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Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont voiced frustration at the Nevada State Democratic Party’s convention in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal, via Associated Press

As Democrats Fight, Donald Trump Enjoys the Show

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

Good Thursday morning.

After Donald J. Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he marveled that his primary fight had wrapped up before the one between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Mrs. Clinton’s allies share that sentiment, and then some. While Mr. Trump reaches out to critics such as the conservative website National Review and the Iowa evangelical figure Bob Vander Plaats, and as he meets for an hour with Henry A. Kissinger, the former secretary of state, the battle between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders has grown caustic.

Mr. Sanders’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, denounced Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, on Wednesday morning, suggesting that she was a “divider” and accusing her of inappropriately playing favorites in the primary fight. Ms. Wasserman Schultz has strenuously denied she is taking sides.

The delegate math remains impossible for Mr. Sanders without large numbers of superdelegates changing their support, and Mrs. Clinton’s vote totals in the Kentucky primary on Tuesday night hindered a potential talking point. Yet for Mr. Sanders, who has been discussing the issues that are now central to his campaign for decades, and who is finally finding a large audience, has shown no interest in going anywhere before the convention.

Democrats who support Mrs. Clinton, the frustration plain in their voices, acknowledge they cannot dispatch Mr. Sanders without potentially inflaming his voters, whose support she will need. But Mrs. Clinton has also been seen as forfeiting moments to emphasize the stakes, ceding the stage to Mr. Sanders even after some news outlets declared her the winner in Kentucky.

Party unity is necessary for Mrs. Clinton at the nationally televised Democratic convention in Philadelphia, where she will have a chance to try to reintroduce her candidacy to the public. And there are few figures in the Democratic Party who could bring Mr. Sanders around.

What We’re Watching Today

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Mr. Trump will attend a fund-raising event in New Jersey with Gov. Chris Christie, while Mrs. Clinton will hold fund-raisers in Illinois.

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Mr. Sanders has no public events on his schedule.

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Monica Almeida/The New York Times

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By PATRICK HEALY, YAMICHE ALCINDOR AND JEREMY W. PETERS

Determined to transform the party, the senator is aiming to amass enough leverage to press his agenda at the convention — or even wrest the nomination.

Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

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Eric Gay/Associated Press

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John Moore/Getty Images

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By MARK LANDLER

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Public Is Divided Over Supreme Court Picks and Transgender Issues, Poll Shows

By MEGAN THEE-BRENAN

The nationwide poll was conducted after President Obama issued a directive to public schools last week outlining ways to avoid discrimination against transgender students, and also showed that there is waning support for Mr. Obama’s Supreme Court nomination.

Stay tuned throughout the day: Follow us on Twitter @NYTPolitics and on Facebook for First Draft updates.

Damon Winter/The New York Times. Prop stylists: Randi Brookman Harris and Gozde Eker.

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By ROBERT DRAPER

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What We’re Reading Elsewhere

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The Washington Post says that President Obama’s new rules on overtime pay “spotlights just who the ‘working class,’ is. And it’s not Trump voters.”

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ABC News profiles the team responsible for ensuring a smooth presidential transition of power, no matter who wins the election in November.

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And CNN writes that, were Democrats to change the rules on superdelegates, Mr. Sanders would still trail Mrs. Clinton.

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