Oil industry pleads its Hormuz case with White House
Oil executives are citing international treaties, sanction laws and high payments in opposing Iran's plan to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
03:58 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Israel greets Iran ceasefire with more unease than relief
Critics on the left and right say the truce leaves Israel’s core concerns unresolved, even as Trump hails a new opening for the region.
09:58 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Anthropic loses appeals court bid to pause supply chain risk label
A three-judge panel declined to temporarily block the Trump administration’s move to punish the AI startup.
06:45 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Zeldin stars at climate denial conference
The EPA administrator became the first agency chief to speak at the Heartland Institute's annual gathering of people who say climate change benefits humanity.
01:41 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories A wow moment: Democrats election hot streak goes scorching
Two races in battleground states on Tuesday saw the party make massive gains compared to 2024.
12:33 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani says free buses wont happen this year
The mayor defended the City Council speaker from personal attacks and reflected on Trump’s war with Iran in a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO.
10:00 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Free transit promise runs into reality in Albany
The mayor campaigned on a plan to make buses free. But it isn’t going to happen this year, he acknowledged in an interview.
05:55 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps ceasefire already under strain
Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were targeted by Iranian fire in the hours after the ceasefire, and Israel continued to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday.
03:18 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump threatens 50 percent tariffs on Iran arms supplies. His legal path is murky.
While the president has often wielded tariffs to pressure other countries, the Supreme Court this spring took away his main legal tool.
09:35 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump sending Vance, Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for ceasefire talks with Iran
The engagement comes as the fragile two-week ceasefire agreed to Tuesday evening is already being tested.
02:00 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Hegseth declares victory in Iran but says US forces will remain in region
The Defense Secretary repeatedly referred to the U.S. military operation in the past tense.
09:03 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories California sheriffs ballot seizure spurred by local election integrity group, documents show
Links between Republican Chad Bianco's office and the group stretched back years, according to affidavits.
03:28 PM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Heres how different US tariff revenue was in 2025
Our chart updated every weekday in 2025, showing how tariff revenue was changing.
10:47 AM on 04/09/2026 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 on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme
Everyone else: Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Trump: Rosie O’Donnell? The Red Sox? Coca-Cola?
05:00 AM on 04/09/2026 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 on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Marco Rubio Is Escaping the Brunt of Fury Over Iran
“He’s the least crazy,” one Democratic senator said.
11:49 AM on 04/09/2026 Politico Top Stories California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots
The California Supreme Court has ordered a Republican county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it
01:49 PM on 04/08/2026 ABC Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell vows to push back on ICE in bid for California governor
California Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor
01:13 AM on 04/08/2026 ABC Politics Democratic-backed Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, growing liberal majority
Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
11:36 PM on 04/08/2026 ABC Politics
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