The Daily 202: Why Republicans may ram Merrick Garland through during the lame-duck session; North Korea sentences U-Va. student to 15 years of hard labor in prison; 2016 NCAA Tournament cheat sheet: Bracket predictions, upset picks, best bets and the perfect bracket; Why Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t budge on the Supreme Court nomination; Frank Sinatra Jr., faithful keeper of his father’s flame, dies at 72; Live camera shows a baby bald eagle is starting to hatch at National Arboretum; A man’s discovery of bones under his pub could forever change what we know about the Irish; The Republican race may come down to California. Here’s how that would look.; Metro’s safety check spots severe cable damage in 3 sections; Wild card for Trump: Who gets to be a convention delegate?; To defend our democracy against Trump, the GOP must aim for a brokered convention; We caused the Metro shutdown when we decided to let our cities decay; Garrison Keillor: Think moving abroad will save you from Trump? 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By Peter Whoriskey  •  Read more »   The Republican race may come down to California. Here’s how that would look. A recent poll shows the diversity of Republican opinion in the state. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Metro’s safety check spots severe cable damage in 3 sections The damage was so extensive that Metro immediately would have stopped running trains through those areas if officials had known earlier. By Robert McCartney  •  Read more »   Also Popular in Politics   The Economist dubs Trump a ‘global risk factor’ — but not for the reasons you might think The financial magazine is worried about trade. 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