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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.
09:00 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories How North Dakota Finally Built Theodore Roosevelt's New Library
Doug Burgum, Kelly Armstrong and Kevin Cramer discuss the state's biggest new landmark and the politics of the moment.
06:25 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Haley Stevens grabs Benjamin Netanyahu's lifeline on Israel
The Israeli prime minister took a swipe at Stevens on Tuesday. During that night’s debate, Stevens made it front-and-center.
08:50 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories With GOP primary looming, DeSantis-Collins ties fray in Florida
The back-and-forth involving Collins comes just more than a month before the Aug. 18 Republican primary.
06:58 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump says Iran ceasefire is over
The president calls Iran’s leaders “liars” and says dealing with Tehran is simply a “waste of time.”
05:13 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on 1 big election issue
As campaign spending hits record highs, voters across parties question how deeply money shapes elections.
09:00 AM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories How Gettysburg Became a Refuge for Conservatives Battered by Trump-Era Strife
It might take a mock battlefield to solve America’s political divisions.
04:00 PM on 07/08/2026 Politico Top Stories Everything Ive ever asked him for, hes done: Erdoan takes the stage as NATOs Trump whisperer
A decade of Trump asking and Erdoğan delivering has made the Turkish president NATO’s strongest asset heading into a potentially volatile summit in Ankara.
04:00 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Rutte to NATO: Admit it Trump was right
The military alliance chief has more warm words for the U.S. president in an interview with POLITICO, where he credits him with getting Europeans to spend more on defense.
05:15 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Please help us: Zelenskyy presses NATO for air defense aid
Ukraine’s president said Patriot production is not enough and urged Europe to build mass-produced anti-ballistic systems “today, not years from now.”
07:33 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump management: Everyone else has a plan to keep NATO summit on the rails
Military allies hope money, rearmament and a gesture on Iran will keep the U.S. president happy.
02:08 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats have abandoned Graham Platner
The loss of support comes after a POLITICO report that a woman said the Maine Democratic Senate nominee sexually assaulted her in 2021. He denied the claim.
06:37 PM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”
02:18 PM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories The likely next Congressional Black Caucus chair has big plans for the shrinking powerhouse
Louisiana Rep. Troy Carter said the influential group of Democrats will overcome the serious threats to its power.
03:45 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Le Pen sentenced to house arrest: Live updates
The ruling in the French far-right leader’s embezzlement appeal could complicate her plans to run for president next year.
07:28 AM on 07/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Its Judgment Day for Marine Le Pen
A Paris appeals court delivers its verdict Tuesday in a case that could reshape France’s next presidential election.
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