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‘Can she win?’: Why Kamala Harris can’t shake doubts about her political future

Major reasons Democrats are concerned about tapping Vice President Kamala Harris should President Joe Biden step aside stem from polling and her failed 2020 presidential bid.

By Jeremy B. White and Eugene Daniels

Vice President Kamala Harris waves to supporters.

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

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

By Sarah Ferris and Christopher Cadelago

Dems to Biden: Time’s up. Get out.

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

The United Center is seen in Chicago.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else? The Convention Rules Might Decide.

By Jeff Greenfield

Harris tries to calm jittery donors

By Eugene Daniels and Elena Schneider

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset.

Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed

Magazine

‘I Don’t Think Waves Are Possible Anymore’: NRCC Chair on the House GOP’s Election Strategy

Energy & Environment

Trump said ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ But is that a fantasy?

Both Trump and Biden are pushing lucrative U.S. fossil fuel deals — a risky bet given the EU’s plans to wean itself off the energy source.

By Gabriel Gavin and Ben Lefebvre

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

I’ve Never Seen Washingtonians So Scared

The rise of political violence has reshaped life in the nation’s capital.

By Michael Schaffer

AUDIO

Jul. 19 2024

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

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Culture Club

Who Slayed and Who Flopped With Their GOP Convention Looks

A sartorial survey of RNC wins and fails.

By Derek Guy

Primary Source

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

American surgeons who witnessed the civilian carnage of the Israel-Hamas war.

By Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa

Culture Club

How Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance’s Politics

‘A lot of my conservative worldview was influenced by Tolkien.’

By Adam Wren

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

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

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

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

CARTOON CAROUSEL

Political Cartoon

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

By POLITICO Staff

2024 elections

DNC officials defend virtual roll call vote

By Elena Schneider

Top Biden ally says president is weighing options for November

By Eric Bazail-Eimil

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

Legal

Man charged with attempting to kill Brett Kavanaugh headed to trial

By Josh Gerstein

Jan. 6 defendant, who also attended 2017 Unite the Right rally, sentenced to 5 years

By Samantha Latson and Kyle Cheney

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

By Kyle Cheney, Sarah Ferris and Jordain Carney

Georgia man arrested for allegedly posting death threats against FBI director

By Samantha Latson and Josh Gerstein

Congress

House GOP chair subpoenas Trump rally security records

By Jordain Carney

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

White House

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White House responding to massive IT outage

By John Sakellariadis, Maggie Miller and Joseph Gedeon

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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

States

Lawsuit against DeSantis over migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard is back on

By Gary Fineout

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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

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

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Jake Sullivan expects Netanyahu to play nice while in Washington

By Miles J. Herszenhorn

New York GOP official seizes national spotlight with culture war cred

By Emily Ngo

Joint Chiefs chair: ‘That’d be great’ if Trump ends Ukraine war quickly

By Eric Bazail-Eimil

Biden regulators set to look into unequal online pricing scheme

By Josh Sisco

Education Department freezes student loan payments for 8M borrowers

By Rebecca Carballo

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

By Adam Cancryn, Jonathan Lemire and Eli Stokols

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

By Irie Sentner

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

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

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

The RNC’s closing argument: Trump, Trump Trump

By Kierra Frazier

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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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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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