Donald Trump’s top campaign manager, Paul Manafort, for over five years lobbied for a Washington-based group that Justice Department prosecutors have charged operated as a front for Pakistan’s intelligence service, reports Yahoo News.

• Reuters: It’s Up To You, New York: State Takes Center Stage In Election Campaign
• AP: Sanders Backs Bill to Let 9/11 Families Sue Saudi Arabia
• Breitbart: Exclusive — RNC Challenges ‘.01 Percent’ Hillary: Pay the Extra $5 Million in Taxes Your Own Plan Would Require
• Boston Globe: Trump Hit on Beauty Pageant Founder, Contestants
• WashTimes: Obama Amnesty Supreme Court Case to Test Limits of Presidential Power

Donald Trump on Thursday talked up “New York values” and urged his home state voters to give him a big win next week in the New York primary, but his rivals warned that a Trump nomination could lead to wins by Democrats in the Nov. 8 election, reports Reuters.

• The Hill: Cold Greeting For Cruz at GOP Gala
• Politico: Republican Leaders Consider Rewriting Convention Rules
• AP: New York Delivers Rowdy Night of Campaigning
• Town Hall: Of Course: Clinton Foundation Pays Female Executives 38 Percent Less Than Male Counterparts
• Breitbart: Muslim Migrants Converting To Christianity Fear Murderous Islamic Retaliation In Europe

Donald Trump is rated nationally as the most unpopular top-level presidential candidate in more than 30 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, except for former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, reports Politico.

• WashTimes: Cruz Eyes Double-Agent Delegates in Bid to Snatch GOP Nomination From Trump
• Daily Caller: Carson Aide to Blacks: The Clintons Will Say ‘Whatever They Need to Say’ to Get Black Votes
• WashExaminer: IRS Chief: Agency Encourages Illegal-Immigrant Theft of SSNs to File Tax Returns
• The Hill: Cruz: Trump Camp ‘Acting Like Union Boss Thugs’
• Daily Caller: VA Manager Says ‘Thank God’ They Don’t Have to Hire Veterans