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Kamala Harris 2024

Washington’s most powerful interests don’t know whether to cheer Harris — or dread her

Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden's policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite? Industries including tech, energy and pharma want to know.

By Megan Messerly

Campaign staff put up signs at Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign headquarters.

Dems feared the fight for Congress was lost. Then Biden dropped out.

By Ally Mutnick and Sarah Ferris

Kamala Harris arrives at campaign headquarters

Harris has enough verbal commitments to secure Democratic nomination

By Dustin Gardiner, Lisa Kashinsky, Emily Ngo, Ry Rivard and Shia Kapos

Kamala Harris, accompanied by Doug Emhoff and Nancy Rotering, talks and shakes hands with police officers.

‘Kamala the Cop’ Doesn’t Sound So Bad in 2024

By Ankush Khardori

Kamala Harris speaks with a crowd of people behind her.

Harris converts Biden campaign into her own

By Eugene Daniels, Elena Schneider and Christopher Cadelago

Kimberly Cheatle testifies before Congress.

Trump rally shooting

Secret Service director resigns after Trump shooting fallout

By Betsy Woodruff Swan, Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein and Jordain Carney

Secret Service director infuriates lawmakers with vague answers on Trump shooting

Opinion | A Historian of the Democratic Party Sees Crisis and Opportunity

Opinion by Michael Kazin

Trump destabilized Canada in 2016. Trudeau doesn’t want it to happen again.

Congress

Johnson, Jeffries announce bipartisan Trump shooting task force

By Jordain Carney

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Column | Compass

Harris May Not be the Savior on Gaza Some Dems Want

In most ways, Harris’ policy toward the Israelis and Palestinians isn’t necessarily going to differ that much from Biden’s.

By Nahal Toosi

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2024 elections

15 Experts Predict What Biden’s Dropout Means for the 2024 Election

Political analysts and historians weigh in on an unprecedented moment in American politics.

By POLITICO MAGAZINE

Column | Altitude

Alone and Abandoned, Biden Learns That Friends Are More Dangerous Than Enemies

As Richard Nixon and LBJ showed, presidents leave the fight when their own side gives up.

By John F. Harris

Church and State

Opinion | Trump Prophets Are in a Frenzy After the Assassination Attempt

An insurgent group of evangelical Christians is mobilizing.

By Matthew D. Taylor

HISTORY DEPT.

A Shooting Changed Reagan’s Presidency. Will It Change Trump?

The attempt on the former president’s life could affect him in unexpected ways.

By Jonathon L. Earle

Analysis | Washington and the World

Netanyahu Thinks Joe Biden Is Already a Lame Duck

The Israeli PM may be betting on a more accommodating U.S. president coming to office soon.

By Michael Hirsh

Q&A

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

NRCC chair Richard Hudson is trying to make the most of Biden’s turmoil and Trump’s near-death shooting.

By Ryan Lizza

2024 Elections

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

The rules might determine who gets the nomination.

By Jeff Greenfield

Optics

Raised Fists, a Missed Kiss and Other Images from the Republican Convention

“Unity, but not for anybody other than them.”

By Ian Ward and Photographs by David Hume Kennerly for POLITICO

Q&A | Rules of Law

George W. Bush’s Attorney General Is Worried About Trump

Alberto Gonzales discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity — and the prospect of a second Trump administration with more vendettas and fewer guardrails.

By Ankush Khardori

Culture Club

Who Slayed and Who Flopped With Their GOP Convention Looks

A sartorial survey of RNC wins and fails.

By Derek Guy

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

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

2024 elections

‘I know Donald Trump’s type': Harris previews attack lines in speech to campaign staff

By Eugene Daniels and Steven Shepard

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DNC poised to move forward with virtual roll call after Biden dropout

By Elena Schneider

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‘We need to defend our sister everywhere': Inside the organizing call for Harris

By Sally Goldenberg and Jason Beeferman

JD Vance gaggles aboard ‘Trump Force Two’

By Meridith McGraw

White House

Harris: ‘We are deeply grateful’ for Biden’s service

By Myah Ward

‘Shameful baloney’: Biden, allies dismiss calls for resignation

By Adam Cancryn

Why Biden finally quit

By Eli Stokols, Jonathan Lemire, Elena Schneider and Sarah Ferris

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How Biden landed at the decision to drop out

By Adam Cancryn

Legal

A DHS report on Jan. 6 could drop soon. It could be bad for the Secret Service.

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

Expect some GOP legal challenges to taking Biden off the ballot. But they’re longshots.

By Kyle Cheney

Trump wins round in libel suit against Pulitzer Prize Board over Russia stories

By Josh Gerstein

Judge turns down George Santos’ request to nix some charges ahead of fraud trial

By Associated Press

Congress

Nancy Mace to force a vote on impeaching Secret Service director

By Jordain Carney

House GOP leaders mull floor vote condemning Harris on handling of border

By Olivia Beavers, Sarah Ferris and Jordain Carney

House Intel Chair Turner: ‘Indecisive’ Biden poses a national security risk

By Joe Gould

Lawmakers visit Butler, walk on roof where suspect shot at Trump, rallygoers

By Josh Gerstein

States

Big Tech-backed plan for new California city gets pulled from local ballot

By Will McCarthy

Eric Adams backs Harris as Democratic nominee

By Joe Anuta

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California Democrats line up behind Harris — with big exceptions

By Dustin Gardiner

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

By Jeremy B. White and Eugene Daniels

Foreign Affairs

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‘Invisible’ Kamala Harris criticized in Europe

By Suzanne Lynch and Ben Munster

Netanyahu requested meeting with Trump this week during US visit

By Erin Banco

European leaders react to Biden’s exit

By POLITICO Staff

Russians, Belarussians suspected of foreign interference barred from Paris Olympics

By Victor Goury-Laffont

Earlier

House Democrats’ campaign arm raised $1M after Biden announced

By Ally Mutnick

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Black women in New York begin organizing for Kamala Harris

By Sally Goldenberg and Jason Beeferman

Eric Holder is running Harris’ veep vetting process

By Christopher Cadelago

All Democratic governors fall in line to support Kamala Harris

By Lisa Kashinsky

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It’s Kamala Harris’ party

Gov. Phil Murphy to Harris: ‘We’ll do whatever it takes’

By Daniel Han

Schumer, Jeffries will meet with the vice president ‘shortly’ in person

By Anthony Adragna and Nicholas Wu

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Harris is calling on her 2020 team to boost her new campaign

By Shia Kapos

Vance attacks Harris over Biden’s abilities: She ‘lied about it’

By Meridith McGraw and Natalie Allison

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Top Oversight Dem joins GOP chair in calling for Secret Service director to resign

By Jordain Carney

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5 things we’ve learned since Kamala Harris launched her campaign

By Jessica Piper

Harris allies trying to recruit Obama hand David Plouffe for top campaign role

By Christopher Cadelago

MOST READ

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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

WUERKER CARTOONS

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TALKERS

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address.

Biden's exit blows a hole in the political rise of ambitious Democrats

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb (center) testifies before Congress.

The conservative doctor who’s got the GOP’s ear on trans kids’ care

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

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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