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2024 Elections

Kristi Noem keeps up the defense amid messy memoir rollout

SEC's Gensler turns tide against crypto in courts

The clash underscores sharply different views of crypto: Many regulators see the industry as rife with corruption. Supporters hail it as the wave of the future.

By Declan Harty

Rep. Jerrold Nadler is seen during a House Rules Committee meeting.

Q&A

‘The Republicans Are Being Total Hypocrites’

By Ryan Lizza

2024 Elections

Top RNC lawyer resigns after less than 2 months

By Alex Isenstadt

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing.

Elections

Sen. Mike Braun’s economic ties to China didn’t matter in 2018. Why is it contentious now?

By Adam Wren

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America's youngest president Theodore Roosevelt.

History Dept.

Our Most Macho President Owed Everything to Women

You can’t know the real TR without knowing the women who shaped him.

By Edward F. O’Keefe

Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments.

LAW AND ORDER

The Cavalry Comes for Trump

The Manhattan courthouse scene left Trump feeling isolated and unsupported. He got some backup from old friends and acquaintances — but it wasn't clear they were there just for him.

By Calder McHugh

Student Tesneem Aboudane studies at the encampment at the University of Michigan.

The Friday Read

What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists

POLITICO Magazine asked leaders of campus news organizations to set the record straight about campus unrest, antisemitism and what the media is getting wrong.

By Catherine Kim

An illustration featuring grayscale photos of Joe Biden, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon on a red and blue wavy background with a purple frame

CULTURE CLUB

Why Late Night Shows Won’t Roast Joe Biden

Late night hosts have excoriated presidents for decades, but Joe Biden has largely escaped their rapier wit. What gives?

By Calder McHugh

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column | Capital City

Is Hollywood Deep-Sixing January 6?

A big new documentary is out this week from the red-hot company behind “Civil War.” But the rollout has been strange.

By Michael Schaffer

President Joe Biden makes a toast to a free press at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

COLUMN | FOURTH ESTATE

Time to Tune Out Biden’s Media Criticism

The press can cover the stakes — and the horserace.

By Jack Shafer

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill.

Column | Capital Letter

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

The economy’s resilience could be pushing a potential rate cut into the fall, setting up an awkward choice for the central bank on the eve of the 2024 election.

By Victoria Guida

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

Q&A

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

A new book explains the void at the center of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

By Ian Ward

OpenAI's ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone.

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

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

Illustration of a young woman and man looking at floating windows of various scenes surrounding them: people studying data and a photo of a traditional American nuclear family.

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

INTERACTIVES

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

A picture of a form that allows readers to select a state to find out if abortion is legal there.

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

Photo illustration of dollar bills in the shape of a bar chart

How online donations are fueling the election

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court.

Hicks offers a glimmer of hope for Trump's defense

The longtime Trump aide provided some ammunition to both the prosecution and the defense in the hush money trial.

By Erica Orden

Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom.

Trump told Hicks that Cohen paid $130K to Daniels 'out of the kindness of his own heart' to silence a false allegation

By Erica Orden

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Shake-down allegations and another contempt hearing highlight 10th day of Trump’s trial

By Ben Feuerherd

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table in court

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

By Jessica Piper and Lisa Kashinsky

2024 ELECTIONS

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

Biden’s allies move to sink RFK Jr.

The effort reflects a level of concern among Democrats about Kennedy — but also an opportunity they see to wound Donald Trump.

By Elena Schneider

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem speaks to a crowd.

Noem: ‘They’re just attacking me like crazy right now.’

By Alex Isenstadt

Former President Donald Trump speaks in front of a large audience.

Trump campaign says it raised more than $76M in April

By Alex Isenstadt

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

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

By Natalie Allison, Alex Isenstadt and Brittany Gibson

CONGRESS

Mike Johnson addresses the media at the U.S. Capitol.

Why Johnson is stuck with threats to end his speakership

Democrats could want some sort of power-sharing agreement in exchange for helping the speaker defang the so-called motion to vacate. That's too steep a price for him.

By Jordain Carney and Nicholas Wu

Armed police in riot gear face-off with pro-Palestinian students.

‘Biden’s Vietnam’: Progressive lawmakers warn not to repeat campus protest history

By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gives an interview to POLITICO.

Why the Senate GOP is downplaying the chances of a red wave

By Burgess Everett

Reps. Nancy Mace, Jared Moskowitz and Susan Wild said May 2, 2024, that they are forming a Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she shot and killed her own dog. The lawmakers clipped these photos of them to X.

Noem dog shooting sparks Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus

By Mia McCarthy

LEGAL

The seal of the FBI hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquarters.

Former government official charged with falsely implicating colleagues in Jan. 6 attack

Investigators say Miguel Zapata used “burner” emails to submit anonymous, false tips to an FBI tipline about seven ex-colleagues.

By Kyle Cheney

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) testifies during a House Rules Committee.

Cuellar and wife charged with accepting $600k in bribes

By Daniella Diaz and Nicholas Wu

Stacks of boxes can be observed in a bathroom and shower in The Mar-a-Lago Club’s Lake Room.

Prosecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks.

Judge rejects Eastman bid to retain law practice while fighting disbarment

By Kyle Cheney

WHITE HOUSE

The Cavalry Comes for Trump

The Manhattan courthouse scene left Trump feeling isolated and unsupported. He got some backup from old friends and acquaintances — but it wasn't clear they were there just for him.

By Calder McHugh

Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room.

Why Biden finally decided to speak out on college protest violence

By Jennifer Haberkorn and Jonathan Lemire

Kamala Harris claps during an event at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.

Harris and Biden both blame Trump on abortion. How they do it is very different.

By Kimberly Leonard and Eugene Daniels

‘Violent protest is not protected’: Biden addresses campus unrest

Biden condemns campus protest violence: No ‘right to cause chaos’

By Adam Cancryn

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Chris Coons and Peter Welch listen to Jose Andres speak on Capitol Hill.

José Andrés is taking on Biden on Israel policy

Andrés has seen his political influence surge over the past decade.

By Meredith Lee Hill

Haitian police officers deploy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 9, 2024.

US greenlights $60M in military assistance to Haiti amid rampant gang violence

By Matt Berg and Lara Seligman

Two men stand in rubble of bombed out building floor.

Israel briefs US on plan to move Gazans ahead of Rafah invasion

By Erin Banco, Matt Berg and Lara Seligman

U.S. and Niger flags are raised side by side at a base camp.

US officials fear miscalculation in Niger with Russian fighters

By Erin Banco and Lara Seligman

STATES

Safe Haven sign hangs at a Chicago Fire Station in Chicago on Dec. 10, 2021.

With 6-week abortion ban in place, Florida eyes ‘Safe Haven’ expansion

Once one of the few anti-abortion legislative options for the Florida GOP, the bill passed with bipartisan support during the 2024 legislative session.

By Siena Duncan