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Supporters of the mayor’s push to raise taxes on rich people will pressure the moderate Democratic governor to back a crucial part of his agenda.
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President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell
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President Donald Trump has made the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities
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Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a “violent campaign” to influence U.S. policy
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10:00 AM on 02/24/2026 Politico Top Stories A really really big decision: The court cases looming over the midterms
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05:55 AM on 02/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Dems refuse to make 2024 mistakes in the wake of tariff ruling
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06:39 PM on 02/24/2026 Politico Top Stories School officials wrestle with how to protect students from ICE
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10:41 AM on 02/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Wisconsin schools, teachers file lawsuit against GOP-led Legislature seeking more funding
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01:13 PM on 02/24/2026 ABC Politics SCOTUS ruling against tariffs is unlikely to mean an end to trade policy chaos
The Supreme Court’s stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs means he can’t conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore
03:47 AM on 02/24/2026 ABC Politics Trump's State of the Union will seek to calm voters' economic concerns ahead of midterm elections
President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address to argue that his whirlwind first year back has made America stronger and that Republicans deserve to keep control of Congress after the midterms
12:17 AM on 02/24/2026 ABC Politics Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to lie in state in South Carolina
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is being honored in South Carolina, where he was born and where his civil rights work began as a teenager
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