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Biden’s team had a few demands for a Trump debate. A major one: No crowd.

“Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life. We wanted to take that away.”

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Donald Trump stands next to a podium with a sign that says: Anytime. Anywhere. Anyplace.
President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden argue during a presidential debate.

It’s not the courtroom, it’s the debate stage: Biden and Trump’s race really starts now

Biden and Trump are jumping into the fray.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Indian American Impact Project's Annual Summit.

Biden campaign agrees to VP debate on CBS

Trump has not yet picked a running mate but the stage is set for a potential showdown.

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Illustration of Sarah Huckabee Sanders holding a the top of a dollhouse version of the Arkansas capitol building replacing the Arkansas flag with a MAGA flag.

The Friday Read

‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ increasing number of critics think she’s too worried about her national profile.

By Dana Liebelson

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COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

Big Trouble in Intern City

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2024 Elections

The surprising topic AIPAC isn’t focusing on in campaign ads: Israel

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House unveils $1.5 trillion farm bill after long delay

The legislation is one of the few must-pass bills left for Congress this year.

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Congress

Johnson's latest conservative problem: How hard to hit the Justice Department

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Daniel Perry enters a courtroom.

National

Abbott pardons man who fatally shot Black Lives Matter protester

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California

Kamala for governor? She jokes, but the state lacks a giant

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Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

WHITE HOUSE

White House to Republicans: You’re not getting audio of Biden’s interview with Hur

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Frank Fahrenkopf speaks.

Playbook Deep Dive

America’s presidential debate boss thinks Biden upended tradition … and duped Trump

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History Dept.

A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy

The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.

By Joshua Zeitz

Flags of the member states of the African Union stand in a row.

Column | Compass

African Countries Are Failing to Make a Dent in Washington’s Diplomatic Scene

It’s partly a question of resources, but it’s also about political will and hustle.

By Nahal Toosi

Pro-Palestinian protesters are pictured.

Culture Club

Can Eurovision Survive Israel’s War in Gaza?

Politics has always lurked at the edges of the campy song contest. But it’s center stage now.

By Charlie Sohne

Former President Donald Trump and attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and Susan Necheles attend his trial.

Column | Rules of Law

Trump’s Lawyers Are Making Major Mistakes

Trump has no one to blame but himself.

By Ankush Khardori

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Letter From Montana

Montana’s Tribal Voters Could Determine the Makeup of the Senate

Following a major turnout dip in 2022, Native American voters are now a key target in the Montana Senate race, where their votes could make or break Jon Tester’s chances of heading back to the Hill.

By Natalie Fertig

The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on a scoreboard.

Column | On Politics

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

As Democrats plan their convention, they’ll have to address the elephant in the room: How to mitigate the threat of disruptions and work with a rookie mayor who unabashedly sympathizes with the protesters.

By Jonathan Martin

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Exit Interview

She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk.

As Victoria Nuland steps down, she gets real about a world on fire.

By Nahal Toosi

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

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History Dept.

The Debate Gaffe That Changed American History

And cost Gerald Ford the presidency.

By Jeff Greenfield

INTERACTIVES

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

Portrait of Donald Trump

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

CARTOON CAROUSEL

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Defense attorney Todd Blanche cross examines Michael Cohen in Manhattan criminal court.

Trump’s lawyer confronted Michael Cohen with a bang (and an expletive). Then things fizzled.

Even Trump seemed to doze off as his nemesis faced cross-examination.

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‘Travesty of justice’: Johnson slams Trump hush money trial

Mike Johnson comes to Trump’s defense

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FILE- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and attorney Michael Cohen, right, during a visit to the Pastors Leadership Conference at New Spirit Revival Center, Sept. 21, 2016, in Cleveland. Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand Tuesday, testifying in detail how former president was linked to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. Trump is the first former U.S. president to go on trial. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Does Michael Cohen want to see Trump convicted? The answer won't surprise you.

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Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building.

The Michael Cohen who testified Monday was not the witness anyone expected

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CONGRESS

Bob Good arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting.

House conservatives try to plan Trump trial visit

It's part of a growing Republican trend, as more than a dozen notable names have acted as the former president's surrogates in New York City.

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Dan Sullivan speaks during Senate hearing.

Senate hearing gets testy over shipbuilding woes, climate change

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

House passes GOP bill rebuking Biden's Israel weapons pause

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Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., is pictured speaking into a microphone.

Greg Steube has achieved a rare feat: Successfully forcing a bill to the House floor

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Nikki Haley speaks into microphone on stage.

Nikki Haley gathers her donors and ignores Trump

Haley didn't endorse the former president or push her supporters to back him.

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Larry Hogan speaks in front of the Maryland flag.

Larry Hogan’s won tough races before. Never like this.

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate.

Biden and Trump agree to debates. And then debate about more debates.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens.

RFK Jr. rails against being left out of the Biden-Trump presidential debates

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LEGAL

Bob Menendez (center right) leaves with his wife Nadine Menendez outside the Manhattan Federal Court.

Nadine Menendez, co-defendant in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, diagnosed with advanced breast cancer

Her trial date had already been postponed for medical reasons.

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The U.S. Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court upholds CFPB funding, saving agency

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Hunter Biden is seen walking between leaves of a tree.

Biden aides worry about psychological torment as Hunter heads for trial

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Hunter Biden, center, flanked by Kevin Morris, left, and Abbe Lowell, right, departs a House Oversight Committee meeting.

Hunter Biden’s legal defense has a problem: The patron paying the bills is running out of cash

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WHITE HOUSE

Joe Biden sits at a table and signs a document while people around him watch.

DC slammed Trump’s tariffs. Biden’s decision to keep them draws a very different reaction.

The response offers yet another reminder of just how much the U.S. political consensus has shifted against free trade.

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Joe Biden speaks in front of trains.

Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden.

Biden attacks Trump with new China tariff announcement

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Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference.

Blinken reiterates human rights findings on Israel

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A police line is placed outside the entrance of the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on May 15, 2024.

Roots of Robert Fico's shooting lie in Slovakia's bitter divides

Minister fears country is "on the verge of civil war" after attempted assassination.

By Tom Nicholson

A demonstrator holds up her smart phone with the light switched on during an opposition protest in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 14, 2024.

Georgians fighting for Europe fear Brussels missing in action

By Jakob Hanke Vela and Gabriel Gavin

First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Nov. 7, 2023.

Rubles and bullets: Putin puts an economist in charge of the military

By Eva Hartog

A person works on a laptop on June 19, 2017.

Timeline: Europe under cyber siege in 2024

By Seb Starcevic

STATES

Fred Daibes arrives at Manhattan federal court.

New Jersey

Businesspeople do not dispute giving gold, cash to Menendezes — but say they were ‘gifts’

Prosecutors gave jurors a show-and-tell of gold bars and bags of cash seized from the Menendez home

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Two unlikely states are leading the charge on regulating AI

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Gavin Newsom points and speaks.

Newsom, Lombardo trade blows over gas prices

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In an aerial view, brand new Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla Fremont Factory.

Trump who? California Republicans love electric vehicles

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EARLIER

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France bans TikTok in overseas territory amid violent protests

By Clothilde Goujard

Police walk on the UCLA campus.

University of California student workers vote to strike amid Gaza protest furor

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President Joe Biden speaks at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.

Even Democrats don’t get what Biden’s Israel weapons policy is

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Two munitions technicians position a tail assembly on an inert Joint Direct Attack Munition.

Confused about Biden’s Israel weapons policy? Here’s what you should know.

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A student silhouetted in front of a Palestinian flag during a protest against the Israel-Hamas war.

California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters' demands

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Supreme Court is seen.

Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black districts

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Emergency workers walk among debris in front of a residential building damaged as a result of a missile attack.

Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike Russia

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A regional American Airlines plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Congress clears major aviation policy bill, after months of delays

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FDIC board of directors Chair Martin Gruenberg testifies March 29 before the House Financial Services Committee.

‘You’re on a short leash’: Lawmakers blast FDIC chief over toxic workplace

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Sue Altman speaks into a megaphone.

In closely watched NJ House contest, Republican targets progressive challenger on Israel-Hamas war

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Angela Alsobrooks celebrates at her primary night party.

Angela Alsobrooks won a messy Senate primary. Now she takes on Larry Hogan.

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Explosive charges are detonated to bring down sections of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the container ship Dali.

Ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge had electrical blackouts the day prior to collision

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MOST READ

Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

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  2. California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters' demands

  3. Hunter Biden’s legal defense has a problem: The patron paying the bills is running out of cash

  4. A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy

  5. Kamala for governor? She jokes, but the state lacks a giant

VIDEO

Pelosi to Biden: I'd 'never recommend' debating Trump

Pelosi to Biden: I'd 'never recommend' debating Trump

'Embarrassing': Romney calls out GOP who attended Trump trial

'Embarrassing': Romney calls out GOP who attended Trump trial

Watch: Biden jokes about his age throughout presidency

Watch: Biden jokes about his age throughout presidency

‘You are not alone’: Blinken stresses support for Ukraine in Kyiv

‘You are not alone’: Blinken stresses support for Ukraine in Kyiv

White House 'strongly' opposes GOP bill to force Israeli arm shipments

White House 'strongly' opposes GOP bill to force Israeli arm shipments

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TALKERS

Nikki Haley speaks into microphone on stage.

Nikki Haley gathers her donors and ignores Trump

Former President Donald Trump and attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and Susan Necheles attend his trial.

Trump’s Lawyers Are Making Major Mistakes

A general view shows the stage with the CNN sign.

CNN announces moderators for Biden-Trump presidential debate

An illustration featuring a large grayscale photo of Victoria Nuland surrounded by grayscale photos of Donald Trump, the NATO banner, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during an interview with POLITICO in his office suite at the U.S. Capitol.

Mike Johnson Told Us What He Really Thinks About Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries and Donald Trump

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