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  1. Coal dust concerns mount after Baltimore bridge collapse

  2. Florida Democrat launches group to fight conservative takeover of school boards

  3. US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

  4. Don’t talk about gender identity, UK government tells schools

  6. EU hits Meta with new probe over ‘addictive’ algorithms harming children

  7. Georgians fighting for Europe fear Brussels missing in action

  8. France bans TikTok in overseas territory amid violent protests

  9. University of California student workers vote to strike amid Gaza protest furor

  10. California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters' demands

  11. Top FAMU official resigns amid $237M donation calamity

  12. Trump asks New York’s high court to intervene in fight over gag order in hush money trial

  13. Airman’s death sparks debate over race and gun rights

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WHITE HOUSE

White House to Republicans: You’re not getting audio of Biden’s interview with Hur

Robert Hur’s description of those interviews fueled a firestorm over the president’s memory and mental fitness.

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Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.
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A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy

By Joshua Zeitz

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Column | Compass

African Countries Are Failing to Make a Dent in Washington’s Diplomatic Scene

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Legal

Senior senator and criminal defendant: The strange twin identity of Bob Menendez

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California

Anybody? Kamala? California's biggest race awaits a giant

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Legal

Supreme Court upholds CFPB funding, saving agency

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Congress

Greg Steube has achieved a rare feat: Successfully forcing a bill to the House floor

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Defense

Confused about Biden’s Israel weapons policy? Here’s what you should know.

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Even Democrats don’t get what Biden’s Israel weapons policy is

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2024 Elections

Biden campaign agrees to VP debate on CBS

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COLUMN | FOURTH ESTATE

Will the Debates Matter? The Media Doesn't Care.

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Putin-Xi bromance flourishes as Russia-China summit kicks off

By Sejla Ahmatovic and Eva Hartog

Hunter Biden, center, flanked by Kevin Morris, left, and Abbe Lowell, right, departs a House Oversight Committee meeting.

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Hunter Biden’s legal defense has a problem: The patron paying the bills is running out of cash

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2024 Elections

Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black districts

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Chuck Schumer just fired the Senate’s AI starting gun

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Culture Club

Can Eurovision Survive Israel’s War in Gaza?

Politics has always lurked at the edges of the campy song contest. But it’s center stage now.

By Charlie Sohne

Former President Donald Trump and attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and Susan Necheles attend his trial.

Column | Rules of Law

Trump’s Lawyers Are Making Major Mistakes

Trump has no one to blame but himself.

By Ankush Khardori

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Letter From Montana

Montana’s Tribal Voters Could Determine the Makeup of the Senate

Following a major turnout dip in 2022, Native American voters are now a key target in the Montana Senate race, where their votes could make or break Jon Tester’s chances of heading back to the Hill.

By Natalie Fertig

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Column | On Politics

The DNC Is Preparing for the Worst in Chicago — Without the Help of the City’s Mayor

As Democrats plan their convention, they’ll have to address the elephant in the room: How to mitigate the threat of disruptions and work with a rookie mayor who unabashedly sympathizes with the protesters.

By Jonathan Martin

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Exit Interview

She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk.

As Victoria Nuland steps down, she gets real about a world on fire.

By Nahal Toosi

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The Friday Read

Mike Johnson Told Us What He Really Thinks About Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries and Donald Trump

Fresh off fending off a hard-right revolt, the House speaker opened up in a lengthy interview.

By Ryan Lizza and Rachael Bade

Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court.

Law And Order

The Week That Muzzled Donald Trump

Merchan’s gag order neutralized Trump’s most recognizable attribute — the willingness to launch shock-and-awe, no-holds-barred personal attacks on his foes.

By Calder McHugh

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Politics

Why Stormy Daniels Isn’t Getting the Monica Lewinsky Treatment

So far, none of the familiar sexist insults have seemed to stick.

By Joanna Weiss

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Law And Order

‘Grueling’: The Trial May Be Getting to Trump

Did Stormy Daniels’ testimony help or hurt the case against Trump? POLITICO’s reporters in the courtroom and on the campaign trail take you behind the curtain.

By Ankush Khardori

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History Dept.

The Debate Gaffe That Changed American History

And cost Gerald Ford the presidency.

By Jeff Greenfield

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Politics

Opinion | The Culture of House Republicans Is Warped

Time to isolate Marjorie Taylor Greene and her comrades.

Opinion by Brendan Buck

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Exclusive

FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump

The libertarian organization couldn’t survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.

By Luke Mullins

INTERACTIVES

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

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TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Defense attorney Todd Blanche cross examines Michael Cohen in Manhattan criminal court.

Trump’s lawyer confronted Michael Cohen with a bang (and an expletive). Then things fizzled.

Even Trump seemed to doze off as his nemesis faced cross-examination.

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‘Travesty of justice’: Johnson slams Trump hush money trial

Mike Johnson comes to Trump’s defense

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FILE- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and attorney Michael Cohen, right, during a visit to the Pastors Leadership Conference at New Spirit Revival Center, Sept. 21, 2016, in Cleveland. Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand Tuesday, testifying in detail how former president was linked to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. Trump is the first former U.S. president to go on trial. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Does Michael Cohen want to see Trump convicted? The answer won't surprise you.

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Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building.

The Michael Cohen who testified Monday was not the witness anyone expected

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CONGRESS

Bob Good arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting.

House conservatives try to plan Trump trial visit

It's part of a growing Republican trend, as more than a dozen notable names have acted as the former president's surrogates in New York City.

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House Democratic leaders urge caucus to oppose GOP's Israel bill

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Bernie Sanders speaks with reporters.

Biden isn’t the only 80-something trying to hold on to power in Washington

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Conservative outside group drops $70M on Senate Democrats in battlegrounds

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2024 ELECTIONS

Nikki Haley speaks into microphone on stage.

Nikki Haley gathers her donors and ignores Trump

Haley didn't endorse the former president or push her supporters to back him.

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Biden and Trump agree to debates. And then debate about more debates.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens.

RFK Jr. rails against being left out of the Biden-Trump presidential debates

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Warning signs for Trump: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

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LEGAL

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Biden aides worry about psychological torment as Hunter heads for trial

The president has expressed fear that his son may serve time in prison.

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Hunter Biden, center, flanked by Kevin Morris, left, and Abbe Lowell, right, departs a House Oversight Committee meeting.

Hunter Biden’s legal defense has a problem: The patron paying the bills is running out of cash

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Bob Menendez corruption trial, round 2: Prosecutors have ‘compelling’ narrative

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Gold bars and Google searches: The damning evidence in Bob Menendez’s corruption trial

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WHITE HOUSE

President Joe Biden sits down to sign a document in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, imposing major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DC slammed Trump’s tariffs. Biden’s decision to keep them draws a very different reaction.

The response offers yet another reminder of just how much the U.S. political consensus has shifted against free trade.

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Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden.

Biden attacks Trump with new China tariff announcement

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Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference.

Blinken reiterates human rights findings on Israel

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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Roots of Robert Fico's shooting lie in Slovakia's bitter divides

Minister fears country is "on the verge of civil war" after attempted assassination.

By Tom Nicholson

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Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike Russia

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Rubles and bullets: Putin puts an economist in charge of the military

By Eva Hartog

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Timeline: Europe under cyber siege in 2024

By Seb Starcevic

STATES

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Two unlikely states are leading the charge on regulating AI

Connecticut’s ambitious legislation regulating the emerging industry got derailed. Now, the tech industry is trying to kill Colorado’s bill.

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Newsom, Lombardo trade blows over gas prices

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Trump who? California Republicans love electric vehicles

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Swing state Democrat takes a shot at shaping a winning energy policy

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EARLIER

A regional American Airlines plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Congress clears major aviation policy bill, after months of delays

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‘You’re on a short leash’: Lawmakers blast FDIC chief over toxic workplace

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Sue Altman speaks into a megaphone.

In closely watched NJ House contest, Republican targets progressive challenger on Israel-Hamas war

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Angela Alsobrooks celebrates at her primary night party.

Angela Alsobrooks won a messy Senate primary. Now she takes on Larry Hogan.

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Explosive charges are detonated to bring down sections of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the container ship Dali.

Ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge had electrical blackouts the day prior to collision

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In DC, a new wave of AI lobbyists gains the upper hand

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks.

National Dem strategy worries state abortion-rights leaders

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Nikki Haley keeps racking up votes in final stretch of the GOP primary, and Donald Trump keeps ignoring them

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DOJ recommends 40 years for Pelosi attacker

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RFK Jr.'s running mate makes her campaign trail debut — off stage

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Hospitals’ new message for patients: Stay home

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Nikki Haley speaks.

Trump says Haley is ‘not under consideration’ for VP slot

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MOST READ

Voters cast their ballots in the Maryland state primary election at a polling station.

  1. Warning signs for Trump: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

  2. Biden and Trump agree to debates. And then debate about more debates.

  3. Trump’s lawyer confronted Michael Cohen with a bang (and an expletive). Then things fizzled.

  4. Nikki Haley gathers her donors and ignores Trump

  5. The Michael Cohen who testified Monday was not the witness anyone expected

VIDEO

Pelosi to Biden: I'd 'never recommend' debating Trump

Pelosi to Biden: I'd 'never recommend' debating Trump

'Embarrassing': Romney calls out GOP who attended Trump trial

'Embarrassing': Romney calls out GOP who attended Trump trial

Watch: Biden jokes about his age throughout presidency

Watch: Biden jokes about his age throughout presidency

‘You are not alone’: Blinken stresses support for Ukraine in Kyiv

‘You are not alone’: Blinken stresses support for Ukraine in Kyiv

White House 'strongly' opposes GOP bill to force Israeli arm shipments

White House 'strongly' opposes GOP bill to force Israeli arm shipments

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TALKERS

Nikki Haley speaks into microphone on stage.

Nikki Haley gathers her donors and ignores Trump

Former President Donald Trump and attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and Susan Necheles attend his trial.

Trump’s Lawyers Are Making Major Mistakes

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CNN announces moderators for Biden-Trump presidential debate

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She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk.

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Mike Johnson Told Us What He Really Thinks About Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries and Donald Trump

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