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A woman walks her dog outside Simply Pure Dispensary in Denver.

LETTER FROM COLORADO

Colorado’s Weed Market Is Coming Down Hard and It’s Making Other States Nervous

Businesses are shuttering or laying off workers as sales have plunged by $700 million.

By Mona Zhang

Chris Coons walks through the Senate Subway at the U.S. Capitol.

Q&A

A Top Biden Ally Gets Candid About the Border, Netanyahu and the President’s Age

Sen. Chris Coons expects the president’s executive order to get struck down by the courts — but says he had no other choice.

By Ryan Lizza

Will Lewis, then the Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, leads an agriculture roundtable discussion.

Column | Fourth Estate

The Growing Debacle for Will Lewis and the Washington Post

The crisis at the newspaper suggests the publisher has no idea about how the media operates.

By Jack Shafer

The Gadsden flag flies outside a home (clockwise from top left). Richard Skorman plays with puppet. Hannah Nauth sits and talks with Makaela Lee. The Rock Mountains are pictured behind downtown Colorado Springs.

The Friday Read

Americans Are Leaving Both Parties. This Colorado City Shows Why.

America has more independent voters than Democrats or Republicans. Are they changing American politics?

By David Siders

Joni Boettcher (left) kisses Tika Shenghur during a protest march.

California

Some Conservatives Are Accepting Defeat On Marriage Equality. Here’s Why.

Sore from a Pyrrhic victory on Roe, some conservatives are afraid to argue against marriage equality.

By Sasha Issenberg

Hunter Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrives at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building.

Column | Rules of Law

The Hunter Biden Case Is Solid. There’s Something Rotten About It Too.

The president’s son faces long odds to avoid conviction — in a case with dubious origins.

By Ankush Khardori

A photo illustration shows the U.S. Capitol building cut in half opening up to reveal watercolor silhouettes of people walking within it.

Column | Capital City

How Congress Became the ‘Last Plantation’

Sociologist James R. Jones’ new tome paints a damning portrait of the Capitol as a workplace.

By Michael Schaffer

Electoral officials and poll watchers count votes after polls closed during general elections in Mexico City.

GEOPOLITICS OF 2024

India, Mexico, South Africa Went to the Polls. Here’s What We Learned.

5 lessons from 3 consequential elections.

By Matthew Kaminski

Paratroopers sit aboard a Douglas C-47 plane.

ORAL HISTORY

‘As Lonely as a Man Can Get’: The True Story of D-Day, as Told by Paratroopers

The men who leaped from planes into the world’s greatest battle tell their harrowing story, in their own words.

By Garrett M. Graff

President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands

Letter from South Africa

South Africa’s Belated Reckoning Over the War in Ukraine

Russia has used Cold War-era narratives to press South Africa to remain neutral. Last week’s elections may create pressure for a change.

By Tim Mak

Former President Donald Trump leaves the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in a car.

Q&A

To Avoid Prison, Trump May Have to Convince a Probation Officer

It’s a key factor in determining the former president’s sentence.

By Ben Feuerherd

An illustration of an 80s style vehicle driving away, carrying two people with extravagant clothes and accessories. The background shows a present day Trump rally.

History Dept.

How 1980s Yuppies Gave Us Donald Trump

If it weren’t for the young urban professionals of the 1980s, we’d never have MAGA.

By Tom McGrath

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?

Tracking the Trump criminal cases

LEGAL

Clarence Thomas belatedly discloses lavish travel expenses paid for by Harlan Crow

The conservative justice has faced scrutiny over his acceptance of vacations from the Republican donor.

By Hailey Fuchs and Josh Gerstein

Hunter Biden departs from federal court.

The one big decision left before a jury decides Hunter Biden’s case

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

Jose Uribe leaves Manhattan federal court.

Menendez co-defendant who flipped describes attempt to 'kill' state investigation

By Ry Rivard

Hunter Biden’s daughter testifies in his defense as gun trial nears completion

By Betsy Woodruff Swan and Ben Feuerherd

CONGRESS

Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters.

Unaired footage shows chaos, anger of congressional leaders amid Jan. 6 evacuation

POLITICO reviewed the 45 minutes of video, shot by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra, that was recently obtained by House GOP investigators.

By Jordain Carney and Kyle Cheney

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens as former President Donald Trump speaks.

House GOP leaders whip bill to counter state charges against Trump

By Olivia Beavers and Jordain Carney

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24

By Jordain Carney

Schumer on failed contraception vote: GOP showed us 'who they are'

‘Calling their bluff’: Contraception bill fails in Senate

By Alice Miranda Ollstein

2024 ELECTIONS

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (left) and his challenger George Latimer debate.

Bipartisanship or Republican meddling? AIPAC is biggest source of GOP donations in Dem primaries

AIPAC sees support for Israel as bipartisan, and its donors come from both parties. But its practice of sending money from GOP donors into Democratic races has enraged progressives.

By Jessica Piper and Hailey Fuchs