2016 Presidential Race

Bernie Sanders' relentlessly aggressive strategy against Hillary Clinton in Thursday's debate is a defining moment, says NPR's Ron Elving — no matter who wins New York's Democratic primary Tuesday.

The Democratic presidential hopeful said it was worth it to take time away from the campaign trail to attend a Vatican conference on social and economic justice.

After Ted Cruz swept the state's slate of delegates, Donald Trump's supporters plan a demonstration against a process they say is rigged. The state GOP's defenders accuse Trump of sour grapes.

At the Vermont independent's rally in New York on Wednesday night, one of the warm-up speakers criticized "corporate Democratic whores." But Thursday morning, Sanders said that was "inappropriate."

With New York State divvying most of its delegates up by congressional district, Republicans in heavily-Democratic pockets like The Bronx are reveling in their roles as super-voters.

A North Dakota GOP committeeman says the party can do whatever it wants at the convention this summer — no matter how many primaries Trump wins.

The Ohio governor says there are "two paths" for the Republican Party — one of "darkness" and the one that he's on. That may resonate more with general election voters than primary voters, though.

Rumors have swirled that Republican delegates could nominate Ryan in a multiballot convention. Ryan put those rumors to rest, definitively ruling himself out.

"Demographics are destiny" has almost become a political cliché, but, so far in this campaign, it's holding true. That gives some clues for how people might vote in the New York primary in a week.