Meet the Brooklyn judge at the epicenter of the Mar-a-Lago records case

Meet the Brooklyn judge now at the epicenter of the Mar-a-Lago records case

Raymond Dearie will be the special master tasked with sorting through the files seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Good luck, judge.

A tale of two Grassleys: Partisan investigator and bipartisan dealmaker

He says he treats every issue distinctly. Republicans insist he's always been that way. His Democratic opponent accuses him of changing before the election.

Migrants who arrived in Martha's Vineyard to be moved to Cape Cod

“Our administration has been working across state government to develop a plan to ensure these individuals will have access to the services they need going forward," Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday.

Dems push DOJ to probe DeSantis over migrants. But there’s no easy legal answer.

A core legal concern is whether migrants have given their consent to travel by plane to Massachusetts or bus to Illinois, New York or Washington, where migrants have also been transported.

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 hundred…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she had successful surgery for thyroid cancer

The Arkansas GOP gubernatorial candidate and former White House press secretary said she is now cancer-free.

In private memo, Fetterman confronts a new obstacle: Getting outspent

Fetterman campaign manager Brendan McPhillips wrote a "wake-up call" to donors about increased GOP TV spending in Pennsylvania.

5th Circuit upholds Texas law forbidding social media ‘censorship’ — again

The ruling is a win for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in their efforts to combat what they call censorship of conservative viewpoints by social media companies.

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Biden takes a big swing on the world stage before turning to the midterms

The president will head to London for the queen's funeral, then speaks to the U.N. to urge support for Ukraine.

POLITICO Playbook: Biden heads abroad as immigrant issue bubbles

And Biden gave a sit-down interview to Scott Pelley that will air on the Sunday night season premiere of “60 Minutes."

Josh Shapiro Puts His Faith at the Center of Campaign Against Mastriano

Devoutly Jewish, he wants to persuade voters that his opponent’s Christian nationalism doesn’t represent the values of the state.

The Radically Different Visions of Black Power Vying for Control in Georgia

Atlanta has represented the promise of Black civil rights. But in neighboring South Fulton, the fulfillment of that promise has birthed new, complicated problems.

In Atlanta, Hip Hop Royalty Returns to Run the Show

Killer Mike and other rappers are fighting a controversial City Council proposal that would allow the politicians to temporarily shut down certain nightclubs.

Opinion | The Other Way the Supreme Court is Nullifying Precedent

Along with overturning major decisions, the court is quietly erecting new barricades on rulings they can’t quite throw out.

Opinion | Michael Beschloss Has Been Radicalized

Washington’s most famous historian is still neutral about everything — except the biggest issue of all.

When Republicans Tried to Impeach a Supreme Court Justice

The demand to oust a justice has some precedent.

Atlanta Was Ours. And Then It Changed.

While the face of Atlanta politics remains Black, like many cities around the country, the ATL is no longer majority Black.

Will Capito whip Manchin's energy bill?

What the Tom Barrack trial could mean for the future of foreign lobbying prosecutions

Some FARA experts warned that another defeat in a high-profile case like Barrack’s could have a chilling effect on DOJ’s renewed push to crack down on illegal foreign lobbying.

New change at the Pentagon waters down focus on Taiwan, critics say

“Anything that dilutes America’s focus on helping Taiwan to defend itself is a really bad idea,” Sen. Dan Sullivan said.

Negotiations on whether to send F-16s and Patriots to Ukraine continue — but quietly

Ukraine has stopped asking for high-tech weapons in public. But that doesn’t mean they don’t want them.

FERC's murky leadership future could derail U.S. climate goals

Chair Richard Glick has spent the past two years pushing the adoption of policies he advocated as a minority voice on the commission.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signs abortion ban into law

The ban has exemptions for medical emergencies and for rape and incest victims until eight weeks of pregnancy for adults and 14 weeks for children.

New rules for tech companies

Holtec wants more tax credits, grants

NYCHA boss out as CEO, stays chair

The political fallout of Martha's Vineyard

Snopes, Sims and the SAFE-T Act