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TRUMP INDICTMENT

Trump and Fox News re-embrace amid a larger media blitz

The president is dusting off his 2016 primary playbook and betting that press exposure will be a net positive.

By Meridith McGraw

One's a tactician, the other's a showman. Meet Trump's defense team.

By Erica Orden

'Delay, delay, delay': How Trump could push his trial into the heart of campaign season

From pre-trial motions to negotiations over security, the master of legal stalling has many tactics in his arsenal.

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

Column | Fourth Estate

Trump's Indictment Proves the Opposite of What He Says

In a truly failed state, he'd never face accountability.

By Jack Shafer

The Recast

The 40 Power Players to Watch

Introducing the lawmakers and luminaries who wielded extraordinary influence over politics, culture and race in 2022.

By POLITICO Staff

Karen Bass

For acting on LA's homelessness

Elon Musk

For impacting Twitter's hate speech

Ketanji Brown Jackson

For dominating Supreme Court hearings

THE WEEKEND

How a New Hit Action Movie Explains Our Politics of Indifference

By Emily St. James

Debunking a Longstanding Myth About William F. Buckley

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Elections

The data's clear: The indictment makes Republicans like Trump more

By Steven Shepard

'Annoying': Trump rivals hunker down for the indictment primary

Trump's indictment has his rivals and conservative media rallying to his side.

Trump's standing among Hill conservatives dims ahead of '24

By Olivia Beavers and Burgess Everett

Technology

April fools? The Twitter blue check apocalypse that wasn't

Legal

Judge sends Dominion lawsuit against Fox News to trial

Congress

Fetterman released from inpatient treatment for depression

VIDEO

Lawmakers react to Trump's indictment

NEWSLETTERS

Huddle

A play-by-play preview of the day's congressional news

Huddle

A play-by-play preview of the day's congressional news

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Law And Order

It's hard to believe prosecutors would bring this case against anyone else. But that doesn't mean they're wrong.

Opinion by Ankush Khardori

Column | Fourth Estate

Here's a 2024 strategy for a still-vulnerable GOP frontrunner.

By Jack Shafer

Law & Order

The New York hush money case might be legally weak. But defendants who face multiple indictments simultaneously often find themselves overwhelmed and ultimately convicted.

Opinion by Renato Mariotti

Politics

Valorizing the Capitol riot is bad for the country and his own political future.

Opinion by Rich Lowry

Column | Altitude

The Virginia governor offers two things Republicans need: A non-hostile alternative to Trump and a compelling centrist challenge to Biden.

By John F. Harris

Column | Fourth Estate

"Succession" offers real lessons on the future of the media industry.

By Jack Shafer

Column | Fourth Estate

A real strategy for Ron DeSantis.

By Jack Shafer

WOMEN AND POLITICS

For decades, women involved in political sex scandals have been pressured into silence — until the porn star who went up against former President Donald Trump.

Opinion by Lauren Leader

War Room

ISIS appears to be regrouping inside a makeshift detention system holding 65,000 people including 10,000 hardened fighters.

By Charles Lister

2024

The presidential candidate has long used her family's experience with discrimination to establish her political brand. But to win a GOP primary she is diminishing that painful history.

Opinion by Issac J. Bailey

History Dept.

With his political future in peril, the president asked the war hero to replace him as the Democrats' nominee.

By Frederic J. Frommer

History Dept.

The history of slavery in America is too complicated for the likes of ChatGPT and Google.

Opinion by Sheryll Cashin

INTERACTIVES

The GOP's 2024 primary field: How they win, how they lose

By Steven Shepard

CARTOONS

The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics

TRUMP INDICTMENT

The same forces that made Trump who he is just got him indicted

Those who followed his career recognize the elements that made him the first ex-president in history to be indicted.

By Jonathan Lemire

By Alex Isenstadt and Meridith McGraw

By Gary Fineout

By Erica Orden

CONGRESS

Sinema can't quit the powerful online Democratic fundraising machine

The Arizona senator raised more than $11 million on ActBlue in 2018. Despite leaving the party in December, she's still on the platform — for now.

By Jessica Piper

By Brendan Bordelon

By Kyle Cheney

By Sarah Ferris and Josh Siegel

WHITE HOUSE

Biden's favorite Middle East ally is spoiling his democracy party

The administration remains wary of Netanyahu's moves in office, even as he pulls back on his judicial reform plan.

By Jonathan Lemire and Nahal Toosi

By Kelly Garrity

By Kierra Frazier

By Juan Perez Jr.

LEGAL

'Unlawful political interference': Bragg defends Trump indictment against GOP attacks

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued his first public response to Hill Republicans since news of the former president's indictment.

By Kyle Cheney, Jordain Carney and Erica Orden

By Craig Howie

By Kyle Cheney

By Wesley Parnell

ELECTIONS

Wisconsin's Supreme Court race could be the beginning of the end for GOP dominance

The stakes of this down ballot race could have a domino effect on abortion rights, the House majority — and maybe the 2024 presidential election.

By Zach Montellaro and Megan Messerly

By Daniel Lippman and John F. Harris

By Lisa Kashinsky

By Madison Fernandez

STATES

Bruising budget battle in New York deepens Democratic divide

At a moment when many are looking to Hochul to unite Democrats in New York, fearing disaster in 2024, the governor is having the opposite effect.

By Joseph Spector

By Danielle Muoio Dunn

By Jeremy B. White

By Gary Fineout

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Why Asa Hutchinson's view of the world isn't working for Republicans

The former Arkansas governor's foreign policy views reflect the old-school Republican Party he grew up in.

By Alexander Ward

By Alexander Ward

By Eugene Daniels

By Jacopo Barigazzi, Nicholas Vinocur, Mari Eccles and Samuel Stolton

HEALTH CARE

Sex ed, birth control, Medicaid: Republicans' 'new pro-life agenda'

The fall of Roe has upended the traditional political battle lines.

By Megan Messerly

The Democratic officials' case raises the likelihood that rules around pills will go before the Supreme Court.

By Alice Miranda Ollstein

By Brittany Gibson

By Arek Sarkissian

EARLIER

By James Bikales

By Gary Fineout

By Josh Gerstein

By Kyle Cheney

By Tanya Snyder and Hannah Northey

By Erin Banco

By Benjamin Guggenheim

By Andrew Atterbury and Arek Sarkissian

By Victoria Guida

By Gloria Gonzalez

By Lisa Kashinsky

By Erica Orden and Wesley Parnell

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Schumer asks DEA to crack down on 'deadly drug' Xylazine

White House to China: Don't 'overreact' to Taiwan president's visit

WUERKER CARTOONS

TALKERS

Stormy Daniels and Karl Rove Know How to Beat Trump

'It's a powerful effect': Austin fires back at GOP senator's blockade of military promotions

Wisconsin's Supreme Court race could be the beginning of the end for GOP dominance

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Ukraine is changing the math for countries caught between the U.S. and China

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