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Top California Dem launches national attack on GOP over abortion

By Christopher Cadelago

Students and staff members are seen in the hallway at a New Home Independent School District facility in Texas.

The Fifty

What’s breaking up the Texas Republican party? School vouchers

By Liz Crampton and Andrew Atterbury

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is pictured during the press conference after his meeting with Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes at Sao Bento Palace in Lisbon, 23 November 2004. AFP Photo / Miguel RIOPA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images)

foreign affairs

Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief

By Liv Martin

TOPSHOT - National Coalition Party (NCP) presidential candidate Alexander Stubb reacts at his election reception in Helsinki, Finland, on February 11, 2024. Former prime minister, triathlete and Europhile Alexander Stubb secured a triumphant return to politics on February 11, 2024 after a seven-year hiatus, winning the Finnish presidency in Sunday's election. (Photo by Emmi Korhonen / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT (Photo by EMMI KORHONEN/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

foreign affairs

Russian defense ministry’s move to change Baltic Sea border sparks concern

By Eva Hartog

IN SPACE - MAY 23: In this handout image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour orbit Earth during Endeavour's final sortie on May 23, 2011 in Space. Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli captured the first-ever images of an orbiter docked to the International Space Station from the viewpoint of a departing vessel as he returned to Earth in a Soyuz capsule. (Photo by Paolo Nespoli - ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

foreign affairs

Pentagon says Russia ‘likely’ launched space weapon

By Joshua Posaner

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Column | On Politics

Democrats Beware: A Progressive DA Fights for His Job — in Hipster Portland

The backlash against criminal justice reform is real, and Joe Biden needs to take note.

By Jonathan Martin

Here's what Ramit Sethi would advise Biden on housing

Q&A

A Finance Guru on What the Inflation Debate Gets Wrong

The bestselling author and Netflix star Ramit Sethi sees a major opportunity for the Biden campaign to change the conversation about the cost of living.

By Alexander Burns

White House

Opinion | Time to Close the Hatch Act’s Escape Hatch

The head of the Office of Special Counsel announces an enforcement update for White House officials.

Opinion by Hampton Dellinger

Jim Woodward on his property in Sagle, Idaho on April 2, 2024. Woodward is running against opponent Scott Herndon for both Senate and for Precinct.

Letter from Idaho

North Idaho Has Drifted to the Extreme Right. One Republican Thinks It’s Hit Its Limit.

One candidate is testing the power of a moderate coalition to stand up to extremism in a region that has been powerless to its advance.

By Cassidy Randall

GEOPOLITICS OF 2024

The Coming War Between DC and Silicon Valley

A political fight is brewing over who’ll benefit most from the AI revolution — and what if anything Washington should do to shape the outcome.

By Matthew Kaminski

Demonstrators build a barricade to close an entrance of the Parliament building during an opposition protest.

LETTER FROM GEORGIA

‘They Say They Will Wait for Me There to Beat Me Up’: A Week of Attacks Rocks Georgia

Vicious crackdowns have taken the small country’s democracy to the brink.

By Paul Salopek

An illustration featuring grayscale photos of Hannah Arendt, Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler

Q&A

‘A Truer Reality Beyond Reality’: Hannah Arendt's Warning About How Totalitarianism Takes Root

A Q&A with a leading Arendt scholar adapts the philosopher’s ideas to today’s politics.

By Joanna Weiss

Then President Donald Trump, left, and then Democratic nominee Joe Biden speak during the debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn

Q&A

‘Political Malpractice’: The Debate Commission Chief Thinks Trump Blew It

Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. lets loose on the potentially mortal wound to the Commission on Presidential Debates, and why Biden got the better of Trump.

By Ryan Lizza

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

Column | Capital Letter

Trade War: What Is It Good For?

Biden is playing with Trump’s deck of cards on trade. But tariffs aren’t a solution to everything.

By Victoria Guida

Donald Trump speaks outside a convenience store surrounded by people.

Column | Fourth Estate

Fox News Is Flipping Trump’s Trial Coverage on its Head

The conservative network is curating its coverage to boost Trump.

By Jack Shafer

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he returns to the courtroom after a break in his trial.

Law And Order

An Oral History of Trump — As Told on the Witness Stand

The Trump trial is a bracing reminder of the dawn of the Trump era and its transactional nature.

By Calder McHugh

Photo illustration of an intern badge on a lanyrad with multiple hands reaching out at the bottom to grab it.

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

It’s Suddenly a Lot Harder to Snag the Lowest Rung on the Washington Ladder

Remote work and higher pay have made internships harder to find.

By Michael Schaffer

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

Judge Juan Merchan castigates witness Robert Costello.

‘Are you staring me down right now?’: Key Trump defense witness draws judge’s wrath

The judge briefly cleared the courtroom while he admonished the witness and threatened to kick him off the stand.

By Erica Orden, Josh Gerstein and Ben Feuerherd

Attorney Robert Costello talks to reporters.

Costello testifies that Cohen told him 'Trump knew nothing about' the Daniels payment

By Erica Orden

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court.

Cohen admits he stole from the Trump Organization

By Josh Gerstein

Trump’s hush money trial is nearing an end after a day of heated Cohen cross

By Kyle Cheney, Erica Orden and Ben Feuerherd

CONGRESS

Rep. Tom Emmer looks on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.

House GOP leaders plan to whip Garland contempt vote

Democrats are expected to unanimously oppose the resolution, meaning Republicans need to keep intra-party defections to near zero.

By Olivia Beavers

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during a primary night election party.

Larry Hogan launches first Maryland Senate general-election ad, focused on abortion

By Ally Mutnick

Jon Tester departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol.

‘Hell no’: Endangered Senate Dems chafe at relentless GOP drive to tie them to Biden

By Burgess Everett

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague.

Republican lawmakers blast ICC over Netanyahu warrant

By Eric Bazail-Eimil, Anthony Adragna and Matt Berg

2024 ELECTIONS

Biden hits Trump over ‘unified Reich’ video but stays silent on trial

“It is not the first time Trump has gone down this road,” the president told attendees at a fundraiser.

By Lisa Kashinsky and Jonathan Lemire

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis arrives.

Fani Willis, Georgia Trump prosecutor, easily wins Democratic primary

By Kierra Frazier and Brittany Gibson

McCarthy’s pick Vince Fong wins special election to complete ex-speaker’s term

By Jeremy B. White

Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking.

Trump says he will ‘never advocate’ for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he’s ‘looking at’ them

By Christine Zhu

LEGAL

Boxes of records are seen stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Lawyers found classified docs in Trump’s bedroom 4 months after Mar-a-Lago search

The revelation was contained in a newly unsealed opinion that a federal judge issued in 2023.

By Kyle Cheney

Wael Hana, right, leaves a courthouse in New York.

USDA official explains early worries about meat monopoly in Menendez case

By Ry Rivard

Robert Hur sits at a desk with a group of people behind him.

Conservative group tries to accelerate court fight over Biden-Hur audio

By Josh Gerstein

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

By Katherine Dailey

WHITE HOUSE

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (center) speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) and Pentagon Press Secretary Gen. Pat Ryder, in background at left.

Biden admin openly hammering Israel’s military strategy in Gaza

A parade of top officials has ratcheted up their criticism of Israel, signaling deep frustration with the country’s anti-Hamas campaign.

By Alexander Ward, Erin Banco and Lara Seligman

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

Biden’s legacy long game: Rain regulations — now

By Marcia Brown

Biden pushes for ‘immediate cease-fire’ at Morehouse commencement

Biden gets mild applause but no jeers in commencement speech describing ‘heartbreaking’ situation in Gaza

By Lauren Egan

Raphael Warnock, Joe Biden and Sanford Bishop walk together.

Morehouse graduates brace, anxiously, for Biden visit

By Lauren Egan

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Palestinians holding dishes line up for free food.

Egypt aid restrictions are complicating Gaza cease-fire negotiations

Aid groups in Gaza say they are running low on fuel and are unable to get more from Egypt, straining their operations on the ground.

By Erin Banco

A woman carrying a child runs from the area after gunshots were heard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The escalating fight over US assistance to Haiti ahead of Ruto’s visit

By Matt Berg

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders divided on ICC arrest warrant bid for Netanyahu

By Nathalie Weatherald and Ben Munster

Shiite Muslims hold photos of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others leaders shout slogans during a candlelight vigil.

The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death

By Alexander Ward, Jonathan Lemire, Lara Seligman and Nahal Toosi

STATES

Vermont’s data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists

State lawmakers from Maine to Oklahoma say the lessons they learned from battling industry over privacy bills can provide a new playbook to fight back.

By Alfred Ng