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Top Republicans didn’t expect Trump’s dividends. Now they’re scrambling.
As they gathered in Dallas, GOP lawmakers wavered from full-on embrace to full-on avoidance of the president’s promise of $5,000 checks to Americans.
Kamala Harris to campaign with Ossoff in Georgia
The former vice president is heading to the battleground state as some Democrats have kept their distance.
Why so many incumbents lost primaries this year
Anti-incumbent anger crossed party lines in this year’s primaries — and redistricting didn’t help, either.
Dan McKee becomes first governor in 8 years to lose primary
Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated the Rhode Island governor in the Democratic primary after he failed to corral a growing political crisis around a bridge.
‘We are going in the wrong direction’: Republican convention dogged by the cost of living
The GOP is gathering in Dallas to tout the administration’s wins. Many Republicans worry there are few on affordability.
Stefany Shaheen, daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, wins New Hampshire House primary
She won the Democratic primary for the open 1st District despite her rivals’ attempts to weaponize her family ties.
Missouri’s redistricting in flux after dissonant court rulings
A Supreme Court justice rejected a bid to revive Missouri’s pro-GOP redistricting before midterms, but a federal judge practically simultaneously gave the state the OK to continue with the plan.
Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn’t only about Trump
GOP lawmakers said they are counting on the president to draw a contrast with Democrats in Dallas, not prosecute personal grievances.
Nevada Republicans are testing the 2028 case against Gavin Newsom
Gov. Joe Lombardo, one of the most vulnerable Republican governors this cycle, has zeroed in on a cross-border boogeyman in the Democratic governor of California.
‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump’s USPS order
While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that en...
Missouri Supreme Court pauses GOP gerrymander, likely netting Democrats 1 House seat
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that voters can decide the fate of the GOP-passed gerrymander via a referendum this fall.
Groundbreaking for Trump's arch will begin soon, Burgum says
Excavation work for the 250-foot-tall monument could begin in the next two weeks, the Interior secretary said.
Kamala Harris wants back in the fight. These Democrats don’t want her help.
The former vice president is one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent figures, but some Democrats think her brand is too toxic to help their campaigns.
Stephen A. Smith has some words for Democrats as he makes his 2028 plans clear
“The minute I announce that I’m running, I would be taken off the air,” Smith said in an interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns.