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ON THE BENCH

Opinion | The Supreme Court Could Make the President a King

The high court’s decision in the Trump immunity case appears to set the stage for future abuses of the pardon power.

Opinion by Kimberly Wehle

People wait to enter the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Reporter's Notebook

A Courthouse ‘Icebox,’ the Secret Service and No Coffee: Surviving the Trump Trial

After six grueling weeks at the courthouse, POLITICO reporters have learned how to navigate an unprecedented obstacle course.

By Erica Orden and Ben Feuerherd

Geopolitics of 2024

We’re All Living in Mexico Now. Politically Speaking.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ability to command the stage explains a lot about Donald Trump — and offers lessons for Joe Biden.

By Matthew Kaminski

Q&A

‘It Was Pure Retaliation’: The Feud That Will Define the Senate GOP

Rick Scott hasn’t given up his quest to vanquish Mitch McConnell and restore his own battered image inside the Republican conference.

By Ryan Lizza

Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021.

Q&A

‘Never Been Done Before’: A True Investigation of a Failed American War

The Afghanistan War Commission’s probe is getting very real.

By Nahal Toosi

Sam Koppelman works on the computer at his apartment.

MEDIA

This Hedge Fund Wants to Save Investigative Journalism — By Using It to Game the Market

Is blending reporting and investment the future of journalism — or its end?

By Calder McHugh

A photo illustration of Donald Trump's face at three different angles.

The Friday Read

Will the Jury Convict Trump? Here Are the Clues.

Judgment day approaches.

By Ankush Khardori

J.D. Vance takes pictures as Donald Trump speaks to reporters.

Law And Order

The Scramble to Suck Up to Trump

Republicans are showing up in droves at the Trump trial — and defending the president is only part of their calculus.

By Calder McHugh

A photo illustration of Trump is surrounded by images of Michael Cohen, Robert Costello and Todd Blanche.

Law And Order

We’re on the Cusp of a Trump Verdict. Here’s What Our Insiders Think.

POLITICO reporters inside the courtroom dissect the latest crucial moments before a verdict arrives.

By Ankush Khardori

Column | Tomorrow

Bidenism Is Gasping in America. It’s Having a Moment in Britain.

Britain’s Labour Party has drawn some inspiration from Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. They should be careful not to take that too far.

By Alexander Burns

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COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

The Ludicrous System That Makes It So Hard to Fight Crime in DC

The feds blame local D.C. for crime, but the city can point the finger right back. Is this any way to run a capital?

By Michael Schaffer

Scarlett Johansson attends the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

High Tech

Sam Altman’s Scarlett Johansson Blunder Just Made AI a Harder Sell in DC

The latest scandal over seemingly appropriating a movie star’s voice will only inflame tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley.

By Derek Robertson

INTERACTIVES

Photo illustration of Joe Biden signing a bill (center) paired with photos surrounding him of (left to right): A broadband tower outside the Comporium, Inc. building in Brevard, NC, ; Biden walking with workers in Chandler, Arizona, at the Intel Ocotillo Campus; The Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Biden speaking to a roomful of people at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Biden’s biggest challenge: How do you even spend $1.6 trillion?

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

CARTOON CAROUSEL

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

By POLITICO Staff

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Former President Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court.

Donald Trump found guilty in New York hush money trial

A Manhattan jury found him guilty on all 34 charges of falsifying business records to cover up a payoff to a porn star.

By Erica Orden

Donald Trump points from inside a car to supporters gathered outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Why Trump’s team thinks he can survive any verdict

By Adam Wren

A hand holds a Donald Trump bobblehead doll.

Trump campaign warns GOP candidates not to fundraise off Trump’s conviction

By Alex Isenstadt

Photo illustration of Trump in front of jail bars holding a 2024 campaign sign

Yes, Donald Trump can still be president as a convicted felon

By Ben Feuerherd

CONGRESS

The U.S. Capitol building is seen through bare trees.

Hill GOP blasts 'travesty' Trump verdict — and vows it will motivate party base in November

Underscoring the link between their fury over his conviction and their Election Day hopes, some Republicans posted a Trump fundraising link alongside their statements of support.

By Anthony Adragna and Nicholas Wu