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Trump Brushed Off His Scandals. Heres Why Platner Couldnt.
Why Democrats can't play by Trump rules.
04:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories The new animal at the zoo: John Kennedy is suddenly everywhere
The exceedingly down-home Louisiana senator is getting attention and using it to help his colleagues.
03:45 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump ousts members of bipartisan election commission ahead of midterms
The Election Assistance Commission serves as a clearinghouse of election information and distributes grant money to states.
09:29 PM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Wall Streets new obsession: reading Washington
From Intel to AI, investors are trying to stay ahead of a president whose announcements can move markets overnight.
04:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Just Not Accurate: Trumps Outgoing Antitrust Chief Hits Back at Critics
In an exclusive exit interview, Omeed Assefi opens up about the Justice Department’s antitrust playbook and its most controversial decisions.
04:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Southern Black leaders warn their power is on the line and Democrats are looking elsewhere
Black lawmakers and activists in the Deep South say they are fighting an existential crisis on their own in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling.
04:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump's renewed Iran strikes put Republicans in a bind
“He’s screwing us into political oblivion,” said one House member.
03:30 PM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Courts reject Trump's Hail Mary bids to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll
Courts at every level have rebuffed Trump's efforts to block the payment.
03:18 PM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories The nations 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 entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
06:13 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories The time-consuming permits dozens of data centers are skipping
A court ruling shrinking the scope of the Clean Water Act has allowed new data centers to speed through the federal permitting process. Communities are feeling the effects.
09:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Hugely Troubling: A Former Wall Street Regulator Is Getting Nervous
Are regulators sowing the seeds of another bank bailout?
04:00 AM on 07/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Inside the tense final hours of Graham Platners campaign
Graham Platner went down fighting. Advisers told him to focus on ‘gratitude.’
04:55 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Platner campaign quietly polls potential replacements as pressure mounts
The poll tested head-to-head matchups between Republican Sen. Susan Collins and five possible Democratic replacements.
01:33 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner cancels fundraisers, pulls down ads as he mulls campaign future
The moves come as the embattled nominee faces rising calls to drop his Maine Senate bid.
02:46 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani calls on Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race
The New York City mayor never endorsed, but several of his top aides have played leading roles on the progressive oysterman’s campaign.
10:06 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Planned Parenthood to target GOP with $47 million midterm blitz
The near-record investment from Planned Parenthood Votes will fund efforts to unseat Republicans who voted to defund the abortion provider last year.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Anti-establishment avalanche buries a pair of Colorado Democratic stalwarts
Tuesday’s results reveal the depth of Democratic voters’ frustrations with Washington.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Dem candidates form Blue Collar Brigade to boost fundraising
Five candidates with blue-collar backgrounds are teaming up to boost their fundraising and their populist messaging ahead of November.
04:55 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Democratic socialist Melat Kiros topples a nearly 30-year incumbent to win Colorado House primary
The 29-year-old DSA-backed challenger ousted Rep. Diana DeGette, one of Colorado’s longest-serving Democrats, in the primary for the 1st District.
11:04 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign
He had lost significant support and financial backing among Democrats in the wake of a POLITICO report that a woman said he forced her to have sex. He denied the claim.
07:20 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories How Maine Democrats will replace Graham Platner
The party has until July 27 to replace Platner in the key battleground Senate race.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner just dropped out. Heres who could replace him.
Several potential successors have already signaled their interest in seeking the Democratic nomination for Maine Senate.
08:18 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats Keep Falling for Political Fantasies. When Will They Learn?
Democrats keep falling for charismatic newcomers and viral candidates — and it keeps costing them elections.
04:55 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Why the House's Epstein investigation isn't going away
No smoking guns have been found, but the Oversight Committee is likely to continue probing powerful associates of the late, convicted sex offender.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories 1 year in, ICEs mass detention policy is on the ropes
ICE's mass detention policy has been in place — and under fire in the courts — for a year.
04:00 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The administration has a new climate change office. Its headed by a climate critic.
The office that produces the National Climate Assessment has been reconstituted, after the administration gutted it last year.
04:00 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states
The move deepens what Democrats say is the president's politicization of federal emergency management decisions.
11:53 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Europe prepares to go it alone as Trump returns to war in Iran
The president’s comments that the U.S. ceasefire with Iran had ended only cemented the sense among NATO members that they can no longer rely on America.
02:13 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump yelled at NATO leaders in public. In private, it was a different story.
The president started his visit to Ankara berating the NATO alliance. Something changed before he left.
10:18 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The boy who cried wolf: NATO allies take Trumps bluster in stride
Alliance countries managed to extract some praise from the U.S. president in Ankara. But increasingly they’re making it clear it’s not their priority.
03:18 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Fire with fire: How America First Legal plans to fight Democrats
AFL looks to expand beyond the Trump administration in upcoming legal battles with Democrats, all in a bid to be the right-wing ACLU.
03:00 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories What Americans mean when they say theyre worried about a stolen election
New results from The POLITICO Poll show Democrats are worried about voter suppression while Republicans are worried about voter fraud.
09:00 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platners campaign says it contacted state party to discuss process if he drops out
The embattled Senate candidate’s campaign says voters and volunteers should decide his replacement — not the establishment.
09:38 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Most Senate Dems say Platner should drop out. Here's where they all stand.
As of Tuesday, 34 Democratic senators said that he should drop out of the race, according to this POLITICO tracker.
12:19 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories The Kamala Harris lesson Maine Democrats dont want to repeat
Some voters are getting flashbacks to 2024 as the pressure on Graham Platner to drop out increases.
09:38 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories The race to replace Graham Platner has already begun
The embattled Democratic Senate candidate has not dropped out of the race.
12:51 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Mitch McConnells absence is throwing Trumps Pentagon budget boost in doubt
The former GOP leader has been absent as the bipartisan appropriations process he helps oversee has run aground.
03:45 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Under Trump, the agency at the center of the global AI tech race has slowed to a crawl
Former Trump administration officials and China hardliners blame mismanagement at the Commerce Department for growing bottlenecks.
04:01 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Why a bitter health care fight is at the center of a high-stakes House battle
Rep. Mike Lawler is bracing for a barrage of Democratic attacks over cuts to care and hospitals.
04:55 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories NATO allies temper expectations for summit after Trumps angry entrance
Whether the summit ends in reassurance or rupture may come down to Wednesday, when Trump meets Ukraine’s president and weighs in on the future of U.S. forces in Europe.
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