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House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Joe Biden attend an event.

Congress

House passes GOP bill rebuking Biden's Israel weapons pause

By Anthony Adragna

Senate hearing gets testy over shipbuilding woes, climate change

By Connor O’Brien

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

Congress

Johnson's latest conservative problem: How hard to hit the Justice Department

By Jordain Carney

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

By Anthony Adragna

MENENDEZ

Fred Daibes arrives at Manhattan federal court.

Businesspeople do not dispute giving gold, cash to Menendezes — but say they were ‘gifts’

By Daniel Han and Ry Rivard

2024 elections

Larry Hogan speaks in front of the Maryland flag.

Larry Hogan’s won tough races before. Never like this.

By Ally Mutnick and Burgess Everett

magazine

A photo-illustration of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson with the Capitol building in the background. A large hand points to Adams.

A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy

By Joshua Zeitz

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Visit Magazine

Flags of the member states of the African Union stand in a row.

Column | Compass

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

It’s partly a question of resources, but it’s also about political will and hustle.

By Nahal Toosi

Pro-Palestinian protesters are pictured.

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

The Rocky Mountains seen from a car mirror parked at the border of the Blackfeet reservation.

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

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

An illustration featuring a large grayscale photo of Victoria Nuland surrounded by grayscale photos of Donald Trump, the NATO banner, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

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

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during an interview with POLITICO in his office suite at the U.S. Capitol.

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

Stormy Daniels attends the 2024 Adult Video News Awards.

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

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

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

An illustration features Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, campaign slogans and a cheering crowd, with Ford and Carter appearing to sit on top of a car.

History Dept.

The Debate Gaffe That Changed American History

And cost Gerald Ford the presidency.

By Jeff Greenfield

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

Politics

Opinion | The Culture of House Republicans Is Warped

Time to isolate Marjorie Taylor Greene and her comrades.

Opinion by Brendan Buck

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

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.

By Erica Orden, Ben Feuerherd and Kyle Cheney

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

Mike Johnson comes to Trump’s defense

By Natalie Allison

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.

By Kyle Cheney

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building.

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

By Kyle Cheney, Erica Orden and Ben Feuerherd

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.

By Olivia Beavers and Jordain Carney

Rep. Katherine Clark speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol.

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

By Nicholas Wu and Anthony Adragna

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

By Ursula Perano

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) looks on during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing.

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

By Burgess Everett

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.

By Meridith McGraw

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

By Steven Shepard, Sam Stein, Jonathan Lemire and Alex Isenstadt

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

By Christine Zhu

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

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

By Steven Shepard and Madison Fernandez

LEGAL

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

Her trial date had already been postponed for medical reasons.

By Katherine Dailey

Supreme Court upholds CFPB funding, saving agency

By Katy O'Donnell and Josh Gerstein

Hunter Biden is seen walking between leaves of a tree.

Biden aides worry about psychological torment as Hunter heads for trial

By Jonathan Lemire, Betsy Woodruff Swan and Eugene Daniels

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

By Betsy Woodruff Swan and Brittany Gibson

WHITE HOUSE

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

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.

By Gavin Bade

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

By Chris Marquette

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden.

Biden attacks Trump with new China tariff announcement

By Doug Palmer

Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference.

Blinken reiterates human rights findings on Israel

By Kelly Garrity

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A police line is placed outside the entrance of the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on May 15, 2024.

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

A demonstrator holds up her smart phone with the light switched on during an opposition protest in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 14, 2024.

Georgians fighting for Europe fear Brussels missing in action

By Jakob Hanke Vela and Gabriel Gavin

First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Nov. 7, 2023.

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

By Eva Hartog

A person works on a laptop on June 19, 2017.

Timeline: Europe under cyber siege in 2024

By Seb Starcevic

STATES

Desks inside a classroom arranged according to social distancing guidelines.

Florida

Florida Democrat launches group to fight conservative takeover of school boards

The launch pits the group directly against a well-oiled political machine that has helped dozens of conservative candidates win school board races across the country.

By Andrew Atterbury