Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
New Jersey lawmakers steered state money to employers, relatives and clients
Add-ons to the state budget have become an annual tradition for the Democrats who control the state Legislature.
04:00 AM Politico Top Stories House panel subpoenas Leon Black, escalating tactics in Epstein investigation
The Oversight Committee subpoenaed Black midway through a transcribed interview when he refused to divulge details of non-disclosure agreements.
12:12 PM Politico Top Stories Wall Street regulator investigating prediction market giant Polymarket
The probe lands amid concern in Washington about the burgeoning markets, which offer bets on U.S. elections, sports and pop culture events.
01:50 PM Politico Top Stories The Secret Mission of the World's Weirdest Regime to Trump's Backyard
The leader of Turkmenistan missed Donald Trump, but he may have gotten what he came for.
04:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Lincoln Memorial should be green with envy: This reflecting pool stayed clear
The Architect of the Capitol has long toiled to keep the Mall’s other body of water from falling into disrepair.
03:45 AM Politico Top Stories More people die in the winter: Wright downplays Europes deadly heat wave
The U.S. Energy secretary made his comments as the EU warned of life-threatening dangers from record-high temperatures.
03:17 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy
The Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.
03:45 PM Politico Top Stories US strikes Iran after ship attack
The president said earlier Friday that the attack on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement.
03:52 PM Politico Top Stories Moderates beware: Mamdani coalition portends a dramatically different Democratic Party in NYC
Candidates backed by the mayor drew upon their traditional base of more affluent voters while winning over young voters across racial lines.
02:42 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration partially lifts Anthropics AI export ban
The release clears the way for a select group of companies and agencies to gain access to the company's Mythos 5 model. But a second advanced Anthropic model remains blocked.
06:43 PM Politico Top Stories Meta asks California lawmakers for shield from child harm penalties
The company proposed language outlining safe harbor terms to avoid increased fines in child harm lawsuits.
06:05 PM Politico Top Stories Newsoms populist pivot runs into a wealth-tax fight at home
“It’s not like I woke up and thought, ‘Oh, the billionaire's tax is on, I need to say something,’” he told POLITICO. “I've been saying this for many, many months.”
08:01 PM Politico Top Stories Supreme Court allows Trump to end temporary protections for Haitians, Syrians
More than a million immigrants face possible deportation if they can’t get other legal status in the U.S.
09:32 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Centrist Democrats are freaking out about progressives winning streak
After romping in New York City, progressives are staring down more key primary tests.
04:40 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court hands Bayer a win that rattles MAHA
The ruling is also a victory for the Trump administration and a defeat for the Make America Healthy Again movement.
09:31 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court strikes down law limiting guns in businesses
The justices nixed a Hawaii law that made gun owners get permission to bring guns into certain establishments.
09:10 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border
The justices greenlit a “metering” policy devised under the Obama administration and expanded during Trump’s first term.
09:16 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories The 2028 Dems shadow Mark Carney primary heats up
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with three potential 2028 Democratic contenders in recent weeks, including a previously unreported sit-down with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
04:46 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Anna Paulina Luna has paralyzed the House, and fellow Republicans are mystified
The Florida lawmaker is simpatico with President Trump’s by-any-means-necessary approach to passing a contentious elections bill.
02:10 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories The secret settlements protecting Jeffrey Epsteins friends
Members of Congress have discussed issuing subpoenas to find out about the NDAs between Jeffrey Epstein’s friends and his victims.
04:00 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Todd Blanche conceded violating law on Epstein files, judge finds
Court gives DOJ a week to remove redactions or justify them.
07:22 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories The Dems already had AOC. Now they have DAC.
There’s a far-left, three-lettered firebrand with an eye on Congress — and some Democrats are worried she could drag them down.
04:55 AM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories The socialists are about to test Kathy Hochul
A growing bloc of DSA-backed lawmakers is preparing to press New York's governor on taxes, health care and other priorities long resisted by the Democratic establishment.
04:40 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Will the Hispanic Caucus welcome Darializa Avila Chevalier?
Democrats are devastated the progressive activist beat Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat in a New York City primary.
05:45 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories A district that went +20 for Trump now in play for Democrats
Democrat Blake Gendebien is in a dead heat with Republican Anthony Constantino in a deep-red upstate New York congressional district, internal poll shows.
03:41 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories California wealth tax fight moves to voters
The proposed billionaires tax survived a concerted push to get it off the November ballot. Now comes a high-stakes campaign dividing labor groups and pitting proponents against Gavin Newsom and Silicon Valley billionaires.
07:02 PM on 06/26/2026 Politico Top Stories What Americans mean when they say theyre worried about a stolen election
New results from The POLITICO Poll show Democrats are worried about voter suppression while Republicans are worried about voter fraud.
09:00 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Dead ducks add to Trumps reflecting pool drama
A local wildlife organization is performing necropsies on ducks found dead near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
03:48 PM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: UK voters wanted Starmer gone, but not an immediate Burnham coronation
Results from The POLITICO Poll suggest that while U.K. voters were eager for new leadership, they were less interested in a shortcut for selecting the country’s new leader.
11:08 PM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Iran endgame grates on Hill Republicans
Many lawmakers want more details on war-ending talks before delivering billions of dollars in new Pentagon spending.
07:53 PM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans debate insulin pricing cap ahead of daunting midterms
A bipartisan bill to implement a $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs is gaining steam among Republicans, but big hurdles remain to get the legislation through Congress.
04:00 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Eric Adams confidant Frank Carone arrested in alleged bribery scheme
Carone’s younger brother, as well as a Queens hotel owner, were also arrested by federal agents Wednesday morning.
07:49 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Hugely Troubling: A Former Wall Street Regulator Is Getting Nervous
Are regulators sowing the seeds of another bank bailout?
04:00 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories The White House wanted to make money from 2 chip companies. Nearly a year later, it hasn't gotten a cent.
President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented intervention in the private sector. But efforts to draw revenue for taxpayers have yet to bear fruit.
09:00 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories 'Democrats had a chance': How both parties are gearing up to claim a bipartisan housing victory
Even with Democrats and Republicans holding hands to pass housing legislation, both parties will need to campaign on how they are making life more affordable.
08:40 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump cancels signing of major housing bill
The president said he wouldn't sign the bipartisan legislation until the SAVE America Act was passed.
09:45 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Big Tech won the race. But the AI fight is just beginning.
Micah Lasher won in a Congressional race that featured more than $27 million in outside spending.
09:12 PM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Left-wing insurgents storm New York City
Mamdani-backed candidates toppled establishment Democrats and deepened pressure on Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and the party’s old guard.
11:11 PM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Pro-Israel politics just took a huge hit in New York
Progressives critical of Israel swept a trio of House races in the home of the nation’s largest Jewish population — a stunning shift that carries national implications for the party.
12:49 AM on 06/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Democratic socialists are coming for 2028 |