Politics: Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too

Sponsored by Qualcomm | House set to pass legislation aimed at heroin and painkiller abuse; Homeland chief keeps trying to make his employees happy. Can a new mission statement safeguard the nation and their morale?; Kerry’s claim that Iran has only received ‘$3 billion’ from the nuclear deal; The Daily Trail: Why Sanders claimed one of Clinton's biggest 2008 states; Super PAC coffers swell with more than $700 million; Republican leaders remain divided ahead of key Trump-Ryan meeting; Obama will visit Hiroshima this month, the first sitting U.S. president to do so; Cruz returns to Senate, with hints at future White House run; Rubio walks a fine line on Trump, says he will support ‘the Republican nominee’; The latest push to confirm Merrick Garland: A 141-page questionnaire; Paul Ryan: GOP unity will ‘take more than a week’; Trump, in video, attacks Clinton over Benghazi; Unfriended: Senator hits Zuckerberg over alleged anti-conservative bias at Facebook; Bait and switch: Ryan aides tease Trump news to highlight opioid bills;   The most important politics stories today   Rich Pedroncelli / AP Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too Clinton's loss was not expected to alter her trajectory toward the Democratic nomination. By Abby Phillip, John Wagner and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » House set to pass legislation aimed at heroin and painkiller abuse The House's opioid bills are expected to pass easily, but set up a potentially complicated conference process with the Senate By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Homeland chief keeps trying to make his employees happy. Can a new mission statement safeguard the nation and their morale? Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he wants the new mission statement to "outlast me." By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Kerry’s claim that Iran has only received ‘$3 billion’ from the nuclear deal The secretary of state used a lowball figure that does not reflect the gains Iran made from the deal By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Daily Trail: Why Sanders claimed one of Clinton's biggest 2008 states Per exit polls, what a Clinton loss in West Virginia means — and what it doesn't. By Rebecca Sinderbrand  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Super PAC coffers swell with more than $700 million At the current rate of giving, the groups will collect $1 billion by the end of June. By Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy  •  Read more »   Republican leaders remain divided ahead of key Trump-Ryan meeting House speaker: "We can't fake it" when it comes to unity. By Paul Kane and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Obama will visit Hiroshima this month, the first sitting U.S. president to do so He will be there to remember, not to apologize for the use of the atomic bomb, administration officials said. By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   Cruz returns to Senate, with hints at future White House run Pressed on whether he could now back Donald Trump, the senator from Texas passed on several chances to say yes. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Rubio walks a fine line on Trump, says he will support ‘the Republican nominee’ But the Florida senator distanced himself from Trump and said he is not interested in being his vice presidential running mate. By Sean Sullivan  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   The latest push to confirm Merrick Garland: A 141-page questionnaire Democrats hope Supreme Court nominee's submission is prelude to a hearing. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Paul Ryan: GOP unity will ‘take more than a week’ 'We can't fake it,' the House speaker says about party unity. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump, in video, attacks Clinton over Benghazi The short clip takes aim at confusion over what caused the attack on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Unfriended: Senator hits Zuckerberg over alleged anti-conservative bias at Facebook A former news curator claimed the site suppresses conservative content. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Bait and switch: Ryan aides tease Trump news to highlight opioid bills Journalists cracked jokes about the memo, which arrived during an unproductive period for the House. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071