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  1. Playbook: Trump hits the Jersey Shore

  2. Canadian police announce arrest of 4th Indian suspect in killing of Sikh activist

  3. Chris Murphy: If Biden can’t please left or right on Israel, maybe that’s a good thing

  4. Netanyahu needs to consider his legacy, Chris Coons says

  6. Cease-fire calls mount as Israel ramps up military operations in north and south of Gaza

  7. Experts say gun alone doesn’t justify deadly force in fatal shooting of Florida airman

  8. Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine

  9. In progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says president has turned back the clock

  10. Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response

  11. There’s another Chinese electric vehicle threat: Buses

  12. DOJ recommends 40 years for Pelosi attacker

  13. Trump may face a $100M-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower, according to report

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New Jersey

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

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Letter From Montana

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

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Health Care

National Dem strategy worries state abortion-rights leaders

Democrats’ efforts to ride the coattails of abortion ballot measures put passage at risk.

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2024 Elections

Trump, escalating attacks at rally, says Biden is ‘surrounded by fascists’

He's still under threat of jailtime if he violates a gag order.

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Technology

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

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2024 Elections

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

The vice presidential candidate has been laying low since Kennedy added her to the ticket in March.

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2024 Elections

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

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

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Defense

Blinken reiterates human rights findings on Israel

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Health Care

Hospitals’ new message for patients: Stay home

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Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro sits in court.

Legal

Felons or dupes? Treatment of Trump’s fake electors has varied wildly by state

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VIDEO

Stormy Daniels takes the stand: Week 4 of Trump's trial

NEWSLETTERS

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Liberal member of Parliament Anthony Housefather talks to reporters.

Q&A

A Justin Trudeau Ally Nearly Quit the Party Over its Israel Policy

A prominent Jewish member of Canada’s Parliament says he couldn’t abide efforts targeting Israel amid the war in Gaza.

By Nick Taylor-Vaisey

Stormy Daniels, seen through a window, arrives for a court hearing at the US Courthouse in New York.

Q&A

Evangelicals Hate Stormy Daniels But Love Trump. Here’s Why.

Trump may have sinned, but evangelicals still admire his masculinity and power.

By Dylon Jones

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem holds a gun while visiting troops during an exercise.

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

Kristi Noem’s Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story 2 Years Ago

It would have violated the first rule of campaign memoirs: Do no harm.

By Michael Schaffer

INTERACTIVES

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Biden's Billions

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

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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

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Legal

Trump keeps his legal team close despite trial drama

He has a long history of discarding his lawyers.

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Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media.

An angry Trump gathers allies to push against Stormy Daniels

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Former President Donald Trump speaks on the phone.

Who is in Trump’s Rolodex? We just found out through the hush money trial.

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Trump wins further delay in another one of his criminal cases — this time in Georgia

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CONGRESS

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House up next on Senate-passed aviation bill as DMV lawmakers fume

The House is expected to take the bill up on Tuesday when they return to Washington — many through DCA.

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Hill watchdog says Rep. Nehls may have used campaign funds for personal use

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Jimmy Gomez talks into a microphone.

Democrats demand action from Biden on affordable housing

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Sen. Jon Tester at the U.S. Capitol.

Vulnerable Senate Dems lukewarm on reported White House plan for Palestinian refugees

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2024 ELECTIONS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam testifies on Sept. 15, 2022, before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.

Wall Street regulator moves to ban election betting, escalating fight over new market

The CFTC is seeking to send its strongest message yet that election betting has no legal place in its markets.

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Kari Lake keeps giving Republicans new reasons to worry

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Simpson College in Iowa.

Doug Burgum emerges as an unlikely candidate to be Trump VP

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Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ veepstakes: TV hits, fundraising and attacking Biden

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LEGAL

Democrat Kris Mayes, candidate Arizona Attorney General, speaks with the media after a televised debate against Republican Abraham Hamadeh, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.

Inside the unusually aggressive Arizona grand jury that indicted Trump’s allies

The grand jury displayed remarkable independence, even charging two Trump lawyers after prosecutors said they were not under investigation.

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Hunter Biden speaks.

Judge denies Hunter Biden‘s bid to dismiss gun charges

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Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his attorneys Susan Necheles and Emil Bove in Manhattan criminal court.

Trump’s political fate likely won’t be decided by the courts after all

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Top RNC lawyer resigns after less than 2 months

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WHITE HOUSE

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

Biden admin punts on declaring Israel violated international law

A new State Department report, criticized as inconclusive, drew immediate fire from both progressive Democrats and Republicans.

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Biden: US will cut off weapons to Israel ‘if they go into Rafah’

Biden says US will cut off offensive weapons to Israel ‘if they go into Rafah’

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WH officials make it clear: Biden's Israel remarks were no 'senior moment'

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Biden decries ‘ferocious surge’ in antisemitism

Biden warns of a ‘ferocious’ surge in antisemitism in the U.S. and across the globe

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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US to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine

The package comes as Russia launches a major offensive in Kharkiv.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams stands with a group outside the Colosseum in Rome.

Migrants, subway tunnels and the pope: Eric Adams looks to Rome for inspiration

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An Air Force member stands with rifle during training exercise.

Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger

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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah.

Israel-Hamas hostage deal talks paused amid Rafah fighting

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STATES

Former US President Donald Trump and his son Barron Trump attend the funeral of former first lady Melania Trump's mother Amalija Knavs, at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church, in Palm Beach, Florida.

Barron Trump will not be a Florida delegate at the GOP convention

A statement from former first lady Melania Trump’s office said Barron “regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments.”

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Black activists in the Bronx assail controversial Hochul remark

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An ambitious San Francisco lawmaker is in the middle of a battle for AI’s future

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Gavin Newsom’s top policy adviser to depart administration

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EARLIER

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Feds to spend millions to contain bird flu outbreak amid testing lag

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UC Berkeley institute backs down on tentative Senate debate amid campus upheaval

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McConnell and GOP give Netanyahu backup as aid tension spikes

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Florida HBCU backs away from dubious $237M donation

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Facing Hill pressure, tech group kicks out TikTok

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Suburban backlash threatens country’s biggest transit systems

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‘A little bold and gross’: Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to sign

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NYPD Chief of Patrol Services John Chell

With backing of Eric Adams, NYPD brass escalates social media brawls

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Kevin McCarthy on veepstakes: Trump’s gonna play this like ‘The Apprentice’

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Transit union honcho to sue Columbia alleging mistreatment of staffers in building takeover

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks in front of a large audience of supporters at a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

Trump urges GOP unity, rejection of Johnson ouster effort after Greene attempt defeated

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem answers a question.

Kristi Noem snaps at Fox Business host over dog questions: ‘This interview is ridiculous’

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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona testifies during a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing.

Education secretary makes a case for more money to curb campus unrest

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MOST READ

Nikki Haley.

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

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

  3. Hospitals’ new message for patients: Stay home

  4. Trump, escalating attacks at rally, says Biden is ‘surrounded by fascists’

  5. Kari Lake keeps giving Republicans new reasons to worry

VIDEO

Biden mocks Trump at failed Foxconn site: 'Didn't build a damn thing'

Biden mocks Trump at failed Foxconn site: 'Didn't build a damn thing'

Stefanik tears into NYC schools' response to antisemitism

Stefanik tears into NYC schools' response to antisemitism

Watch: Israeli forces invade Rafah

Watch: Israeli forces invade Rafah

Johnson touts Trump-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote

Johnson touts Trump-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote

Austin: US 'taking a closer look' at weapons to Israel after Rafah

Austin: US 'taking a closer look' at weapons to Israel after Rafah

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TALKERS

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

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

Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court.

The Week That Muzzled Donald Trump

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

‘Grueling’: The Trial May Be Getting to Trump

Stormy Daniels attends the 2024 Adult Video News Awards.

Why Stormy Daniels Isn’t Getting the Monica Lewinsky Treatment

Austin: US 'taking a closer look' at weapons to Israel after Rafah

Austin confirms US pausing bomb shipments to Israel, but commitment still ‘ironclad’

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