTORICO — Puerto Rico’s financial collapse is about to enter an unprecedented phase. 880 words, by Michelle Kaske (Bloomberg).

APPLE-WATCH — Apple Watch did not change the Apple Store like we thought it would. 800 words, by Sarah Halzack (Post).

GREECE — Representatives of Greece’s international creditors say they’ve made headway in discussions that could lead to the disbursal of more aid funds. 590 words, by Ian Wishart (Bloomberg).

BOMBARDIER – The Canadian aviation company lands a $5.6 billion contract with Delta for at least 75 of its C Series jets. 770 words, by Frederic Tomesco (Bloomberg).

FORD — Ford plans a long-range electric car to compete with Tesla and GM. 440 words, by Keith Naughton (Bloomberg).

GOLDMAN — Goldman Sachs is in court fighting a request by an ex-vice president to have the bank pay legal fees stemming from his arrest. 1,045 words, by Jef Feeley (Bloomberg).

HEALTHCARE-MERGERS — The $40 billion in new health-care deals announced Thursday shows there’s more to M& A than tax breaks. 515 words, by Manuel Baigorri and Ruth David (Bloomberg).

JOBS _ Jobless claims last week hovered around four-decade lows, showing the labor market remains the strongest part of the U.S. economy. 560 words, by Victoria Stilwell (Bloomberg).

ABBOTT (1STLD) – Abbott Laboratories agreeS to buy heart-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. for $25 billion. 725 words, by Michelle Fay Cortez (Bloomberg).

DREAMWORKS – Comcast is buying Dreamworks in a $3.8 billion acquisition. 300 words, by Brian Fung (Post).

ABBVIE – AbbVie agrees to acquire cancer drugmaker Stemcentrx for $5.8 billion. 545 words, by Caroline Chen (Bloomberg).

JAPAN-BOJ – The Bank of Japan holds off on expanding monetary stimulus. 900 words, by Toru Fujioka and Masahiro Hidaka (Bloomberg).

FACEBOOK – Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to create a new class of stock is strengthened by a strong earnings report. 995 words, by Sarah Frier (Bloomberg). One photo.

DOW – Dow Chemical posts first-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ estimates. 240 words, by Jack Kaskey (Bloomberg).

IBM-SESAME – The next chapter of early childhood education may be coming courtesy of Sesame Workshop and the letters I-B-M. 710 words, by Hayley Tsukayama (Post).

FCC-FEES – Analysis: The FCC just did something that should make businesses very happy. 550 words, by Brian Fung (Post).

TECH-MUSIC – Analysis: Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ is the latest move in the streaming music war. 840 words, by Karen Turner (Post special).

Earnings:

SYMANTEC, UPS, DOMINOS, VIACOM, MASTERCARD

Health, science and environment

LA-POT – Tainted synthetic marijuana tears through Los Angeles’ Skid Row. 510 words, by Ben Guarino (Post).

BURIAL – 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man set to receive Native American burial after decades in limbo. 1,360 words, by Ben Guarino (Post).

ENVIRONMENT-WORRY – Scientists now know the psychology behind your worries about the environment. 995 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

OCEAN-OXYGEN – Global warming could deplete the oceans’ oxygen levels – with severe consequences. 1,195 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

TELESCOPE – When it is launched in 2018, the James Webb Space Telescope will give astronomers a glimpse at the edge of space and the beginning of time. 1,060 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post).

Features

TRUMP-DINNER – WASHINGTON – I sat next to Donald Trump at the infamous 2011 White House correspondents’ dinner – here’s what really happened. 1,810 words, by Roxanne Roberts (Post). One photo and one video.

COUNTRY-WOMEN – Nashville’s new female artists are taking control in bold songs. Are listeners ready? 1,725 words, by Emily Yahr (Post). Two photos.

OLYMPICS-UNIFORMS – From ‘Zika proof’ to unbridled patriotism: A look at some uniforms for the Rio Olympics. 305 words, by Jenny Starrs (Post). One video.

Commentary

DECLASSIFIED _ Trump’s new slogan has old baggage from Nazi era. 840 words, by Eli Lake (Bloomberg).

TRUMP-FOREIGN-COMMENT _ Trump’s attempt to rewrite NATO will backfire. 1150 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

CRUZ-FIORINA-COMMENT _ Cruz choice of Fiorina shows his desperation. 650 words, by Jonathan Bernstein (Bloomberg).

TRUMP-ECON-COMMENT _ Trump starts making economic sense. 650 words, by Narayana Kocherlakota (Bloomberg).

CRIMINAL-RECORDS-COMMENT _ The U.S. is supposed to be a nation of second chances, but for the 70 million Americans with a criminal record, we’re not doing such a great job. 760 words, by Peter Orszag and Cass Sunstein (Bloomberg).

VEEPS-COMMENT _ The first rule of the veepstakes is do no harm. 650 words, by Jonathan Bernstein (Bloomberg).

TEXTALYZERS-COMMENT _ Breathalyzers, ‘textalyzers’ and the Constitution. 900 words, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg).

CELEBRITIES-COMMENT – Celebrities, I’m begging you: Stop threatening to leave the U.S. over elections. 830 words, by Alyssa Rosenberg (Post). Moved on Entertainment wire.

APPLE-COMMENT – Tesla is the spark that Apple needs. 620 words, by Vivek Wadhwa (Post special).

SUICIDE-COMMENT – America’s suicide epidemic is a national security crisis. 1,680 words, by Fredrik deBoer (Foreign Policy).

VIRGINIA-COMMENT – Did Gov. McAuliffe say the state criminal justice system is racist? Developing, by Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman (Post special).

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