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Cruz plays the venereal disease card

Where has the innocence gone.
Where has the innocence gone? Photograph: Michael Conroy/AP

1. Trump ties Cruz dad to JFK assassin

Never mind the Zodiac killer. Donald Trump has linked Ted Cruz’s father to JFK’s killer. “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death, I mean before the shooting?” Trump said.

Donald Trump
And why does his head fly forward and not back? Photograph: Aaron P Bernstein/Reuters

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2. Cruz hits Trump for sex life

In a last-ditch effort to reverse the polls in Indiana – a contest that could effectively decide the GOP race – Cruz called Trump a “serial philanderer” and dug up an old Trump quote about STDs.

Get tested. Know your status.
Get tested. Photograph: Denny Simmons/AP

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He’s proud of being a serial philanderer. I want everyone to think about your teenage kids. The president … describes his battles with venereal disease as his ‘own personal Vietnam’. That’s a quote, by the way.

– Ted Cruz on Donald Trump

Ted Cruz
Yes he’s had three wives. Three. Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

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Cruz also called the JFK thing “nuts”. In reply, Trump accused Cruz of a “ridiculous outburst” and said the Texas senator “does not have the temperament to be president”.

Latino students wear Dump Trump shirts

Donald Trump
Howdy howdy I’m the president. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA

3. Trump close to closing the deal

With a win in Indiana, where polls show him in the lead, Trump would seem poised to win the Republican nomination on cruise control, barring a highly wild upset in California.

Trump poised for win – and the nom

Donald Trump Art of the Deal
‘Other people paint beautifully … I like making deals.’ Photograph: AP

Longtime John McCain aide: ‘I’m with her’

4. Democrats want Sanders to stay in

Fifty-seven percent of Democrats told a pollster that Bernie Sanders should stay in the race. Sanders agreed, campaigning in Indiana in hopes of an upset win.

Poll: Dems want more Bern

Bernie Sanders
Just a guy eatin’ eggs and readin’ the paper. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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5. Kasich: I’m still here! Hello?

... and another thing:

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