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Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out

Some California House Democrats don't want the process to replace the president on the ticket to seem like a Kamala Harris coronation.

By Sarah Ferris and Christopher Cadelago

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is seen during an award ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

Dems to Biden: Time’s up. Get out.

By Ally Mutnick, Sarah Ferris, Mia McCarthy and Irie Sentner

Biden’s nat sec aides say president is up to the job

Harris tries to calm jittery donors

By Eugene Daniels and Elena Schneider

Jan. 6 committee members leverage Trump in pleas for Biden to step aside

By Kyle Cheney, Sarah Ferris and Jordain Carney

President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas.

Biden inner circle shifts ‘moment to moment’ as defections grow

Sen. Chris Coons speaks to reporters.

Top Biden ally says president is weighing options for November

The United Center is seen during a Democratic National Convention media walk-through.

DNC officials defend virtual roll call vote

Raised Fists, a Missed Kiss and Other Images from the Republican Convention

By Ian Ward and Photographs by David Hume Kennerly for POLITICO

Trump and Zelenskyy hold phone call — and Ukraine says it liked what it heard

By Miles J. Herszenhorn and Paul McLeary

Congress

House GOP chair subpoenas Trump rally security records

By Jordain Carney

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

I’ve Never Seen Washingtonians So Scared

By Michael Schaffer

George W. Bush’s Attorney General Is Worried About Trump

By Ankush Khardori

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Scenes from a hospital in Gaza.

We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable.

By Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint meeting of Congress in 2015.

Jake Sullivan expects Netanyahu to play nice while in Washington

By Miles J. Herszenhorn

An illustration of JD Vance wearing a wizard hat and blowing rings of smoke. The backdrop is mountains and a distant foreboding volcano.

How Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance’s Politics

A photo illustration of RNC speakers that highlights their wardrobe choices.

Who Slayed and Who Flopped With Their GOP Convention Looks

By Derek Guy

Tim Ryan speaks to reporters.

JD Vance beat Ohio Democrats. Here is their warning about what happened.

By Madison Fernandez

AUDIO

Jul. 19 2024

How Trump unity and Biden fumbles are helping the House GOP change the map

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2024 Elections

Opinion | Trump Derailed His Own Convention Speech

The former president’s address was riveting at first — and then turned into something disappointingly familiar.

By Jeff Greenfield

COLUMN | RULES OF LAW

The Gaping Hole at the Republican Convention

Trump’s vow of prosecutorial retaliation is largely absent from the convention — and opposed by some Republicans.

By Ankush Khardori

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The Seven Thinkers and Groups That Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview

Post-liberals, “crunchy cons” and monarchists.

By Ian Ward

Culture Club

JD Vance Used to Dress Like Silicon Valley. Now He Dresses Like Trump.

Trump’s new running mate didn’t just adopt MAGA politics, but MAGA style, too.

By Derek Guy

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‘Everything I Do Is Trump’: Photos From Inside a MAGA Convention

The first completely Trumpified political convention, as captured by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly.

By Adam Wren and Photographs by David Hume Kennerly for POLITICO

1600 Penn

Opinion | ‘Poor Son of a B---h’: Biden Once Pitied an Older Politician Reluctant to Leave the Stage

As a senator, Biden could see when it was time for an elder to pass the torch.

By Tom Galvin

History Dept.

How the World’s Biggest Basketball Star Helped Richard Nixon Woo Black Voters

At the Republican National Convention in 1968, Richard Nixon and the world’s biggest basketball star launched a bold plan to win over Black voters skeptical of the Democratic Party. But it turned out to be an illusion.

By Shaun Assael

2024 Elections

The Plot to Destroy Biden, According to His Biggest Fans

Some of the president’s biggest supporters on the internet blame the media — and see conspiracies against him.

By Calder McHugh

Column | On Politics

‘Scared to Death’: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection

By choosing the Ukraine-skeptic Ohio senator, Trump accelerates his party’s rejection of its Reaganite roots.

By Jonathan Martin

2024 Elections

How JD Vance’s Shocking Inexperience Turned Into an Asset

At one time, Vance’s lack of governing experience would have been disqualifying. In 2024, Republicans saw it as a badge of honor.

By Charlie Mahtesian and Calder McHugh

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Q&A

‘The Most Dangerous Threat Environment That I’ve Seen in 40 Years’

A former top Homeland Security Department official discusses the fallout from the Trump assassination attempt.

By Erin Banco

Q&A

‘They Don’t Want to Let It Go’: A Reagan Aide on Biden’s Inner Circle

Ken Khachigian understands why Biden and his closest advisers are trying to hold on to power.

By Charlie Mahtesian

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?

Portrait of Donald Trump

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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2024 elections

Utah governor, a longtime Trump skeptic, offers endorsement after assassination attempt

By Irie Sentner

Biden campaign chair concedes dire situation but outlines path forward

By Jared Mitovich

Casten becomes yet another House Dem to call for Biden to step aside

By Irie Sentner

Trump returns to the stage. And stays and stays and stays.

By Meridith McGraw, Natalie Allison, Alex Isenstadt and Lisa Kashinsky

Legal

Georgia man arrested for allegedly posting death threats against FBI director

By Samantha Latson and Josh Gerstein

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‘There are no guardrails’: Supreme Court empowers cities to take tougher steps to police homelessness

By Dustin Gardiner

Menendez guilty verdicts give New York prosecutors a win after high-profile setbacks

By Erica Orden

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The Trump assassination attempt rattled the nation. Here’s what we know about the investigation.

By Jared Mitovich

Congress

Secret Service director set to appear before House Oversight over Trump shooting

By Jordain Carney

4 GOP senators just confronted the Secret Service director in Milwaukee

By Adam Wren, Natalie Allison and Anthony Adragna

Secret Service struggles to quash congressional fury over Trump assassination attempt

By Jordain Carney and Betsy Woodruff Swan

Coons: Too soon to fire Secret Service chief

By Nahal Toosi

White House

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Kamala Harris allies prepare her defense

By Eugene Daniels

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5 things to know about Biden’s case of Covid

By Lauren Gardner and Erin Schumaker

Biden tests positive for Covid

By Adam Cancryn

Harris denounces ‘heinous’ assassination attempt in first public remarks on Trump shooting

By Isabella Ramírez

States

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Sasse resigning as UF president as family grapples with health issue

By Andrew Atterbury

Hochul leaves door open for a Biden withdrawal, even as she reiterates her support

By Rich Mendez

Pelosi hasn’t told Biden to drop out yet. Here’s what her California allies have said.

By Dustin Gardiner

Major NYC hospital warns of safety risks from delayed closure

By Maya Kaufman

Foreign Affairs

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US journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years imprisonment in Russia

By Eva Hartog

Israel skips Gaza talks, frustrating officials who say a deal is close

By Erin Banco

The tide is turning against Biden in Aspen

By Erin Banco and Nahal Toosi

How the 2024 Olympics changed Paris

By Victor Goury-Laffont

Earlier

Education Department freezes student loan payments for 8M borrowers

By Rebecca Carballo

Sorry, Boris — Nigel Farage is still Britain’s Trump Whisperer

By Sam Blewett and Alexander Ward

Global tech outage takes down banks, media, airports

By PIETER HAECK and Antoaneta Roussi

What Kamala Harris’ record in California tells us about her political future

By Melanie Mason, Jeremy B. White and Lara Korte

The RNC’s closing argument: Trump, Trump Trump

By Kierra Frazier

The RNC was riveted by Trump. Then, they got restless.

By Kimberly Leonard

Trump spoke for 92 minutes. But there are some things he didn’t say.

By Mia McCarthy

Trump described the shooting in depth in his RNC speech. Here’s what he said.

By Anusha Mathur

Trump advisers previewed that he wouldn’t mention Biden. He still did it.

By Irie Sentner

Donald Trump called for unity at the top of his speech. Then he went after Democrats.

By Kierra Frazier

Trump is giving the longest televised acceptance speech ever

By Steven Shepard

Trump seeks to chip away at a historical bedrock of the Democratic coalition

By Nick Niedzwiadek and Gavin Bade

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Gaetz at 2024 RNC: ‘We ride or die’ with Trump

Gaetz at 2024 RNC: ‘We ride or die’ with Trump

Huckabee Sanders says America is 'ready' for female president: 2024 RNC

Huckabee Sanders says America is 'ready' for female president: 2024 RNC

Ben Carson 'not horribly surprised' by shooting at Trump rally: 2024 RNC

Ben Carson 'not horribly surprised' by shooting at Trump rally: 2024 RNC

Lawler isn't afraid of Vance's potential impact on foreign policy

Lawler isn't afraid of Vance's potential impact on foreign policy

JD Vance's wife Usha introduces him at RNC

JD Vance's wife Usha introduces him at RNC

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TALKERS

An illustration featuring photos of J.D. Vance, his wife, Usha, Peter Thiel, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., the movie poster for “Hillbilly Elegy” and the school goose for Ohio State University and Yale Law School

55 Things to Know About JD Vance, Trump's VP Pick

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), right, points toward Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a March 16 campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio.

Private meeting, billionaires and a G6 Gulfstream: The backstory on how Trump picked Vance

An attendee holds up Trump signs on the second day of the Republican National Convention.

A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC

Kamala Harris stands in front of mountains with her back to the camera.

Republicans show exactly how they’d run against Kamala Harris

Former Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday.

The subtle message hidden in Nikki Haley's ‘strong endorsement’ of Trump

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