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Former President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche (right) arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York.

Trump keeps his legal team close despite trial drama

2024 Elections

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

Biden has a strategy for trying to bring anti-Trump Republicans to his side, while Trump still hasn’t reached out to Haley two months after she dropped out of the primary.

By Adam Wren, Elena Schneider and Natalie Allison

The DNC Is Preparing for the Worst in Chicago — Without the Help of the City’s Mayor

By Jonathan Martin

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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

Jim Jordan speaks during a rally hosted by FreedomWorks.

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

Column | Rules of Law

Being Held in Contempt Might Not Be Trump’s Biggest Problem

Trump could be talking himself into a prison sentence if he’s convicted.

By Ankush Khardori

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

Reporters sit around a table in a black-and-white photo of the Kansas City bureau of the Associated Press.

The Media Issue | FOURTH ESTATE

The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It

The decline of the media is sapping journalism of a crucial tool.

By Jack Shafer

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 Billions

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

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

CARTOON CAROUSEL

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

By POLITICO Staff

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media.

An angry Trump gathers allies to push against Stormy Daniels

“Not being able to be in control has been challenging for a man who is always in control of everything," said one strategist.

By Meridith McGraw and Alex Isenstadt

Former President Donald Trump speaks on the phone.

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

By Kierra Frazier

Jurors take notes as Stormy Daniels testifies in Manhattan criminal court, as depicted in a courtroom sketch.

Stormy spoke. Trump fumed. Jurors were captivated — but also cringed.

By Josh Gerstein

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign event.

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

By Kyle Cheney

CONGRESS

A person walks through the terminal as planes remain at gates at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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.

By Katherine Tully-McManus

Democrats demand action from Biden on affordable housing

By Jennifer Haberkorn

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

By Ursula Perano and Burgess Everett

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a press conference on foreign-aid legislation at the U.S. Capitol April 23, 2024. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

McConnell and GOP give Netanyahu backup as aid tension spikes

By Anthony Adragna and Burgess Everett

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.

By Declan Harty

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

By Natalie Allison

Donald Trump in front of a large audience at a campaign event.

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

By Alex Isenstadt

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem answers a question.

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

By Kierra Frazier

LEGAL

Judge denies Hunter Biden‘s bid to dismiss gun charges

Separately, a federal appeals court panel ruled against Biden earlier Thursday in another bid to have the charges against him tossed.

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

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

By Josh Gerstein

Top RNC lawyer resigns after less than 2 months

By Alex Isenstadt

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

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.

By Nahal Toosi, Lara Seligman and Alexander Ward

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’

By Jonathan Lemire and Jennifer Haberkorn

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

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

By Jonathan Lemire and Alexander Ward

Biden decries ‘ferocious surge’ in antisemitism

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

By Myah Ward, Adam Cancryn and Jonathan Lemire

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier.

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

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

By Alexander Ward, Paul McLeary and Lara Seligman

An Air Force member stands with rifle during training exercise.

Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger

By Lara Seligman

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

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

By Connor O’Brien

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

By Erin Banco

STATES

A worker attaches a rope to a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson.

An education board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools

A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been removed.

By Associated Press