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Nikki Haley Is Turning Her Biggest Criticism Into a Cam...

The former South Carolina governor made a career of taking both sides. In an ove...

Mick Mulvaney Dreamed of Shutting Down the Government. ...

Trump’s budget chief on what it’s like to be in charge of closing the government.

What Shutdown? Downtown D.C. Is Already a Ghost Town

As far as D.C.'s economy is concerned, next week won't make much difference.

Why Nikki Haley’s Attacks Work Better Than Her Rivals’

I was an opposition researcher. Here's what her rivals should do if they want to...

Why is New Jersey So Corrupt? A Corruption Researcher O...

An expert explains how Sen. Bob Menendez fits into a long tradition for his state.

Germany’s far-right ‘firewall’ cracks

A vow by mainstream parties not to cooperate with Alternative for Germany is und...

The House GOP Is A Failed State

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster is dramatic evidence, if redundant, about the state of t...

How SBF’s fall keeps rattling Capitol Hill

"Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial will remind everyone in Congress about the risks that...

What Newsom’s relationship with labor says about his Se...

The governor tapped a labor champion in the midst of high-profile vetoes of unio...

Lessons for the Press in the Age of Trump

The Marty Baron method.

GOP candidate Bernie Moreno raises $4M in third quarter...

The haul includes $3 million of his own money.

Newsom says his ‘incredible’ pick for Senate can run if...

Butler, who will be sworn in Tuesday, hasn't said whether she will run.

Tim Scott’s team to donors: Just wait until South Carolina

Scott’s national finance co-chair told donors that South Carolina is “where we m...

Barbara Lee on Laphonza Butler: 'I wish her well'

"We're focused very clearly on winning this race,” Lee told CNN.

Opinion | The Coming Supreme Court Power Grab

In three cases the justices will take up in coming months, they have the opportu...

As Trump goes on trial for business fraud, he treats co...

The $250 million civil lawsuit from New York's attorney general accuses Trump, h...

GOP senators weigh go-big-or-go-home strategy on Ukraine

The GOP confrontation last week over continued aid was a rude awakening for Mitc...

Democrats tried to protect the CFPB from politics. The ...

Many Democrats see the case as part of a broad-based attack on the regulatory st...

Student loans join a long list of Biden's new economic ...

“We're monitoring how borrowers are doing very, very carefully,” said James Kvaa...

EU, U.S. and Russia held secret talks days before Nagor...

Meeting is a rare sign of diplomacy on a high-level security topic between Putin...

Paris bedbugs ‘hell’: Don’t panic, health chief urges

Invasive creatures swarm public transport in the French capital, raising alarm a...

Who’s in for the next GOP debate — and who might be wat...

Consider us your guide to the biggest event of the primary so far, with the powe...

Revealed: Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak seek U.K./U.S. trad...

U.S. proposals leaked to POLITICO cover thorny issues including agriculture, but...

Adams heads to southern border with message for migrant...

Mayor Adams will travel to Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador to tell potential migran...

Kari Lake formally files for Senate bid

The Trump-backing Arizona Republican enters an already complicated race.

Leader of gun safety group Giffords to step down

Peter Ambler, who has helmed Giffords for 10 years, will leave around the end of...

Caltrans official says she was demoted for objecting to...

Jeanie Ward-Waller was removed last month from her position overseeing Californi...

As the president pushes gun safety, Hunter Biden will m...

The president's son, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three federal gun charges...

Leonard Leo says he will not cooperate with D.C. Attorn...

A liberal group targeted by a similar tax probe said it would comply.

Judge in fraud trial imposes gag order after Trump atta...

In a social media post that was quickly deleted, Trump attacked the judge’s law ...

Pro-Christie groups urge New Hampshire Dems to switch p...

The former New Jersey Governor has not personally urged party switching. But his...

California Democrat makes cash splash in late entrance ...

Democrats have been fretting about their field in a competitive race to take on ...