Not the slick choice: Maine Dems sweat Troy Jackson despite dominant victory
The progressive logger and former state legislator dominated Maine’s last-minute delegate conventions. But some voters were left unsatisfied with the process — and the presumptive nominee.
03:45 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdanis mojo comes with some blind spots
The New York City mayor is rewriting the rules of ethnic politics in the nation’s largest city.
04:55 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories The hopeless, bad people just won Donald Trump's World Cup
The U.S. president has relentlessly targeted Spain. Its soccer stars just had the last laugh.
05:30 PM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Burnham vows to bring back hope as Britains new PM
Former Greater Manchester mayor takes over from Keir Starmer and names his Cabinet. Follow along for all the latest news and analysis from the POLITICO team.
06:08 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump pushes UN free speech declaration in veiled attack on EU tech regulation
The White House has repeatedly condemned EU rules that govern online platforms as censorship. Now they want the world to put the critique into writing.
06:13 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories EU hits Chinas Alibaba with 550M record fine over illegal products
“There were a lot of counterfeit products, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics” on AliExpress, Europe’s tech chief says.
06:15 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Greeks ready to pick a fight about The Odyssey
The new film directed by Christopher Nolan has already sparked a run in theaters internationally — and stirred controversy in Homer’s land.
06:11 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination
Jackson’s preferred delegates have won a majority of the seats at next week’s nominating convention to replace Graham Platner.
12:55 PM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories On the Ground Along NATOs Eastern Flank as Russia Threatens
The alliance’s new frontline states are arming up. Is it enough?
06:00 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories The men behind Trump's $3.47 gas: An NFL coach, a GOP fundraiser and two New Jersey brothers
President Donald Trump and his White House have enthusiastically promoted the Freedom Fuel Network, a chain of star-spangled gas stations
11:01 AM on 07/20/2026 ABC Politics McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.
11:17 AM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn't work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
01:37 PM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News China's economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023
China's economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.
03:01 AM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at home
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01:29 PM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News McDonald's is upgrading its burgers
McDonald's, which has been focusing on upgrading its core items to boost sales, is rolling out a series of changes designed to improve its signature burgers.
12:31 PM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News Google-parent stock drops on fears it could lose search market share to AI-powered rivals
Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft's Bing.
11:52 AM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit
A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn't commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.
06:45 PM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he's facing charges
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof "rent-a-hitman" website, according to the Department of Justice.
05:06 AM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.
02:54 PM on 07/20/2026 CNN US News GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
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