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It Took Charles a Lifetime to Be King. Now He Has to Deal With Trump.
There’s a lot at stake during the monarch’s visit to Washington. Will he pull it off?
11:01 PM Politico Top Stories Out of control: Inflation surges to highest point in 3 years, driven by energy
Gasoline has risen above $4.50 per gallon, nearly $1.40 more than what it was a year ago.
08:45 AM Politico Top Stories Trump administration elevates former private prison company exec to lead ICE
David Venturella will lead the agency on an acting basis when Todd Lyons retires at the end of the month.
07:28 PM Politico Top Stories FEMAs acting administrator is out, for the third time under Trump
Karen Evans, who had led the agency since December, is the latest official to be removed from FEMA.
03:14 PM Politico Top Stories With latest lifelines from Hochul, Mamdani balances NYC budget
The mayor released a spending plan that hinges on a controversial delay on city pension payments.
04:49 PM Politico Top Stories New York and New Jersey are turning the World Cup into an interstate turf war
With dueling plans to cut transit costs for fans, neighboring governors Mikie Sherrill and Kathy Hochul are both claiming home-field advantage.
08:34 PM Politico Top Stories South Carolina Republicans tank redistricting, for now
Tuesday’s vote doesn’t mark a definitive end for efforts to redraw the state’s maps — but it does make it harder to accomplish this year.
03:40 PM Politico Top Stories Pahlavi criticizes Trump for sending mixed signals on Iran
Reza Pahlavi urged Trump to “finish the job” in Iran at the POLITICO Security Summit.
01:11 PM Politico Top Stories Newsom appoints former CFPB head to lead California consumer agency
Rohit Chopra was ousted as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by the Trump administration last year.
05:01 PM Politico Top Stories Michigan Senate hopeful El-Sayed calls himself a physician but has little history treating patients
“It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,” one Dem operative said.
02:12 PM Politico Top Stories Why Kevin Warsh is likely to run afoul of Trump at the Fed
Price spikes because of the war in Iran and internal divisions on the central bank will make it difficult for the incoming Fed chair to cut interest rates quickly.
12:49 PM Politico Top Stories Gasoline tax holiday push already sputtering in Congress
Republican leaders remain lukewarm about an idea President Donald Trump pitched Monday.
04:26 PM Politico Top Stories Trump eyes MAGA-friendly fentanyl win in China
Trump’s challenge is to extract commitments from Beijing that go beyond “performative” gestures from Xi.
04:01 PM Politico Top Stories Gas giant met with White House about New England pipeline project
The plan to increase gas supply comes as the region's Democratic governors seek reelection, pledging to both green their states' economies and address high energy prices.
01:34 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Top federal prosecutor in New York committed misconduct, watchdog says
The move comes after Campaign for Accountability raised concerns about John Sarcone, the top prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of New York.
01:38 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Neal plans broad tax agenda if House control changes
The Massachusetts Democrat is unlikely to revisit the fight over Trump's tax returns, but he has a long list of more pressing issues if he reclaims the Ways and Means gavel.
03:45 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Heres how Trumps meeting with Xi could spark a crisis over Taiwan
Trump’s domestic woes and the Iran war raise the risk that Chinese leader Xi Jinping may try to swap economic sweeteners for a backtrack on U.S.-Taiwan ties.
04:00 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Victim or co-conspirator? House investigators grapple with the role of Epstein's assistant.
Sarah Kellen, Jeffrey Epstein’s onetime assistant, told prosecutors she was a victim. Now lawmakers wonder if she should be treated as an accomplice.
03:45 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories U.S. oil rush into Venezuela tests Trumps democracy promises
The White House is full steam ahead on growing the oil industry in Venezuela. Elections are another matter.
04:01 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump picks Cameron Hamilton to run FEMA
The president nominated the man he fired as leader of the nation's disaster agency a year ago.
04:42 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to restore their new map
It’s a longshot bid to overturn the decision by the state’s highest court to strike down Democrats’ redistricting referendum.
04:55 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP to erase Black House district
The high court voted 6-3 to allow state to proceed with plan likely to squeeze Democrats to single seat
06:14 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains
Republicans chasing extra House seats risk energizing Democrats and alienating key new voters.
04:00 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories This moderate Republican senator is already eyeing the exits 16 months into his term
Sen. John Curtis is looking at returning home to run for governor.
03:17 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Inside the House vs. Senate rifts threatening the GOP agenda
Republicans in the two chambers are divided over key pieces of legislation, and animosity is running high.
03:45 AM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories A bad look: Republicans want more details on ballroom security funding request
The $1 billion line item in a party-line bill otherwise focused on immigration enforcement is causing political headaches.
07:07 PM on 05/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Heres Why.
Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.
09:00 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Pentagon releases swath of UFO files
The government gave no analysis of the files, suggesting it is up to Americans to draw their own conclusions.
09:04 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Chris Wright: I don't know the future of gas prices'
But the Energy secretary said the U.S. is in a “tremendous position" despite rising gas prices.
10:49 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories US health agencies equipped to handle hantavirus, acting CDC director says
Jay Bhattacharya said the organization has been working closely with international health partners.
10:05 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Lawyers: Biden to fight DOJ plan to release audio of his talks with ghostwriter
The former president is facing a deadline of Tuesday to take legal action.
10:56 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Affection And Sympathy: Kevin Warshs Friends See Threats All Around Him
In Warsh’s intellectual stomping ground, anxiety runs high about the challenges facing the Federal Reserve.
06:00 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Soccer finally has the only 2 teams that matter in America
The World Cup, swept into Washington’s partisan vortex, splits into red and blue.
06:00 AM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Oil price hikes could mean big shifts for Floridas crucial tourism industry
Budget-minded families could look elsewhere for trips, while luxury travel is still surging.
03:00 PM on 05/11/2026 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 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Raffensperger tests the GOPs future in Georgia
He's running a campaign that’s served him and other old school Georgia Republicans well. But has the party changed too much for that old system to still work?
01:00 PM on 05/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Can a Democratic Dynasty Survive in This Red State?
A race for statewide office in Indiana could chart the way forward for national Democrats.
03:45 AM on 05/10/2026 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 05/10/2026 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.
09:00 AM on 05/10/2026 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.
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