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Ted Cruz makes his move

Together we can win this.
Together we can win this. Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

1. Cruz angles for breakthrough

Fresh off two weekend wins, the Texas senator campaigned in Mississippi and Michigan, which both vote tomorrow. He’s still behind Donald Trump in delegates – but he’s a man with a plan ...

You. Me. Selfie. Let’s do this.
You. Me. Selfie. Let’s do this. Photograph: Idaho Statesma/Rex/Shutterstock

2. Senators joining Team Ted

In a striking sign of a race in flux, Cruz reportedly was prepared to announce his first endorsements from Senate colleagues – many of whom dislike Cruz … except, it seems, in a Trump-mergency.

On the team? Senator Mike Lee campaigning for Cruz last month.
On the team? Senator Mike Lee campaigning for Cruz last month. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Huh?

What’s your favorite My Little Pony?” Cruz asks [a little girl in a Rainbow Dash beanie]. “Twilight,” she says. “I have two daughters, and they love Twilight,” Cruz says, before adding, with a grin: “My favorite, though, is Applejack. I just think she’s funny.”

– unearthed from a January OZY report

“Ted Cruz” – a Bad Lip Reading

3. Kasich plays for Michigan

Ohio governor John Kasich showed a late-stage surge in the neighboring Rust Belt state of Michigan. It’s a big state with a lot of love (read: delegates) to give. And look who popped up to help …

Schwarzenegger calls Kasich “an action hero”

This is tae kwon do.
This is tae kwon do. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA

'Thank you, Arnold. Love you, man'

4. Trump under attack

An anonymously funded political action committee started running ads nailing Trump for insulting veterans and for having a total potty mouth. Shock and outrage to follow.

Let’s make a bleepin’ deal.
Let’s make a bleepin’ deal. Photograph: Chris Keane/Reuters

Trump swipes back

5. Breaking: Bernie Sanders smoked pot

Sanders on Monday copped to weed-dabbling “when I was very young” – and it made him cough. “I’ve done marijuana twice in my life,” he said. It was, needless to say, a yuge applause line.

Sanders and Clinton spar in fierce debate

You may see me tonight with an illegal smile.
You may see me tonight with an illegal smile. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Legalize it

Marijuana is not heroin.

6. Bummer, man: NRA applauds Sanders

“Sanders was spot-on in his comments about [minimizing] gun manufacturer liability” at the weekend debate, the gun group tweeted. But Sanders had made a different point: that the US should not cease all gun production.

All that shouting between Clinton and Sanders? It’s very loud agreement

The NRA booth at CPAC, not a hotbed of Sanders support.
The NRA booth at CPAC: not a hotbed of Sanders support. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Updated

7. ADL objects to Trump salute

The Anti-Defamation League said a pledge Trump is using at rallies in which supporters all raise their right hands and promise to vote for him is just a tad too Hitler-y for comfort.

Mexican president compares Trump rhetoric to Hitler and Mussolini

How about hands on hearts from now on, yes?
How about hands on hearts from now on, yes? Photograph: Brynn Anderson/AP

... and another thing:

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