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New Jersey

A constitutional fight is brewing in Menendez’s corruption trial

The “speech or debate” privilege could shield “critical” records in prosecutors’ case against the New Jersey senator.

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Bob Menendez arrives at Manhattan federal court holding notebooks.

Legal

‘Garbage argument’: Hearing in Trump’s classified docs case gets heated

Judge Aileen Cannon did not rule on a bid by one of Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss the charges.

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Walt Nauta (center) valet to former president Donald Trump, his attorney Stanley Woodward (rear) and Carlos De Oliveira, foreground, the property manager of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, leave the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) arrives for a press conference at the Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington.

Congress

Rick Scott announces bid for Senate GOP leader

The Florida Republican lost to Mitch McConnell in 2022 by a wide margin, but earned the support of some conservative colleagues.

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White House

Biden’s grassroots fundraising has yet to take off

‘It’s not organic yet in a way that it needs to be.’

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

With major legislation likely behind it, the White House wants to finalize its imprint on the judiciary.

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Haley: 'I will be voting for Trump'

2024 Elections

Haley says she will vote for Trump, calls Biden ‘a catastrophe’

The ex-UN ambassador said the former president ‘has not been perfect,’ either.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at a press conference.

2024 Elections

Gov. Wes Moore stakes his reputation on the high-profile Senate race

Students and staff members are seen in the hallway at a New Home Independent School District facility in Texas.

What’s breaking up the Texas Republican party? School vouchers

Susheela Jayapal participates in a debate held at the Hilton hotel in downtown Portland.

Progressives flop in Oregon: 5 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

A boy waves a Palestinian flag as demonstrators march during a protest in support of Palestinians and calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Foreign Affairs

Inside the European attempt to reassure Biden before Palestinian statehood decision

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Scarlett Johansson attends the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

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ScarJo May Have Ended Sam Altman’s ‘Cult of Personality’ in Washington

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Tracy Gordon speaks at a POLITICO Live event.

Finance & Tax

Five takeaways from POLITICO’s ‘Election 2024: The Future of Taxation’ event

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VIDEO

House Democrat's comments on Trump trial prompt faceoff on floor

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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

Ambassador Meg Whitman and President William Ruto speak onstage.

Column | Compass

Meg Whitman’s Trying to Be A Different Kind of US Ambassador. Washington Is Noticing.

Meg Whitman is determined to be the ambassador who makes good on U.S. rhetoric that it is prioritizing business in Africa.

By Nahal Toosi

Mike Schmidt is pictured.

Column | On Politics

Democrats Beware: A Progressive DA Fights for His Job — in Hipster Portland

The backlash against criminal justice reform is real, and Joe Biden needs to take note.

By Jonathan Martin

Here's what Ramit Sethi would advise Biden on housing

Q&A

A Finance Guru on What the Inflation Debate Gets Wrong

The bestselling author and Netflix star Ramit Sethi sees a major opportunity for the Biden campaign to change the conversation about the cost of living.

By Alexander Burns

The White House is seen in Washington.

White House

Opinion | Time to Close the Hatch Act’s Escape Hatch

The head of the Office of Special Counsel announces an enforcement update for White House officials.

Opinion by Hampton Dellinger

Jim Woodward on his property in Sagle, Idaho on April 2, 2024. Woodward is running against opponent Scott Herndon for both Senate and for Precinct.

Letter from Idaho

North Idaho Has Drifted to the Extreme Right. One Republican Thinks It’s Hit Its Limit.

One candidate is testing the power of a moderate coalition to stand up to extremism in a region that has been powerless to its advance.

By Cassidy Randall

A person looks at their phone next to an OpenAI logo.

GEOPOLITICS OF 2024

The Coming War Between DC and Silicon Valley

A political fight is brewing over who’ll benefit most from the AI revolution — and what if anything Washington should do to shape the outcome.

By Matthew Kaminski

Demonstrators build a barricade to close an entrance of the Parliament building during an opposition protest.

LETTER FROM GEORGIA

‘They Say They Will Wait for Me There to Beat Me Up’: A Week of Attacks Rocks Georgia

Vicious crackdowns have taken the small country’s democracy to the brink.

By Paul Salopek

An illustration featuring grayscale photos of Hannah Arendt, Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler

Q&A

‘A Truer Reality Beyond Reality’: Hannah Arendt's Warning About How Totalitarianism Takes Root

A Q&A with a leading Arendt scholar adapts the philosopher’s ideas to today’s politics.

By Joanna Weiss

Then President Donald Trump, left, and then Democratic nominee Joe Biden speak during the debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn

Q&A

‘Political Malpractice’: The Debate Commission Chief Thinks Trump Blew It

Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. lets loose on the potentially mortal wound to the Commission on Presidential Debates, and why Biden got the better of Trump.

By Ryan Lizza

Joe Biden sits at a table and signs a document while people around him watch.

Column | Capital Letter

Trade War: What Is It Good For?

Biden is playing with Trump’s deck of cards on trade. But tariffs aren’t a solution to everything.

By Victoria Guida

Donald Trump speaks outside a convenience store surrounded by people.

Column | Fourth Estate

Fox News Is Flipping Trump’s Trial Coverage on its Head

The conservative network is curating its coverage to boost Trump.

By Jack Shafer

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?

Portrait of Donald Trump

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Donald Trump sits in a courtroom next to his Todd Blanche.

New York trial winds down — without Trump's testimony

The former president declined to take the witness stand as the defense rested its case.

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Donald Trump, left, speaks alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, right.

Despite gag order, Trump again assails one of his prosecutors

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Attorney Robert Costello talks to reporters.

Costello testifies that Cohen told him 'Trump knew nothing about' the Daniels payment

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Judge Juan Merchan castigates witness Robert Costello.

‘Are you staring me down right now?’: Key Trump defense witness draws judge’s wrath

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CONGRESS

Rep. Tom Emmer looks on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.

House GOP leaders plan to whip Garland contempt vote

Democrats are expected to unanimously oppose the resolution, meaning Republicans need to keep intra-party defections to near zero.

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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during a primary night election party.

Larry Hogan launches first Maryland Senate general-election ad, focused on abortion

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Jon Tester departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol.

‘Hell no’: Endangered Senate Dems chafe at relentless GOP drive to tie them to Biden

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Exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague.

Republican lawmakers blast ICC over Netanyahu warrant

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2024 ELECTIONS

President Joe Biden speaks.

Biden hits Trump over ‘unified Reich’ video but stays silent on trial

“It is not the first time Trump has gone down this road,” the president told attendees at a fundraiser.

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Fani Willis arrives at reelection event.

Fani Willis, Georgia Trump prosecutor, easily wins Democratic primary

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Vince Fong speaks into microphone.

McCarthy’s pick Vince Fong wins special election to complete ex-speaker’s term

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Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking.

Trump says he will ‘never advocate’ for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he’s ‘looking at’ them

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LEGAL

Boxes of records are seen stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Lawyers found classified docs in Trump’s bedroom 4 months after Mar-a-Lago search

The revelation was contained in a newly unsealed opinion that a federal judge issued in 2023.

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Wael Hana, right, leaves a courthouse in New York.

USDA official explains early worries about meat monopoly in Menendez case

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Robert Hur sits at a desk with a group of people behind him.

Conservative group tries to accelerate court fight over Biden-Hur audio

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Bob Menendez (center right) leaves with his wife Nadine Menendez outside the Manhattan Federal Court.

Nadine Menendez, co-defendant in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, diagnosed with advanced breast cancer

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WHITE HOUSE

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (center) speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) and Pentagon Press Secretary Gen. Pat Ryder, in background at left.

Biden admin openly hammering Israel’s military strategy in Gaza

A parade of top officials has ratcheted up their criticism of Israel, signaling deep frustration with the country’s anti-Hamas campaign.

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President Joe Biden speaks at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.

Biden’s legacy long game: Rain regulations — now

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Biden pushes for ‘immediate cease-fire’ at Morehouse commencement

Biden gets mild applause but no jeers in commencement speech describing ‘heartbreaking’ situation in Gaza

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Raphael Warnock, Joe Biden and Sanford Bishop walk together.

Morehouse graduates brace, anxiously, for Biden visit

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Palestinians holding dishes line up for free food.

Egypt aid restrictions are complicating Gaza cease-fire negotiations

Aid groups in Gaza say they are running low on fuel and are unable to get more from Egypt, straining their operations on the ground.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin is pictured during the press conference after his meeting with Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes at Sao Bento Palace in Lisbon, 23 November 2004. AFP Photo / Miguel RIOPA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief

By Liv Martin

BEACONSFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 22: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a TV interview in front of a painted back drop of a stormy sky which has been created by students in a film studio at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) on January 22, 2024 in Beaconsfield, England. (Photo by Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK general election: Rishi Sunak calls snap July vote — live updates

By POLITICO

Palestinians are waiting for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Ireland and other European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood

By Shawn Pogatchnik

STATES

Eleni Kounalakis speaks.

Top California Dem launches national attack on GOP over abortion

Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, a candidate for governor in 2026, is also a close ally of Vice President Kamala Harris.

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George Whitesides and Mike Garcia pose for separate pictures.

Republican super PAC plans $30 million ad blitz for California House races

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Gavin Newsom sits with students in elementary school classroom.

Gavin Newsom faces budget backlash — from his closest allies

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy walking away from a podium after a press conference.

What the McCarthy succession fight says about Republican politics

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EARLIER

IN SPACE - MAY 23: In this handout image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour orbit Earth during Endeavour's final sortie on May 23, 2011 in Space. Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli captured the first-ever images of an orbiter docked to the International Space Station from the viewpoint of a departing vessel as he returned to Earth in a Soyuz capsule. (Photo by Paolo Nespoli - ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

Pentagon says Russia ‘likely’ launched space weapon

By Joshua Posaner

A US Capitol police officer stands by his car outside the Russell Senate Office Building.

RNC HQ evacuated after blood vials delivered to building

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A woman carrying a child runs from the area after gunshots were heard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The escalating fight over US assistance to Haiti ahead of Ruto’s visit

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders divided on ICC arrest warrant bid for Netanyahu

By Nathalie Weatherald and Ben Munster

Shiite Muslims hold photos of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others leaders shout slogans during a candlelight vigil.

The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death

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The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured.

The campaign to gut Washington's power over corporate America

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Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.).

Hemp and marijuana go to war

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Scarlett Johansson waves at a New York movie premiere.

The fake AI Scarlett Johansson is a reality check for Washington

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Mayor Eric Adams discusses New York's budget.

Eric Adams defends NYPD after violent arrests at Palestinian commemoration

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Clockwise from top left: Volunteers at the Donald Trump campaign headquarters in Iowa call voters; President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event; Biden campaign volunteers celebrate during a campaign watch party in South Carolina; Trump holds his hands out while walking out at a campaign event.

Unpacking the presidential money machines

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EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a news conference.

Trump’s EPA chief thinks Biden’s climate rules are doomed. But will Biden’s dollars survive?

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures during a funeral ceremony.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash

By Gabriel Gavin and

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Susheela Jayapal participates in a debate held at the Hilton hotel in downtown Portland.

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  5. Egypt aid restrictions are complicating Gaza cease-fire negotiations

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Graham: Alito flying an upside-down US flag at home is 'a mistake'

Graham: Alito flying an upside-down US flag at home is 'a mistake'

Austin: US had 'no part to play' in Iranian helicopter crash

Austin: US had 'no part to play' in Iranian helicopter crash

Biden: Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘not a genocide’

Biden: Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘not a genocide’

Netanyahu blasts ICC for 'outrageous' arrest warrants

Netanyahu blasts ICC for 'outrageous' arrest warrants

Biden pushes for ‘immediate cease-fire’ at Morehouse commencement

Biden pushes for ‘immediate cease-fire’ at Morehouse commencement

WUERKER CARTOONS

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TALKERS

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol.

Personal insults, Greene vs. Boebert and alleged drinking in the Capitol: How one House hearing imploded

Illustration of Sarah Huckabee Sanders holding a the top of a dollhouse version of the Arkansas capitol building replacing the Arkansas flag with a MAGA flag.

‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’

Then President Donald Trump, left, and then Democratic nominee Joe Biden speak during the debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn

‘Political Malpractice’: The Debate Commission Chief Thinks Trump Blew It

Jim Woodward on his property in Sagle, Idaho on April 2, 2024. Woodward is running against opponent Scott Herndon for both Senate and for Precinct.

North Idaho Has Drifted to the Extreme Right. One Republican Thinks It’s Hit Its Limit.

Donald Trump gestures at a podium with the National Rifle Association's seal.

Trump at NRA convention floats 3-term presidency

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