Joe Kent's resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence
Joe Kent’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism team is fueling a Republican fight over the Iran war and talk about Israel that critics call antisemitic
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The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information
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Republicans’ evolving stances on AI are offering a preview of the post-Trump debates within the party.
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Iranians despised the Ayatollah. That doesn’t mean they’ll side with the United States.
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In Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, Trump’s top priority is making sure whoever’s left in charge deals differently with the United States.
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So far discussions of the SAVE America Act are falling short of the “talking filibuster” conservatives are demanding.
04:45 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories This tech-backed mayor jumped into Californias govs race with a bang. Now he might as well drop out.
Matt Mahan, a centrist Democrat with an anti-establishment streak, is polling at 3 percent.
05:00 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories King of Illinois: Pritzker swings Senate race as he targets Trump
Juliana Stratton’s victory in a heated Senate primary vindicates the governor’s political operation heading into 2028.
12:16 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Mullins DHS nomination set for quick vote as of now, Rand Paul says
The Oklahoma senator’s secretive travel a decade ago emerged as a late-breaking issue in his confirmation.
02:10 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Mullin presents himself as a different kind of DHS secretary during tense confirmation hearing
“My goal at six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day,” Mullin told senators.
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Leaders in several states said they were considering scrapping state holidays honoring the labor leader.
05:03 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says
This is the first confirmation that the FBI has resumed actively buying people's data for investigations.
12:50 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Gabbard dodges questions about foreign threats to midterms
The Trump administration has been moving to assert greater power over U.S. elections based on claims of widespread fraud and foreign interference in past votes.
03:22 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Iran and oil imperil Trump-Japan summit
Geopolitical tensions over Iran and China have roiled the agenda of the president's upcoming summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
06:00 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps intel agencies back his claims on peace deals, Europe
The 2026 Annual Threats Assessment laid out escalating threats to the U.S., including the potential for new countries to launch missile attacks against the mainland.
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