Democrats gird for longer shutdown fight after election sweep
Bipartisan negotiations continue, but pressure mounted Wednesday to push the 36-day shutdown even longer.
04:17 PM Politico Top Stories Are Trumps tariffs making money? Watch this chart.
Our chart updates every weekday, giving important clues to how things are going.
10:47 AM Politico Top Stories How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change
The Trump administration recruited five marginalized researchers to challenge the international consensus on global warming. Here’s how it went wrong.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme
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"This is a foreshadow of what we're going to see next year," said one strategist.
05:01 AM Politico Top Stories Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats new winning formula
From a democratic socialist in New York to moderates in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats found success by focusing on the cost of living — not culture wars.
01:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump blames shutdown for GOP election losses
The president called for a quick end to the government funding lapse by eliminating the filibuster.
09:30 AM Politico Top Stories Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84
His career was about the accumulation of power — and the use of it.
06:34 AM Politico Top Stories I love Hitler: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
01:15 PM Politico Top Stories The Night Democrats Finally Stopped Losing
A decisive night of victories gave Democrats new momentum and left Republicans reeling.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Courts Might as Well Just Shut Down
As the Supreme Court takes up Trump’s tariffs, we had two conservative legal scholars fight it out on the issue.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories There Should Be Flashing Red Lights: Steve Bannon on Mamdanis Win
Trump’s former White House strategist has a warning for Republicans gloating about Zohran Mamdani’s election.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories What Mikie Sherrill's Struggles Say About Trump 2.0
As a moderate suburban veteran, she romped in New Jersey during Trump’s first term. Polls say she’s having a harder time during his second.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories How Gettysburg Became a Refuge for Conservatives Battered by Trump-Era Strife
It might take a mock battlefield to solve America’s political divisions.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories In DC, the Arc de Trump Goes Up as the Local Workforce Shuts Down
Trump really wants a shining capital. Can you do that while battering the city economy?
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories What I Learned By Watching Every Pam Bondi Speech
The Trump loyalist is a new kind of attorney general.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories What Hasan Piker Told His Millions of Followers After Charlie Kirk Was Shot
The popular lefty streamer gets candid about sparring with the late conservative activist and his own fears about political violence.
02:07 PM Politico Top Stories Why Charlie Kirk Had No Counterpart on the Left
Over the past decade, Kirk built an entirely new infrastructure for the GOP.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.
ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, “those rules are gone,” says a former ICE chief.
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