Ken Martin privately expressed doubt about ability to lead DNC, blaming David Hogg
Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in an internal meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.
10:01 AM Politico Top Stories Newsom blasts deployment of National Guard to LA as purposefully inflammatory
The federal government is deploying 2,000 soldiers amid unrest over immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
09:00 PM Politico Top Stories Texas Democrats see an opening as Paxton surges. But first they need a candidate.
Next year's Senate map leaves Democrats with few chances at flipping seats.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Moviemakers Breaking With Liberal Hollywood
Faith-based production companies insist they are not explicitly Republican. But they’re selling a vision of American culture to an audience that’s sick of liberal Hollywood.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Rahm Emanuel wants to save the weak and woke Democratic Party brand
The longtime political operative on whether the Democratic party ‘needs more assholes’ and the fight against antisemitism.
12:00 AM Politico Top Stories 'Trump movement' turns on Cornyn, poll finds
An early May poll commissioned by the American Opportunity Alliance has the Texas incumbent down 17 points.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump has universities in the bind the right has long wanted
Even as Ivy League schools, research institutions, and college trade associations try to resist Trump’s attacks in court, campus leaders are starting to accept they face only difficult choices.
03:50 PM Politico Top Stories Grahams bone crushing Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the worlds largest economies
The proposed 500 percent tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy could cut the U.S. off from major trade partners.
06:50 AM Politico Top Stories The Murphy Meter: Where NJ's governor candidates could change policy positionsThe nations cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Cuba tried to improve its relations with the US by cooperating with Trump's deportation flights. It didn't work.
Cuba has taken five deportation flights since Trump took office, but the administration appears disinterested in improving relations with Havana.
06:40 PM Politico Top Stories Pentagon to redraw command map to more closely align Greenland with the US
The Pentagon's move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Trump’s pledge to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
06:07 PM Politico Top Stories Californias frustration with homelessness is boiling over, poll finds
A survey from POLITICO and the UC Berkeley Citrin Center asked registered voters if they supported an aggressive approach to clearing encampments.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories Investors Are Sending a Warning to Congress. Will Washington Listen?
If lawmakers don’t absorb a gentle message from the bond markets, they may get an even more unpleasant one.
07:55 AM Politico Top Stories Trump Is Waging a Culture War on the Library of Congress. Its Been Done Before.
Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those books were un-American.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Weve Got a F--king Spy in This Place: Inside Americas Greatest Espionage Mystery
Two former top spy hunters offer exclusive new revelations about their quest to solve America’s greatest espionage mystery and what’s at stake with Kash Patel in charge of the FBI.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump attends UFC championship fight in NJ, taking a break from politics, Musk feud
President Donald Trump walked out to a thunderous standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at the Prudential Center, putting his public feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk on hold to instead watch the fierce battles inside...
11:13 PM ABC Politics 2026 races loom at Georgia Republican convention as Trump loyalty dominates
Many Georgia Republicans are already thinking about races for governor and Senate in 2026
02:22 PM ABC Politics A US territory's colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship
A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have been prominent in the early months of President Dona...
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