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What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like
She would likely stay tough on Russia and China, and has rebuked Israel’s handling of aid into Gaza.
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What happens next now that Biden has dropped out?
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Biden drops out, throwing the 2024 US election into chaos
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Global tech outage takes down banks, media, airports
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Italian journalist fined €5K for mocking PM Meloni’s height
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Von der Leyen: ‘My heart bleeds’ over social media health effects
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The secret lives of parliamentary assistants
DNC chair defends Biden on social media as polling looks increasingly grim
Jaime Harrison has taken to engaging critics online as officials grow defensive over their nominee.
European Parliament rejects far-right proposal to debate Trump shooting
The proposal was rejected with 337 votes against, 119 in favor and 15 abstentions.
Elon Musk vows to move X, SpaceX headquarters out of California, citing trans privacy law
The tech billionaire has made similar threats over political differences in the past.
Private meeting, billionaires and a G6 Gulfstream: The backstory on how Trump picked Vance
The 39-year-old freshman senator was named as Trump’s running mate on Monday.
Europe’s populists use Trump shooting to slam the left
From Spain to Serbia, right-wing forces were quick to point the finger over the attack.
Sunday services paint Trump as God’s chosen one
The portrayal could solidify the inevitability of Trump’s presidency among some Evangelicals.
Trump staff memo says convention to go on as planned, with new security
Two top campaign officials said they hoped “this horrendous act will bring our team, and indeed the nation, together in unity.”
Trump shooting: Rising violence has become America’s political reality
Saturday’s violence broke out against a backdrop of a government already inundated by threats for members of Congress, judges and other officials.
Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs
“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs.
Smartphone ban to hit Belgium’s Francophone schools
New regional government will limit use of smartphones by kids in Brussels and Walloon schools.
Diplomacy wars: Orbán’s new nemesis arranges visit to Ukraine
Hungary’s Péter Magyar wants to present a contrast with Budapest’s Russia-friendly prime minister.
X deletes official UK Conservatives account
Tories blamed the social media platform for the deletion.
4 more senior Democrats call on Biden to stand down from reelection bid
Other Democrats also expressed concerns with the president’s prospects during a private Sunday call.
Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe
Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.
How the Tory campaign melted down in 6 disastrous weeks
Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly — and paid a terrible price.
Polish media outlets protest ‘threat of domination’ by Big Tech
Tweaks in copyright law means publishers can’t bargain better deals with Google, Facebook, local media warn.
French far-right parties target voters with AI ahead of vote
The country’s National Rally and Reconquest political parties have used the tech to promote divisive messages about migration and the EU.
Where’s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis.
The leader “underestimated how much the public were turned off by his personality,” one party official told POLITICO.
Germany’s Scholz breaks bad on migration
Multiple high-profile acts of violence and the rising popularity of the far right have convinced the German chancellor to deport migrants who commit crimes.
Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain
Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.
‘We’ve all enabled the situation’: Democrats turn on Biden’s inner sanctum post debate
The senior team’s management of Biden has grown more strictly controlled as his term has gone on.
Five simple steps to deceiving your way to Downing Street
From dodgy data to flagrant fibs, POLITICO has the inside track on how politicians are scheming to win votes at the U.K. general election.
Fighting in Gaza will continue, Netanyahu tells Cabinet amid tense cease-fire talks
The U.S. has been pushing Israel to agree to a three-part cease-fire deal, backed by several countries including France, the U.K., Egypt, Qatar and by the European Commission.
The last 10 days of an election campaign
As the general election reaches its final week, host Sascha O’Sullivan takes us inside the last push of the campaign. She explores how parties use every trick …