Ted Cruz is striving to grab all 42 delegates in the Wisconsin primary. A salvo of attacks on Donald Trump and John Kasich are part of the plan, which if successful would likely lead to a contested Republican convention, The Washington Post reports.

• Reuters: Ted Cruz Aims To Emerge From Wisconsin As Trump Alternative
• The Hill: Report: Trump Secretly Met Special Interest Groups
• Politico: Inside Trump’s ‘Privatized Mercenary Force’
• Reuters: How Ted Cruz Win In Supreme Court Hurt U.S.-Mexico Relations
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As the crucial Wisconsin GOP primary approaches, top Republicans are increasingly voicing the idea that Speaker Paul Ryan will emerge as their presidential nominee at a chaotic Cleveland convention, reports The Washington Post.  Ryan has three times publicly denied any interest in seeking the GOP presidential nomination, but some believe he really wants it, according to Breitbart.

• WaPo: Internal Memo Reveals Trump Campaign’s Mounting Fury With Its Critics
• Newsmax: Two Polls Place Cruz Over Trump in Wisconsin
• WashTimes: RNC Chief Priebus Moves to Steer Trump Away From Third-Party Bid
• Breitbart: Mike Allen: Paul Ryan ’More Calculating and Ambitious Than He Lets On’
• Daily Beast: Mag: Trump Has Dirt on Fox News Boss

As next Tuesday’s crucial Wisconsin presidential primary approaches, Donald Trump has suffered one of his worst weeks in the Republican presidential campaign, reports AP. Anti-Trump groups are hoping that a Cruz win in Wisconsin will bring on board donors, according to The Hill.

• WashTimes: Cruz Warns Against Changing RNC’s 2012 Rule Requiring Eight-State Threshold
• Daily Caller: Rove: Scrap Trump, Cruz And Kasich And Go With A ‘Fresh Face’
• Politico: Priebus: Everyone Will Support The Eventual Nominee
• NatReview: Does Part of Trump Not Want to Win?
• Reuters: Conservatives Push For Nearly Unthinkable Death Penalty Ban