Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response
The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record high amid worsening outbreak.
08:13 AM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Appeals court rejects Trump in showdown over firing of ethics watchdog
The D.C. Circuit panel voted, 2-1, against the president’s bid to immediately remove Hampton Dellinger.
07:43 AM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Canada First Conservatives primed for Trump fight
Pierre Poilievre used a Flag Day rally to recalibrate a campaign sidetracked by tariff threats.
06:51 PM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Top state Democrat calls on Adams to resign as party leaders convene for caucus weekend
Pressure is mounting on Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Adams as thousands of Democrats gather in Albany for annual convention.
08:06 PM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Stunned federal workers brace for the real-world repercussions of Trump's purges
The Trump administration could face political backlash from voters in Republican and Democratic states who suddenly find a host of services vanish.
07:00 AM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Theyre not just suing to stop DOGE. Theyre suing Elon Musk himself.
A pair of lawsuits say that, with all the power he has accumulated, Musk is violating the Constitution's rules about the appointment of federal officers.
07:04 PM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories The 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 on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories The umpires strike back: Judges rush to halt Trumps upheaval of the government
A flurry of orders from federal district judges has slowed Donald Trump's most controversial initiatives — prompting talk of outright defiance.
01:01 PM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories The 9 Trump World Breakups Waiting to Happen
MAGA 2.0 has brought together unlikely teammates. But the honeymoon might not last.
05:00 AM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Teddys Tomb: The Kennedys Have Fallen Apart
The late senator fought to preserve the family’s political brand, but with RFK Jr. in Trump’s Cabinet, it’s hard to tell what that brand has become.
08:02 PM on 02/16/2025 Politico Top Stories Republicans May Find It Harder to Cut Medicaid Than They ThinkHow Trump Could Snatch a Third Term Despite the 22nd AmendmentSome in Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina embrace Trump's push to abolish FEMA
President Donald Trump's suggestion about “getting rid of” the nation's disaster relief agency doesn't sound like a bad idea for some residents of western North Carolina who are still navigating the long recovery process from Hurricane Helene
08:38 AM on 02/16/2025 ABC Politics Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency
08:39 AM on 02/16/2025 ABC Politics Trump Media says it lost more than $400 million last year
The parent company of President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million
01:22 PM on 02/15/2025 ABC Politics Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing events in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas
03:14 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees
12:58 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees
No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind
07:54 AM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze on US aid abroad
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze on US aid abroad
10:33 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds
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