Biden veers into Trump's judicial wall

Bold-face GOP names have never been so comfortable crossing Trump as in recent weeks.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been leading in primary polls against Trump-endorsed David Perdue.

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Alex | Email Max. Last Friday, on an American Airlines flight from Baltimore to Dallas, a man carrying $40...

It's part of a new push to revive "Oxford-style debates" among senators. What's happening: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will square off for a one-hour policy debate streamed live on Fox Nation on June 13, organizers announced Wednesday. Who's behind it? The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, the...

In “Here’s the Deal,” she acknowledges the reality of 2020 and offers some fresh criticism about the Covid response.

The select panel has heard that, after "hang Mike Pence” chants broke out, the then-president expressed support for the prospect of hanging his No. 2, three people told POLITICO.

"We could overhear his father graciously complimenting his Democratic opponent," Conway wrote in her newly-released memoir about the 2016 election.

Vladimir Putin is so popular in Russia that he has the “political space” to withdraw his forces from Ukraine, said Boris Johnson.The prime minister said the Russian president still has “massive backing” from his own people despite international outrage over the invasion.“The Russian public overwhelming back Putin,” Mr Johnson told Talk TV. “Therefore he has the political margin for manoeuvre from within Russia … Putin has far more political space to back down, to withdraw.”The PM added: “There could come a point when he could say to the Russian people, ‘The military-technical operation that we launched in Ukraine has...

Kevin McCarthy said the Jan. 6 committee doesn’t have enough members for a valid conviction.

The brigade said it hit the base of the Russian command staff and destroyed a military SUV marked "Z," killing several enemy soldiers in the process.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on six people it described as Russian military intelligence officers who had conducted cyber attacks affecting critical U.S. infrastructure. The six officers work in a cyber-focused unit of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate...

It's going to fall on deaf ears — but it's a striking display from onetime colleagues. What's happening: In a letter first obtained by POLITICO, 20 former House Republicans are urging Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other conference members to comply with subpoenas issued by the Jan. 6 select committee, describing the probe as an important attempt to defend American institutions.

The speaker follows several other senior Democrats in getting denied the Catholic sacrament over abortion rights. What happened: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her first public response since the archbishop of San Francisco said he would deny her Communion over her support for abortion rights, pointed to the death penalty — which the Catholic church opposes — as an example of inconsistency in its speaking out.

Democrats are still discussing ways to make the bill more acceptable to Republicans, along with more moderate members. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Wednesday — one day after a horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas — that lawmakers will vote on the legislation when they return from the Memorial Day recess.

On March 6, 2022, 14 days into Russia's war against Ukraine, a video was shared on Facebook showing seven-year-old Amelia Anisovych singing "Let it Go," the hit song from the Disney musical "Frozen," inside a crammed Kyiv bunker. A sign of beauty, resilience and hope, it was viewed more than eight million times within days of posting.

"Alone, the Johnson bill is not in any way, shape or form a sufficient solution. And so, I object," Schumer said. What happened: GOP Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Rick Scott (Fla.) took to the floor to try and pass a modest measure codifying a federal clearinghouse for school safety best practices in the aftermath of Tuesday's elementary school massacre in Texas that killed at least 19 children. The 12-page bill.

The Department of Homeland Security is worried about white supremacists returning to the U.S. with battlefield experience. Critics say it's bought Russia’s propaganda.

In addition to Trump, other Republicans set to speak at the meeting include Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

The Georgia congressman's office has declined to answer questions about certain tour guests. Under pressure from the Jan. 6 select committee, Rep. Barry Loudermilk issued a statement last week acknowledging that he had led a “constituent family” through the Capitol complex on Jan. 5, 2021 — the day before a violent mob breached the Capitol and threatened the transfer of power.

'This is the payback of all paybacks,' said a former GOP state party chair.