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2024 Elections

RFK Jr. is all over conservative media. Trump’s camp is concerned.

The independent presidential candidate is quickly becoming a thorn in Donald Trump’s side.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event.

COLUMN | FOURTH ESTATE

Time to Tune Out Biden’s Media Criticism

The press can cover the stakes — and the horserace.

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Delegates stand and cheer at the end of the Republican National Convention.

Democrats Are Feckless and Republicans Are Chaotic. Here’s Why.

President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington.

Trump’s trying to dismantle the Blue Wall again. That would be disaster for Biden.

Michigan Republican Party chair Pete Hoekstra talks with former Rep. Mike Rogers (right).

New ad buy reveals Senate Republicans’ Michigan problem

Marjorie Taylor Greene is surrounded by reporters.

Playbook

RNC chief implores Greene to stand down

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Greene plans to start the clock on vote to depose Johnson next week

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Column | Capital Letter

The Fed Thinks Time is on Its Side. That Could Get Awkward.

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Photo collage of the state of Florida with anti-abortion activists and abortion-rights signage and red and blue hands holding up ballots.

The Fifty

Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida

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Anti-abortion activists protest.

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect. Clinics in the state are scrambling.

Congress

House set for vote on combating antisemitism amid nationwide campus protests

Also on the Hill: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie have a scheduled press conference regarding Mike Johnson's speakership.

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White House

Biden to address US Holocaust memorial ceremony with speech on antisemitism

The president’s remarks will come amid growing unrest on U.S. college campuses.

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President Joe Biden delivers a commencement address.

White House

Biden enters his spring of (potential) unrest

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Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court.

Legal

Stormy Daniels' lawyer didn't give prosecutors fireworks. That will help them.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is surrounded by reporters.

Inside Congress Live

Greene's bid to topple Johnson veers closer to backfiring

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VIDEO

Pro-Palestine, pro-Israel protesters clash at UCLA

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HIGH TECH

Opinion | Are These States About to Make a Big Mistake on AI?

AI is potentially transformative. Whether that’s a good or bad thing depends on whether we set the right rules.

Opinion by Grace Gedye and Matt Scherer

An atomic cloud rises

Q&A

72 Minutes Until the End of the World?

A new book lays out the frighteningly fast path to nuclear Armageddon.

By Kathy Gilsinan

President Joe Biden toasts with comedian Colin Jost during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

CULTURE CLUB

The Best and Worst Menswear at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Some of you looked great at Nerd Prom. Emphasis on “some.”

By Derek Guy

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The Big Idea

The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population

Behind the scenes at the first Natal Conference, where a motley alliance is throwing out the idea of winning converts to their cause and trying to make their own instead.

By Gaby Del Valle

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside his attorney Todd Blanche after leaving the courtroom.

Legal

The Trump Trial Takes a Turn

David Pecker's testimony delivered a win for the prosecution. The Supreme Court hearing in D.C. was another story.

By Calder McHugh

A truck driving through a forest in a scene from "Civil War."

Q&A

‘I Used to Be Very Combative’: How Starring in ‘Civil War’ Changed His Politics

Wagner Moura lets loose on the dangers of polarization, Bolsonaro and Trump.

By Ryan Lizza

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THE MEDIA ISSUE | CAPITAL CITY

He Worked for the Nastiest People in Politics. Now He’s Airing Dirty Laundry.

Phil Elwood is one of Washington’s most wily manipulators of news. After his scathing memoir is published this June, will he ever spin in this town again?

By Michael Schaffer

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The Media Issue

How Newt Destroyed Dinner in Washington

A 35-year-old Tuscan restaurant shows how the town has changed.

By Matthew Kaminski

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Letter From Arizona

The Losing Battle to Beat Antisemitism in the Age of Misinformation

Arizona has mandated Holocaust education but so far it has failed to match the onslaught of denial on social media.

By Bryan Bender

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The Media Issue

The 10 Thirstiest Members of Congress

The second-annual POLITICO Magazine awards to recognize the members of Congress who have worked the hardest — at getting attention.

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The Friday Read

The Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America

Susie Wiles helped dismantle Ron DeSantis and salvaged Donald Trump’s campaign. Is she a MAGA hero or an enemy of democracy?

By Michael Kruse

A photo-illustration of Donald Trump with scenes from his trial.

LAW AND ORDER

What It’s Really Like Inside Trump’s Trial

POLITICO reporters take you inside the courtroom that could decide the 2024 election.

By Ankush Khardori

INTERACTIVES

Portrait of Donald Trump

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

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Trump says abortion should be up to states. Here’s where it’s banned — and where it’s protected.

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How online donations are fueling the election

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Donald Trump sits at a table with papers in front of him.

The jury just watched video of Donald Trump railing about women who made allegations against him

“I have no idea who these women are. I have no idea, no idea,” he said in one clip.

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Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table in court

Trump quickly fundraises off judge's contempt ruling in hush money case

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Former President Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at Manhattan criminal court.

Donald Trump held in contempt for violating gag order in New York trial

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Stormy Daniels arrives at an event in Berlin.

Davidson says he thought Trump or one of his companies, not Michael Cohen, were true source of hush money to Stormy Daniels

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LEGAL

People demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments on Trump v. United States.

Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy

“It sure ain’t originalism,” one critic said.

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Michael Durand and other demonstrators are seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments on Trump v. United States.

Jack Smith’s odds of putting Trump on trial this year are sinking

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The U.S. Capitol is seen.

Judge sentences Jan. 6 ‘chaos agent’ to 6 years in jail

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This artist sketch depicts John Sauer (far right) speaking before the Supreme Court.

What we learned from Trump’s surprisingly good day at the Supreme Court

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2024 ELECTIONS

Angela Alsobrooks speaks into a microphone at an event.

The Maryland Senate race testing Democrats’ commitment to diversity

David Trone says his money would free up national Democrats to focus on other states — but Angela Alsobrooks would make history.

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Sen. John Fetterman walks in the U.S. Capitol.

Washington’s weird marriage of convenience — hoodied John Fetterman and straitlaced Andy Kim

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Michigan.

RFK Jr.’s fans revel in the publicity he’s getting from Trump’s attacks

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about a toll highway relief program.

DeSantis meets with Trump to help with 2024 election

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CONGRESS

Jim Jordan speaks at CPAC.

Government spy power deal hands hidden hope to Trump allies

Conservatives who haven’t given up on slashing the scope of the wiretapping authority are already strategizing about how to win the next battle in two years.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Speaker Mike Johnson pay their respects as Army Col. Ralph Puckett lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol.

House Dem leaders announce they will block effort to oust Johnson

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Chuck Schumer points while speaking.

Schumer slams ‘lawlessness’ at Columbia Gaza protests in forceful denunciation

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Jim McGovern (left) and Michael Burgess preside over a meeting.

Antisemitism bill clears House Rules panel following partisan feud

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WHITE HOUSE

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he leaves the White House.

Biden administration poised to weaken weed restrictions, a seismic shift from decades of harsh policies

The landmark move follows the rapid spread of state cannabis legalization experiments over the last decade.

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President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024, before departing on a trip to New York.

Biden said he’d take another stab at a border bill — but nothing appears in the works

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President Joe Biden laughs as host Colin Jost speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Biden pokes at Trump’s ‘stormy’ week

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Richard Cordray holds a press conference.

Biden’s student loan chief to depart as mass relief plan looms

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks March 12, 2024, in Strasbourg, France.

European Commission president: ‘Completely unacceptable’ for Israel to attack Rafah

By Kathryn Carlson and Nicholas Vinocur

A man carries a cardboard box of food aid provided by non-profit non-governmental organisation World Central Kitchen in Rafah

World Central Kitchen to resume operations in Gaza after Israel strike killed workers

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Russian National Guard servicemen

Thousands of former Wagner fighters are now answering to Moscow

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a meeting.

Ukraine FM shows resolve after US aid delays — but warns of threats to global security

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STATES

Gavin Newsom gets out of a car in front of a Tesla station.

California doesn’t need Elon Musk (except when it does)

Tesla is losing Democrats, but other EV automakers are picking up the slack.

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Students with the Gaza solidarity encampment block the entrance of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.

Columbia students occupying building ‘face expulsion’

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Construction workers finish the exterior of an apartment building downtown Los Angeles.

California finally reverses its population-loss streak

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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new initiatives to crack down on organized retail theft.

New York’s top Democrat pushes party toward center amid swing House races

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EARLIER

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks.

Crypto billionaire Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison

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A plane flies into clouds.

Scrap over expanded flights at Reagan National bedevils big aviation bill

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Gary Ruskin, on Tues. March 22, 2016, at his home in Oakland, California, where his organization U.S. Right to Know, supports the labeling of genetically engineered food.

This liberal crusader helped convince America Covid came from a lab

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston.

Beating cancer used to be bipartisan. What happened?

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Kristi Noem delivers remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference.

When man’s best friend becomes a politician’s worst nightmare

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James Biden, brother of President Joe Biden, arrives for a deposition.

Fund manager indicates Jim Biden was in business with Qatari officials

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Ray Buckley attends the SiriusXM Broadcast of the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary Live.

New Hampshire Dems poised to regain delegates to national convention

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a press conference.

McConnell continues to break with Trump on immunity claims

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A helicopter prepares to land next to a black SUV.

Presidential campaign shifts into unexpected territory in Arizona and New York

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz discusses a white board tally at a hearing on the Hill.

Democrats find their Florida man

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View of Citi Field from the parking lot.

Facing headwinds, Mets owner launches new casino strategy

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters.

Trump rails against RFK Jr., calling him a ‘wasted protest vote’

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MOST READ

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  3. Stormy Daniels' lawyer didn't give prosecutors fireworks. That will help them.

  4. Greene's bid to topple Johnson veers closer to backfiring

  5. RNC chief implores Greene to stand down

VIDEO

Watch: Police crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters

Watch: Police crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters

Seven jokes Colin Jost made about Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Seven jokes Colin Jost made about Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

'Mike you suck': Protesters heckle Speaker Johnson at Columbia visit

'Mike you suck': Protesters heckle Speaker Johnson at Columbia visit

Chef José Andrés mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza

Chef José Andrés mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza

Austin cautions Iran against overconfidence in Israel attack

Austin cautions Iran against overconfidence in Israel attack

WUERKER CARTOONS

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TALKERS

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gestures to the crowd at a Trump campaign rally.

Kristi Noem defends dog slaying as ‘responsible’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, surrounded by state, local and Taiwanese representatives, speaks to the media in Miami.

Chinese professors warn of ‘culture of fear’ in Florida after DeSantis’ hiring restrictions

Bender Images

The Losing Battle to Beat Antisemitism in the Age of Misinformation

Workers leave Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.

Welcome to Another ‘American Century.’ Also: We Suck

Students protest the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University.

Fear is widespread on American campuses, researcher says

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