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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

Photo illustration of a series of faded gavels laid out. One clear gavel in the center is laid within an outline of D.C.

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

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting.

Washington And The World

What the Death of Iran's President Really Means

The fatal helicopter crash will accelerate a transition already underway to a faction that is eager to complete the country’s nuclear weapons program.

By Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney

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

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Former President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom between his lawyers.

5 issues that could determine Trump’s guilt in the hush money trial

The jury’s decision may turn on just a handful of questions that are largely detached from the tawdry details of the case.

By Josh Gerstein

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in court.

If convicted, would Trump go to prison? It’s not out of the question.

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

A courtroom sketch shows former President Donald Trump sitting as final jurors are sworn in during his criminal trial.

It’s not just guilty or not guilty. Here are all the possible outcomes of the Trump trial.

By Erica Orden

Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court, May 21, 2024 in New York.

Trump is still pushing the limits of the gag order. It could come back to haunt him at sentencing.

By Ben Feuerherd

CONGRESS

Commerce-backed deal with Emirati AI giant sets off alarm bells in Congress

Some lawmakers fear an unusual deal to wrest an Emirati tech champion away from Beijing could instead leak cutting-edge AI technology to China.

By John Sakellariadis

Sen. Dick Durbin (left) confers with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

Top Senate Judiciary Democrats seek meeting with Roberts over Alito concerns

By Anthony Adragna

Roger MarshalL speaks at a press conference.

Why Senate conservatives are taking a populist turn

By Burgess Everett

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (center) speaks.

Senate border vote fails again, losing support from both sides

By Ursula Perano

2024 ELECTIONS

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks with legislators.

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

He's continuing to mull a Senate run in 2026 or a presidential bid in the next cycle.

By Natalie Allison

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks at the Libertarian National Convention.

RFK Jr. files complaint that CNN's debate ‘colluded’ with Biden and Trump to keep him off the stage

By Brittany Gibson

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

By Ally Mutnick, Liz Crampton and Mia McCarthy

Harry Dunn, Robert De Niro and Michael Fanone walk out side courthouse.

Biden campaign makes a ‘guerrilla-style’ pivot on the Trump trial

By Natalie Allison and Jonathan Lemire

LEGAL

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Crotona Park.

Trump congratulates Alito for rejecting recusal calls amid flag flap

He said the justice showed “INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and ‘GUTS.’”

By Meridith McGraw and Josh Gerstein

In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape.

Pelosi attacker: ‘I feel horrible about hurting Paul Pelosi’

By Dustin Gardiner

Wael Hana, left, Sen. Bob Menendez, center, and Fred Daibes, sit in Manhattan federal court with Judge Sidney H. Stein presiding during jury selection.

Judge rules Menendez's prosecutors can't show 'critical' evidence

By Ry Rivard

People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse.

Uvalde families sue Meta and 'Call of Duty' publisher over alleged links to gun violence

By Alex Nieves

WHITE HOUSE

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

The move ensures that, for the second cycle in a row, there will be no in-person nomination.

By Lauren Egan

Biden urges ‘constant vigilance’ to maintain democracy in West Point speech

By Lauren Egan

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is seen after a swearing-in ceremony.

Biden has no plan to touch the Alito controversy, even with a 10-foot pole

By Adam Cancryn

Schumer touts diversity of Biden's 200 federal judge appointments

The White House is in a race against the clock to confirm more judges than Trump

By Jennifer Haberkorn

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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’

The U.S. may not be happy with the civilian deaths Rafah, but Israel’s military operation is within the boundaries of what it’ll accept.”

By Alexander Ward and Jonathan Lemire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media.

Netanyahu blasts Biden admin for rejecting GOP effort to sanction ICC

By Alexander Ward

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks.

Top Biden aides signal openness to letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons

By Matt Berg, Alexander Ward and Nahal Toosi

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

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

By Matt Berg

STATES

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

Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.’s comments come after POLITICO's reporting about the popularity of the state's school choice programs — and the financial squeeze that subsequently placed on traditional public schools.

By Andrew Atterbury