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After 5 hours and 2 cryptic notes, Trump jury fails to reach quick verdict

How do you figure out what 12 anonymous New Yorkers who are meeting in secret are thinking?

By Kyle Cheney and Ben Feuerherd

Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom of his hush money trial.

Mother Teresa, kangaroo courts and a rigged case: Trump’s swan song as jury begins deliberations

By Natalie Allison

Alito rebuffs critics over flag controversy, says he won’t recuse from Jan. 6 cases

By Josh Gerstein

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court's budget during a hearing.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris embrace during a campaign event at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Biden is investing heavily in Pennsylvania — with little to show for it

By Myah Ward and Brakkton Booker

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

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

‘Menendez is asking’: Prosecutors show jurors cache of texts, emails in bribery trial

The federal government is expected to show more evidence this week.

Gavin Newsom warns against perils of over-regulating AI

The Democratic governor of California is a longtime ally of the tech industry.

By Jeremy B. White

VIDEO

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

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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

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

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?

Portrait of Donald Trump

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.

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

Gina Raimondo speaks.

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

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

Then-Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally.

Republicans irked that Herschel Walker is sitting on millions in unspent campaign funds

By Brittany Gibson

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

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

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.

President Joe Biden speaks.

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

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

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

People watch images projected on the National Gallery of Art about the upcoming European Parliament elections in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 9, 2024.

Why is this European election important?

By POLITICO Staff

STATES

Katelyn Roedner Sutter speaks at a lectern that says Climate Bond Now, with a group of people behind her.

California voters make dramatic shift on pocketbook issues

Backers of climate, housing and school bonds rethink how to sell big-ticket plans to a belt-tightening electorate.

By Emily Schultheis

A photo illustration shows a teenage girl sitting at a school desk with arms folded, staring into her phone. A facial recognition pattern appears in the background.

AI is shockingly good at making fake nudes — and causing havoc in schools

A worker passes public school buses parked at a depot.

Federal judge strikes down New Hampshire ‘divisive concepts’ classroom law

By Juan Perez Jr.

Gavin Newsom talks during a news conference at a lectern.

Criminal justice backlash heads to the California ballot

By Jeremy B. White

EARLIER

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.

By Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly

Gas is pumped into a vehicle in Los Angeles.

Former oil CEO blasts FTC over collusion allegations

By Ben Lefebvre and Josh Sisco

Justin Trudeau is pictured looking into the camera.

If you think Biden has troubles, just look at Trudeau

A passenger jet takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Near-collisions at airports loom large in summer travel worries

By Oriana Pawlyk

The EU flag flies in the wind.

A beginner’s guide to the European Union election

By Eddy Wax

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pictured.

Nonconsensual AI porn is hated on the left and right. Can Congress act on it?

By Mohar Chatterjee

A ship transporting international humanitarian aid is moored at the US-built Trident Pier.

US aid vessels at Gaza pier disrupted by rough seas

By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Donald Trump walks on stage as crowd holds signs reading FREE ROSS.

Trump pledges to commute sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if elected

By Peder Schaefer

Steve Schwarzman speaks while sitting in a chair.

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman will back Trump

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2024.

Austin to transfer power during scheduled medical procedure

By Lara Seligman

Ron DeSantis listens as Donald Trump speaks.

Florida men are taking over the GOP

By Kimberly Leonard and Gary Fineout

Gavin Newsom talks at a lectern.

Gavin Newsom pounces as Republicans come to Big Oil’s defense

By Wes Venteicher

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks.

Kennedy turns up the heat on Trump: He ‘caved’ on Covid-19

By Peder Schaefer

MOST READ

VIDEO

White House confirms IDF investigation into Rafah strike

White House confirms IDF investigation into Rafah strike

Jason Miller criticizes Biden ad featuring Robert De Niro

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

Defense witness provokes Trump trial judge: A bobblehead recap

Defense witness provokes Trump trial judge: A bobblehead recap

WUERKER CARTOONS

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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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