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Geopolitics of 2024

‘The Most Important National Security Issue Facing America, With the Least Amount of Attention’

It’s more than drugs and border crossings. As criminals take control of territory south of the border, the U.S. could lose its top trading partner and potentially strongest ally.

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State police maintain a security checkpoint

Letter From Mexico

Claudia Sheinbaum Will Be Mexico’s Next President. But Which Version of Her Will Govern?

By José Luis Sabau

Confetti showers presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum (right) and mayoral candidate Clara Brugada.
Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media.

Column | Altitude

Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem

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Column | Rules of Law

Trump Bungled the Trial

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Q&A

‘Not the Way to Defend a White Collar Case’: How Trump Blew It

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2024 Elections

Will Trump’s guilty verdict hurt him? Read this story (not the polls).

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The Friday Read

22 Experts Predict What the Trump Conviction Will Mean for 2024 and Beyond

By POLITICO MAGAZINE

The Appeal to Heaven flag, also known as the Pine Tree Flag, is seen during the Libertarian National Convention.

Legal

Alito flag flap could have short shelf life in Washington

No one, it seems, is interested in taking action about flags that suggest the conservative justice may sympathize with the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

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Congress

Netanyahu accepts Congress‘ invitation to speak despite blowback

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference.

New York

This reluctant prosecutor just made Donald Trump a felon

Alvin Bragg convicted Trump — winning praise on the left, scorn on the right and a spot in history.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower.

Legal

Prosecutors renew bid to gag Trump in classified documents case

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Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

White House

DOJ fears AI tampering with Biden-Hur audio

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks at burnt books in a damaged workshop.

Defense

How Biden got to a ‘yes’ on letting Ukraine hit inside Russia

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower.

2024 Elections

There’s a new dark money group supporting Trump

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Garry Tan (from left) is introduced by Brian Forde and Luther Lowe to a gathering of tech startup leaders in a Georgetown backyard.

Technology

‘Little Tech’ sets its sights on Washington

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VIDEO

Watch: Top closing argument scenes that led to Trump's guilty verdict

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Column | Capital City

Washington, We Need to Talk About You and Your Pandas

The capital is giddy about getting a new pair of zoo animals. It’s a love affair that reveals a bunch about the city.

By Michael Schaffer

Associate US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses for the official photo.

COLUMN | RULES OF LAW

The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems

The conservative justice knows he can get away with just about anything.

By Ankush Khardori

Supreme Court Police officers guard the U.S. Supreme Court.

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

Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks.

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

Sen. Rick Scott speaks during an event.

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

Keir Starmer speaks.

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

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?

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Tracking the Trump criminal cases

CARTOON CAROUSEL

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

By POLITICO Staff

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Trump rails against 'devil' judge after guilty verdict

Trump attacks ‘rigged’ trial in rambling post-verdict speech

“It’s my honor to be doing this, but it’s a really unpleasant thing, to be honest,” Trump said.

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

Donald Trump found guilty in New York hush money trial

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Illustrations for Trump trial verdict

Trump was smiling. Then the whiplash hit.

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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

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CONGRESS

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol.

Eight Senate Republicans vow to oppose all Biden nominees, Democratic legislation

Their threats come after former President Donald Trump's conviction on dozens of felonies in New York.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens as former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court.

Republicans are sticking by Trump, the felon — even in battleground states

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Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.).

Dems may not want to talk a lot about Trump's guilt on the trail

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House Speaker Mike Johnson arrives at the U.S. Capitol.

Johnson in Trump verdict aftermath: 'I do believe the Supreme Court should step in'

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2024 ELECTIONS

A supporter of former President Donald Trump, Maria Korynsel, waves an American flag.

Trump campaign launches canvassing effort in wake of verdict

The campaign believes that Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case will gin up its base of support.

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Miriam Adelson sits at a basketball game with a blue star on the shoulder of her gray jacket.

GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson to fund colossal super PAC for Trump

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands offstage with Cheryl Hines during a campaign event.

RFK Jr. calls Trump's trial ‘profoundly undemocratic’

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A supporter of former President Donald Trump holds up a sign with his mugshot outside of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Guilty verdict fuels Trump’s campaign: ‘Our whole country is being rigged’

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LEGAL

The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) headquarters.

Supreme Court revives NRA’s lawsuit alleging that New York violated its First Amendment rights

The case centers on a state official’s attempt to pressure banks and insurance companies to stop doing business with the gun-rights organization.

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Court staff wait for former President Donald Trump to exit the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Donald Trump’s long road of legal troubles may end here

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The exterior of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse is seen.

Now that Trump’s a convicted felon, here’s what happens next

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An illustration features a grayscale photo of Donald Trump holding a simplified ballot while wearing an I Voted sticker.

There’s a real possibility Trump can’t vote in November

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WHITE HOUSE

Biden: 'Reckless' to say Trump trial was rigged after verdict

White House

Biden calls Trump ‘reckless’ for attacking the criminal justice system

“Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years, and it literally is the cornerstone of America, our justice system,” Biden said.

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Biden, Harris to Black voters: Help us beat Trump again

Biden: If Black Americans stormed the Capitol, Trump wouldn’t be ‘talking about pardons’

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Hamas militants march in parade holding weapons.

Hamas no longer poses major threat to Israel, Biden says

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President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Gateway Technical College.

Biden to be nominated virtually before the convention in order to get on Ohio’s ballot

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

President Joe Biden walks off Air Force One.

‘War has found them’: Biden's Ukraine gamble sets a new course

The president was convinced to take the risk by his team and pressure from allies.

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Palestinians react next to piles of rubble after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah.

Deadly Rafah strike doesn’t cross Biden’s ‘red line’

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President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event.

Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media.

Netanyahu blasts Biden admin for rejecting GOP effort to sanction ICC

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STATES

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, center in blue suit jacket, walks with supporters and hands out a palm card.

Jamaal Bowman finds himself in the crosshairs of a Black voter group

National advocacy fund headed by AIPAC alums is just the latest targeting the vulnerable New York progressive.

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Donald Trump stands behind Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis says Trump can still vote in Florida despite felony conviction

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Eric Adams makes a heart-shaped hand gesture toward the inanimate robocop.

New York Police Department flouts technology oversight law, report finds

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Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather around a person with anti-Trump views outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Ever been slapped by breasts? That’s how chaotic it was ahead of Trump's historic conviction

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EARLIER

Samantha Power, the administrator of United States Agency for International Development, speaks.

'Catastrophic consequences’ in Rafah due to Israel’s actions, Power warns

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks with legislators.

Brian Kemp will attend GOP convention as he builds up political operation

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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

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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the party conference in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 10, 2023.

UK Labour: We’ll still work with Trump after guilty verdict

By Matt Honeycombe-Foster

Sketch of Sen. Bob Menendez in Manhattan federal court.

Bribery defense déjà vu in Menendez trial

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Rep. Tony Gonzales arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol.

The GOP establishment survived in Texas, but the results were messy

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Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. speaks during a press conference.

Florida’s top education official says public school closures a tradeoff for school choice

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Elon Musk looks on.

Musk agrees to testify in SEC's probe of Twitter deal

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Kristi Noem speaks.

Watchdog group says Noem was ‘threatening,’ ‘hostile’ in legal battle over Texas dentist promotion

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

Trump says he won’t ‘ban’ birth control. Here’s what he may do instead.

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Gas is pumped into a vehicle in Los Angeles.

Former oil CEO blasts FTC over collusion allegations

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The EU flag flies in the wind.

A beginner’s guide to the European Union election

By Eddy Wax

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  3. Trump Bungled the Trial

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  5. DeSantis says Trump can still vote in Florida despite felony conviction

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White House confirms IDF investigation into Rafah strike

White House confirms IDF investigation into Rafah strike

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Jason Miller criticizes Biden ad featuring Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro unleashes on Trump outside hush money trial

Robert De Niro unleashes on Trump outside hush money trial

Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention

Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention

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Defense witness provokes Trump trial judge: A bobblehead recap

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TALKERS

Joe Biden arrives for an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath Ceremony.

Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden

U.S. Chamber of Commerce building is pictured. Four banners read: J, O, B, S.

Big Oil and the Chamber plan to defend Biden’s climate law from Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

For 2028 prospects, abortion is a test-run for a national message

Ron DeSantis passes out pens used during a signing ceremony as a crowd gathers around him.

School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close.

Illustration of a person holding their hand over their eyes as they look out at the Phoenix city skyline and mountains. The sun shines bright and peeks through their fingers.

‘Just brutal’: Why America’s hottest city is seeing a surge in deaths

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