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politico.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: May 31, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC · First seen: May 31, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1

99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis

No Threats Found

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Screenshot of politico.com Captured May 31, 2026

https://politico.com

Domain Age 27 years

Popularity Rank Very Popular - #1,931 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)

Threat Databases Not listed (91 checked)

SSL Certificate ✓ Valid (TLS)

Hosting Provider AWS EC2 (us-east-1)

Server Location Ashburn, United States

Web Server cloudflare

CMS Platform Unknown

IP Address 44.221.20.217

Domain & WHOIS Information

Registrar Register.com, Inc.

Registered September 18, 1998

Expires September 17, 2026

Name Servers ns-2040.awsdns-63.co.uk

DNSSEC Unsigned

Hosting AWS EC2 (us-east-1)

Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked

0 of 91 engines flagged this website No security vendors flagged this site at the time of scanning

Not flagged

Direct Threat Database Sources

Google Not listed Spamhaus DBL Not listed SURBL Not listed Spamhaus ZEN Not listed Barracuda Not listed SpamCop Not listed Phishtank Not listed QBMA Not listed

View detailed engine results on VirusTotal

File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine

2 files scanned

No threats

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www.politico.com%3A443.http-redirect 88 B No threats

www.politico.com%3A443/# 5.3 KB No threats

External Links & Domains

External Links

All Clean

Iframes

Clean

Referenced Domains

All Clean

Flagged Resources

None Detected

http://politico.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.jsNot flagged

http://politico.com/cdn-cgi/styles/cf.errors.cssNot flagged

http://politico.com/cdn-cgi/styles/cf.errors.ie.cssNot flagged

https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landingNot flagged

politico.comNot flagged

www.cloudflare.comNot flagged

politico.com Overview

Description of politico.com

politico.com appears to be the official website of POLITICO, a long-established digital news publication focused primarily on politics, government, public policy, elections, and related current affairs. The homepage screenshot shows a professional news layout with sections covering Congress, the White House, elections, legal issues, technology, health care, and regional political coverage.

Based on the domain name, site presentation, and strong web visibility, this website appears to serve as a mainstream media outlet for political journalism and analysis. The domain has been registered since 1998, which is consistent with an established publisher rather than a newly created or temporary web property.

Safety Assessment for politico.com

The available scan results are broadly reassuring at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, the malware scan did not identify any flagged files, and the checked blacklist and threat-database entries were reported as clean. The linked resources shown are limited and appear consistent with normal site operation and content delivery.

Additional context also supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain is very old, has a strong Tranco ranking, and the screenshot matches a recognizable news website rather than a login lure, giveaway page, or suspicious storefront. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site was observed using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with certificate validity extending to 2027-03-05. The web server appears to be fronted by Cloudflare, while hosting resolves to AWS EC2 infrastructure in Ashburn, United States. Its nameservers are hosted through AWS DNS.

DNSSEC is reported as unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not appear to benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan data at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain

301 https://politico.com/

307 https://www.politico.com/

301 https://politico.com/

403 https://www.politico.com/

Website Insights

Popularity

#1,931

Tranco Rank

Very Popular

Visitors >10M/mo

Category: News & Media

Rank History (30 days)

Apr 20 May 30

1 cookie detected

Essential1

Analytics0

Advertising0

Social0

1 1st party cookie

0 3rd party (trackers)

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