New UK Tory leader tries to woo Trumpworld

Kemi Badenoch will attend the International Democracy Union forum to learn lessons from center-right parties and build links with U.S. Republicans.

Trump considers DeSantis for Defense secretary as Hegseth appears to falter

Hegseth has faced allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual assault.

Florida has a weird political culture. Itโ€™s about to take over the White House.

Donald Trumpโ€™s Florida-centric Cabinet picks will mean the stateโ€™s peculiar mix of laissez-faire economics and moral conservatism will define the administration.

Donald Trump picks Susie Wiles to be chief of staff

A veteran of Florida politics, Wiles directed Trumpโ€™s campaign to victory in the state in 2016.

Speculation whirls as Trump begins vetting for top White House jobs

With Congress potentially under full Republican control, Trumpโ€™s team is emboldened to push aspects of his America First agenda as soon as he reenters office.

If you think Trumpโ€™s migration policies are extreme, look at the EUโ€™s

As the anti-immigrant feeling surges in popularity in Europe, its leaders are embracing formerly taboo approaches to their borders.

How scientists pinpoint climateโ€™s โ€˜telltale signsโ€™ on Hurricanes Milton and Helene

POLITICO discussed the emergence of attribution science and the human fingerprints on Helene and Milton with Gabriel Vecchi, a Princeton University professor of geosciences.

Heavy-hit Florida may have avoided โ€˜worst case scenarioโ€™ from Hurricane Milton

The state is now conducting damage assessments after the hurricane made landfall late Wednesday, but early indications are that the damage could have been worse.

Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida after DeSantis warns of fatalities

It made landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday evening; DeSantis warned earlier in the day of the likelihood of storm-related deaths in the state.

Musk the surrogate: The tech titan will hit the campaign trail for Trump

Those close to Musk say his primary focus is on Pennsylvania.

โ€˜Tidal waveโ€™: Europeโ€™s populists push for migrant clampdown as Trump cranks up rhetoric

France and Germany have joined calls for a tougher EU migration policy following a series of far-right election wins.

Biden needs to be the last Irish-American US president

In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.

US is navigating a โ€˜dangerous threat environment.โ€™ Itโ€™s different from any other election cycle.

The second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump is the latest peril in a race that has been defined by anger and threats.

Republicans outraged over possible assassination attempt: โ€˜They are going to keep trying to kill Trumpโ€™

Denunciations of political violence from across the political spectrum quickly gave way to partisan finger-pointing.

Trump will kein zweites Duell gegen Harrisย 

DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” KEIN ZWEITES DUELL: Trump will keine Revanchepartie gegen Kamala Harris und gibt bekannt, er werde nicht nochmal mit ihr debattieren. โ€” ZINSSENKUNG: Donald Trump gerรคt wegen der geplanten Zinssenkung der US-Notenbank in Konflikt mit seinen republikanischen Parteikollegen geraten, die die Unabhรคngigkeit der FED bewahren wollen. โ€” SOLARENERGIE: Das Energieministerium kรผndigte gestern eine [โ€ฆ]

Trump throws full support behind Florida pot legalization as DeSantis fights it

Trump also said he supported reclassifying marijuana under federal law.

โ€˜Nobody in Politics Is Able to Say Itโ€™: The Truth About Latino Voters

A top political strategist explains how the Latino vote is shifting.

โ€˜Itโ€™s disastrousโ€™: White evangelicals waver after Trumpโ€™s shifts on abortion

Trump canโ€™t win without overwhelming evangelical support. His recent comments on abortion have some of his allies on the religious right worried.

Democrats target Trumpโ€™s muddled abortion message

The Harris campaign launched a bus tour on reproductive rights in the former presidentโ€™s adopted home state of Florida, where abortion laws are a centerpiece of the forthcoming election.

Trump says he opposes six-week abortion ban adopted by his home state of Florida

But the former president wonโ€™t say whether heโ€™ll vote for the ballot measure to overturn the new restriction.

Hungary reveals plan to send asylum-seekers to Brussels

The unorthodox idea comes from the U.S. Republican Party’s playbook.

What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants todayโ€™s protestors to know

Lee Weiner helped lead the protests in 1968. Now heโ€™s smoking weed in Ron DeSantisโ€™ hometown.

Donald Trump canโ€™t figure out how to attack Kamala Harris. Just look at his nicknames.

The former president has tried and abandoned several monikers for his new Democratic opponent.

Florida banned โ€˜fake meat.โ€™ This company is suing to serve it at an arts festival.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the ban on lab-grown meat into law earlier this year.

Trumpโ€™s X interview livestream goes down, Musk blames โ€˜massiveโ€™ cyberattack

Musk’s posts on his platform haveย caused concern among lawmakers around the world.

Itโ€™s Elon Muskโ€™s X and governments are having to live with it

Officials from London to Washington say Musk is accountable to no one.

Republicans keep trying to copy Trumpโ€™s humor โ€” and voters keep cringing

Far-right candidates just canโ€™t duplicate the flair Trump brings from his TV career.

Trump brags about ending Roe. No oneโ€™s talking about it in Milwaukee

Heading into the final day of the Republican Partyโ€™s first national gathering since the Supreme Courtโ€™s landmark decision, the issue has barely received a passing mention.

A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC

The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC.

A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC

The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC.

Why is British politics so unfailingly funny?

Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage walk into a bar. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

Weather tracker: State of emergency in Florida as heavy rain causes flooding

Emergency services conduct at least 40 rescues and schools, courts and railways closed in some countiesSignificant amounts of rain in the past two days have led the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, to declare a state of emergency for the counties of Bro…

Deepfakes, distrust and disinformation: Welcome to the AI election

From phony robocalls to lifelike forged photos, the trendy tech is evolving at breakneck pace โ€” as billions head to the polls.

Franceโ€™s war on woke, from the salons to the cinemas

Opposition to identity politics isnโ€™t confined to the cultural right.

Trump has an early lead on Biden. But problems are piling up around him.

Missteps and unresolved policy problems are mounting for the former president.

Florida OKs transfer of convicted murderer to Italy as Biden meets with Italian PM

Among those expressing support for the move is former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Monday briefing: Why Germanyโ€™s far right AfD is thriving despite scandal

In todayโ€™s newsletter: Politicians from Germanyโ€™s rightwing AfD party have been exposed for plotting with extremists โ€“ but will they be banned, or could it see support rise?โ€ข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. The far-rig…

DeSantis exits presidential race

The Florida governor also endorsed Trump.

Trump scores an early knockout with Iowa caucuses win

It didnโ€™t take long to make a call: The former president is the caucus winner.

Trump criticizes White House for Houthi strikes

Washington has been under intensifying pressure to respond to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

Trump vowed heโ€™d โ€˜neverโ€™ help Europe if itโ€™s attacked, top EU official says

‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.

The numbers that will shape a crucial year in US politics

From Bidenโ€™s approval rating to the national murder rate, here are 24 numbers to watch this year.

UK signs agreement to boost trade with Florida

Kemi Badenoch has sought state-level accords post-Brexit but only national trade deal with US would reduce tariffsThe UKโ€™s business and trade secretary has signed a deal to increase trade with Florida, the British governmentโ€™s latest pact with a single…