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Geopolitics of 2024

We’re All Living in Mexico Now. Politically Speaking.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ability to command the stage explains a lot about Donald Trump — and offers lessons for Joe Biden.

By Matthew Kaminski

Q&A

‘It Was Pure Retaliation’: The Feud That Will Define the Senate GOP

Rick Scott hasn’t given up his quest to vanquish Mitch McConnell and restore his own battered image inside the Republican conference.

By Ryan Lizza

Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021.

Q&A

‘Never Been Done Before’: A True Investigation of a Failed American War

The Afghanistan War Commission’s probe is getting very real.

By Nahal Toosi

Sam Koppelman works on the computer at his apartment.

MEDIA

This Hedge Fund Wants to Save Investigative Journalism — By Using It to Game the Market

Is blending reporting and investment the future of journalism — or its end?

By Calder McHugh

A photo illustration of Donald Trump's face at three different angles.

The Friday Read

Will the Jury Convict Trump? Here Are the Clues.

Judgment day approaches.

By Ankush Khardori

J.D. Vance takes pictures as Donald Trump speaks to reporters.

Law And Order

The Scramble to Suck Up to Trump

Republicans are showing up in droves at the Trump trial — and defending the president is only part of their calculus.

By Calder McHugh

A photo illustration of Trump is surrounded by images of Michael Cohen, Robert Costello and Todd Blanche.

Law And Order

We’re on the Cusp of a Trump Verdict. Here’s What Our Insiders Think.

POLITICO reporters inside the courtroom dissect the latest crucial moments before a verdict arrives.

By Ankush Khardori

Column | Tomorrow

Bidenism Is Gasping in America. It’s Having a Moment in Britain.

Britain’s Labour Party has drawn some inspiration from Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. They should be careful not to take that too far.

By Alexander Burns

Photo illustration of a series of faded gavels laid out. One clear gavel in the center is laid within an outline of D.C.

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

The Ludicrous System That Makes It So Hard to Fight Crime in DC

The feds blame local D.C. for crime, but the city can point the finger right back. Is this any way to run a capital?

By Michael Schaffer

Scarlett Johansson attends the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

High Tech

Sam Altman’s Scarlett Johansson Blunder Just Made AI a Harder Sell in DC

The latest scandal over seemingly appropriating a movie star’s voice will only inflame tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley.

By Derek Robertson

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting.

Washington And The World

What the Death of Iran's President Really Means

The fatal helicopter crash will accelerate a transition already underway to a faction that is eager to complete the country’s nuclear weapons program.

By Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney

Ambassador Meg Whitman and President William Ruto speak onstage.

Column | Compass

Meg Whitman’s Trying to Be A Different Kind of US Ambassador. Washington Is Noticing.

Meg Whitman is determined to be the ambassador who makes good on U.S. rhetoric that it is prioritizing business in Africa.

By Nahal Toosi

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

Former President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom between his lawyers.

5 issues that could determine Trump’s guilt in the hush money trial

The jury’s decision may turn on just a handful of questions that are largely detached from the tawdry details of the case.

By Josh Gerstein

Former President Donald Trump speaks alongside his attorney Todd Blanche outside the courtroom in Manhattan Criminal Court.

It’s not just guilty or not guilty. Here are all the possible outcomes of the Trump trial.

By Erica Orden

Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court, May 21, 2024 in New York.

Trump is still pushing the limits of the gag order. It could come back to haunt him at sentencing.

By Ben Feuerherd

Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker (from left), Donald Trump Jr. and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick watch as former President Donald Trump speaks after a break during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21 in New York.

Judge: To convict Trump of felonies, jury does not need to unanimously agree on what 'predicate' crime he committed

By Josh Gerstein

CONGRESS

Commerce-backed deal with Emirati AI giant sets off alarm bells in Congress

Some lawmakers fear an unusual deal to wrest an Emirati tech champion away from Beijing could instead leak cutting-edge AI technology to China.

By John Sakellariadis

Sen. Dick Durbin (left) confers with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

Top Senate Judiciary Democrats seek meeting with Roberts over Alito concerns

By Anthony Adragna

Roger MarshalL speaks at a press conference.

Why Senate conservatives are taking a populist turn

By Burgess Everett

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (center) speaks.

Senate border vote fails again, losing support from both sides

By Ursula Perano

2024 ELECTIONS

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks with legislators.

Brian Kemp will attend GOP convention as he builds up political operation

He's continuing to mull a Senate run in 2026 or a presidential bid in the next cycle.

By Natalie Allison

Then-Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally.

Republicans irked that Herschel Walker is sitting on millions in unspent campaign funds

By Brittany Gibson

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) speaks with reporters.

Texas runoffs are about one thing: Revenge

By Mia McCarthy

Chase Oliver and his communications director, Kelsey Lyon, react as Oliver is selected as the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee during the party's convention at the Washington Hilton on May 26, 2024.

Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee

By Brittany Gibson

LEGAL

Sen. Robert Menendez (center) leaves federal court.

A porn star and gold bars: Menendez and Trump trials show split screen of alleged corruption

The absurdity of American politics makes its way to the courtroom.

By Ry Rivard and Emily Ngo

Wael Hana, left, Sen. Bob Menendez, center, and Fred Daibes, sit in Manhattan federal court with Judge Sidney H. Stein presiding during jury selection.

Judge rules Menendez's prosecutors can't show 'critical' evidence

By Ry Rivard

People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse.

Uvalde families sue Meta and 'Call of Duty' publisher over alleged links to gun violence

By Alex Nieves

Supreme Court rejects claim that South Carolina’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered

By Josh Gerstein and Zach Montellaro

WHITE HOUSE

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is seen after a swearing-in ceremony.

Biden has no plan to touch the Alito controversy, even with a 10-foot pole

The president and his team have decided not to engage on a story that progressives say demands their engagement.

By Adam Cancryn

Biden urges ‘constant vigilance’ to maintain democracy in West Point speech

By Lauren Egan

Schumer touts diversity of Biden's 200 federal judge appointments

The White House is in a race against the clock to confirm more judges than Trump

By Jennifer Haberkorn

Biden helps California move closer to cannabis cafes

By Alex Nieves

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Palestinians look at charred destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying.

Netanyahu calls Rafah strike ‘tragic mistake’ amid global outcry

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, Sunday night’s strike killed at least 45 Palestinians and wounded almost 200 others taking shelter in tents for displaced people in Rafah.

By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing