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Donald J. Trump and his family at his victory speech in Manhattan on Tuesday evening.

Damon Winter/The New York Times

It’s Trump’s Party Now

By JONATHAN MARTIN AND PATRICK HEALY

Good Wednesday morning. The results of the Indiana primary, for which The New York Times provided live analysis, brought final clarity to at least one of the presidential races.

Donald J. Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday with a landslide win in Indiana that drove his principal opponent, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, from the race and cleared the way for the polarizing, populist outsider to take control of the party.

After months of attacks from Republicans fearful of his candidacy, Mr. Trump is now positioned to clinch the required number of delegates for the nomination by the last day of voting on June 7. Facing only a feeble challenge from Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio, Mr. Trump is all but certain to roll into the Republican convention in July with the party establishment’s official but uneasy embrace.

In the Democratic contest, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont rebounded from a string of defeats to prevail in Indiana over Hillary Clinton, who largely abandoned the state after polls showed her faring poorly with the predominantly white electorate. But the outcome was not expected to significantly change Mrs. Clinton’s sizable lead in delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

Mr. Trump’s victory was an extraordinary moment in American political history: He is now on course to be the first standard-bearer of a party since Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II, who had not served in elected office.

After Mr. Cruz exited the race Tuesday night, Mr. Trump projected a more sober than usual mien as he absorbed the ramifications of the Indiana victory.

“It has been some unbelievable day and evening and year — never been through anything like this,” Mr. Trump said.

As remarkable as Mr. Trump’s achievement is, no candidate since the dawn of modern polling has entered the general election with the sort of toxic image Mr. Trump has in the eyes of large groups of voters.

No one is more eager to talk about that image than Mrs. Clinton.

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What We’re Watching Today

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Mr. Kasich, who is now the only other Republican in the race, even if he has limited campaign funds and fewer delegates than two former candidates, will hold a news conference in Washington.

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Mr. Sanders will take his Indiana victory to Kentucky, which votes on May 17, while Mrs. Clinton will speak in Washington.

Damon Winter/The New York Times

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Win Indiana; Ted Cruz Drops Out

By JONATHAN MARTIN AND PATRICK HEALY

Mr. Trump’s victory on Tuesday put him in a commanding position to clinch the Republican nomination in June.

Eric Thayer for The New York Times

Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

The senator’s run far exceeded many expectations, but he ultimately failed to persuade Republicans to rally behind him as an alternative to Donald J. Trump.

From left: Matt Rourke/Associated Press; Eric Thayer for The New York Times

News Analysis

Yes, It’s Early, but Donald Trump Would Have Uphill Battle Against Hillary Clinton

By NATE COHN

This is when early general-election polls start to become meaningful, and Donald J. Trump trails Hillary Clinton by around 10 percentage points.

Damon Winter/The New York Times

Indiana Primary Takeaways: For Donald Trump, Now Comes the Hard Part

By ALEXANDER BURNS

Mr. Trump inherits a Republican Party that has been traumatized and torn apart by his campaign, and potentially crippling divisions persist on the right.

Letter from America

As Trump Rises, House Republicans Lose That Sense of Security

By JOHN HARWOOD

Republicans hold their largest majority since the Great Depression, but the Trump phenomenon has created the possibility of a Democratic breakthrough.

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Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive

By AMY CHOZICK

Mr. Blankenship, the Massey Energy executive sentenced to a year in prison after a deadly explosion for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards, had protested outside a Clinton event in West Virginia.

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Obama to Visit Flint to Talk About Water Crisis

By CARL HULSE

President Obama, who faced criticism when he did not go to Flint during a Michigan trip this year, will go to the city to hear firsthand from residents about the public health crisis caused by contaminated water.

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Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

Mr. Cruz, who for much of the Republican primary season praised Mr. Trump as a force for good, unburdened himself as never before in a searing, personal barrage hours before the Indiana primary.

Eric Thayer for The New York Times

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Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

Mr. Trump accused Mr. Cruz’s father of being with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before Mr. Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy.

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What We’re Reading Elsewhere

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The Washington Post takes a look at the election night process of The Associated Press, which provides result projections that many publications, including The Times, use to declare the winners.

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FiveThirtyEight says that, despite the “mythology” of Mr. Trump’s support among the working class, “his voters are better off economically compared with most Americans.”

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The Washington Post also previews Mr. Trump’s potential “scorched-earth” attacks against Mrs. Clinton.

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