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Youngkin's 2021 campaign made a big bet on parental anger over education, and the strategy paid off. After trailing in the polls against Democrat Terry McAuliffe, she made a late-campaign surge to a roughly 2-point victory. Youngkin has also been seen as a potential candidate to run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, and Trump has lashed out as the governor weighs whether to run. Republican presidential hopefuls have taken a variety of positions in reaction to news Thursday that Trump has been indicted on charges related to his handling of classified national security records. Some are taking a…

While Trump's campaign has relied mostly on small, grassroots donors, the fundraiser, which was intended to raise around $2 million, demonstrates how Trump has still been able to rely on wealthy supporters to fill his campaign coffers even in the midst of his legal troubles. Trump had spent Tuesday in Miami court where he pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges that he hid classified military secrets at his Palm Beach club and stood in the way of government efforts to recover confidential documents. Trump faces 37 felony counts: 31 counts of willful withholding of national security records and six…

cartoon carousel Every week, political cartoonists from across the country and across the political spectrum apply their inky skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies, and other shocking events in the world of politics. The fruits of this labor are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and infuriate readers of all political persuasions. Here's a deal on the best of this week's crop, fresh from the Toonosphere. Edited by Claudine Hellmuth. By POLITICAL STAFF 06/16/2023 04:30 AM EDT

And then in May, after a long infighting with one of Trump's top advisers, Parlatore resigned. Since then, you may have seen him on cable TV talking about why he left Trump's team and offering his views on the case. But he hasn't sat down for an in-depth interview like the one you're about to hear. Parlatore stopped by Politico's offices in Arlington and spent the afternoon speaking with Playbook co-author and Deep Dive host Ryan Lizza about why he became a criminal defense attorney in the first place, the moral dilemmas he faced representing people that he knew they…