Hillary Clinton Has The Edge Over Donald Trump In The General Election

Plus, an interview with the White House Drug Czar

John Sommers II/Getty Images This Week In Politics After a chilly back and forth last week, Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan met in Washington. It was like a first date when the wedding had already been arranged (h/t Editor Ron Elving). Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders won West Virginia, though the delegate math is still not in his favor. Hillary Clinton shrugged it off. All in all, it was a better week for all the candidates than it was for Brazil's president. But maybe not for Facebook, which was accused of burying conservative stories. Listen To The Podcast Katie Park and Alyson Hurt/NPR Hillary Clinton Has Edge Over Donald Trump In General Election But there is also the potential that this fall's presidential battlegrounds could be re-sorted — pitting white, working-class voters, whom Trump is appealing to, against Latino voters, who appear to be in Clinton's corner. Read More → Get Caught Up David Goldman/AP DEMOGRAPHICS Is Donald Trump Playing The 'Man Card'? Could gender be a decisive factor in a general-election matchup between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Carolyn Cole/LA Times via Getty Images THE CANDIDATES The GOP Establishment Really, Really Would Have Preferred Ryan Over Trump Almost no one saw Donald Trump coming a year ago, it seems, could this be why? Cliff Owen/AP THE GENERAL ELECTION How Many Levels Can You Count In The Ryan-Trump Chess Game? And it only gets more complicated the longer Ryan withholds his blessing for Trump's nomination. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images FACT-CHECK Sanders' Proposals Would Add $18 Trillion To Debt Over 10 Years His campaign has centered on a promise of "revolution." But revolution would be really expensive. WATCH: #PoliticsIRL with White House Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli Politics In Real Life: The Opioid Epidemic  Courtney Griffin was addicted to heroin and ready to get help. She packed up her things, and her mom drove her to a residential treatment facility, but unfortunately, that's not where her story ends. Read More → #MemeOfTheWeek: Donald Trump's Alter-Egos Mary Altaffer/AP THE INTERNET Donald Trump's Alter-Egos In the latest chapter from the book of "You Can't Make This-Stuff Up: Election Edition," the strange case of Trump and his alleged alter-egos. Facebook Twitter NPR | 1111 N. Capitol St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | Privacy Policy This message was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us based on your NPR email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may unsubscribe at any time.