Merkel visits D.C., Trump releases his budget and Conway talks microwave surveillance: Here's the long week in politics. | POLITICO

13K views · 321 reactions | Joe Biden pushed the Senate today to begin confirmation hearings for his cabinet selections in the coming weeks, a process that could put at least some leaders of the incoming administration in position to assume their roles on Inauguration Day. https://politi.co/2KEN6bN Watch Biden announce his Cabinet picks here  | POLITICO | Facebook

15K views · 195 reactions | Leaving the Vietnam without a deal, President Trump attributed the summit’s collapse to Kim Jon Un's demands for full and immediate sanctions relief. https://politi.co/2EiwCPS | POLITICO | Facebook

11K views · 70 reactions | Welcome to our new series "The Backstory," where POLITICO Magazine Deputy Editor Elizabeth Ralph digs deeper to give you more context about the biggest news stories of the day. In the premiere episode, she talks to historians Michael Fortner and Claybourne Larson to discuss the protests happening across the nation and how they compare to those of 1968. | POLITICO | Facebook

4K views · 28 reactions | Blowout for Biden or narrow win for Trump? In a reprise of its “smoke-filled zoom,” POLITICO Magazine convened four veteran GOP campaign managers to assess the factors that could still upend a race that seems locked in place. https://politi.co/3icBRTE | POLITICO | Facebook