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Musk on USAID: Time for it to die
His statement comes as signs increasingly point to the Trump administration folding the development aid agency into the State Department.
03:29 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats scramble to make their immigration stand amid broader support for deportations
Party is hamstrung while Trump targets criminals — but is looking to protect families, farm workers and Dreamers.
03:34 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories FBI agents, officials asked to detail their work on Jan. 6 cases
Leaders and agents at the bureau are bracing for a potential purge of those deemed disloyal to Trump.
07:01 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Florida Republicans just declared war on each other
So far neither side is backing down, and there’s a chance that the fight will drag on through the regular session that starts in early March and beyond.
10:00 AM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Stocks tumble and dollar surges as Trump unleashes trade war
The U.S. currency surged across the board, while stock futures plunged on the first full day of trading since Trump slapped tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico.
06:18 AM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump hints Britain could duck tariffs as he clobbers allies
“Prime Minister Starmer has been very nice,” says U.S. president as he suggests trade disputes with the U.K. can be ironed out.
06:15 AM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Funding to fight fires not crime is new priority for many California cities
The state's voters are being asked to spend more on fighting fires. Will they say yes?
02:01 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.
GOP lawmakers resisted the president's suggestion FEMA might need to "go away," but they support changes to the disaster response agency.
01:32 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump vows to cut off aid to South Africa
"South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump wrote.
07:41 PM on 02/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Memo to Elon: Know Your Boss
It may not be vanity that sinks the Trump-Musk alliance. It could come down to policy.
07:00 AM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration gives Musk allies access to Treasury payment system
Treasury has seen an internal struggle over how much access Musk should have to the system, which is critical to trillions of dollars in payments by the government each year.
05:21 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump finalizes tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, triggering likely trade war
The tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods will be 25 percent.
05:30 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Canada hits back against Trump tariffs: 'We will not back down'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ready to respond with 25 percent tariffs against C$155 billion worth of American goods.
06:55 AM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories China to retaliate after Trump fires first salvo in trade war
Beijing says it will impose countermeasures against a 10 percent U.S. levy on Chinese imports.
07:30 AM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Minnesota nice has 2 sides: Why some Dems see a ruthless leader in Ken Martin
How a quiet, Midwestern operative won control of the Democratic Party's apparatus.
08:16 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Ken Martin and Kamala Harris were winners Saturday. Billionaires and the old guard took a hit.
Democrats are promising a new posture in the Trump era. But they did little to answer deeper questions facing the party.
05:17 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.
07:38 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories When Trump's Immigration Crackdown Came to Chicago
Ever since Trump’s new “border czar” announced mass deportations would kick off in Chicago, a bubble of anxiety has been growing in the city of big shoulders.
02:00 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Florida goes full steam ahead on immigration enforcement in schools
The measures proposed in Florida would ensure that campus doors are open to immigration authorities under a Trump administration that wants the option on the table.
02:00 PM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories The GOPs Unreliable Cutter-in-Chief
Donald Trump shows yet again he’s not really interested in reining in government spending.
10:30 AM on 02/02/2025 Politico Top Stories There will be many casualties: Panama girds for war as Rubio opens talks
On the ground in Panama City ahead of Marco Rubio's first trip as secretary of State.
07:00 AM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Threats, pleas and videotape: How North America is trying to head off Trumps tariffs
The president's Feb. 1 deadline sets off scramble for a reprieve.
07:09 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump says he opened Californias water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.
The Army Corps of Engineers moved to release massive quantities of water in Central California, panicking local officials.
07:12 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Dems set to pick new DNC chair after low-key campaign
The race lacked big names — and any substantive clash of ideas.
07:00 AM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories 5 key issues to watch as investigators probe DC air catastrophe
Airspace congestion, controller fatigue and more. Here’s what to know as federal officials descend on the Potomac River.
06:28 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories How Trump Could Snatch a Third Term Despite the 22nd Amendment
Four ways Trump could stay in power beyond 2028.
05:00 AM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories The Airport Said Dont Do It. And They Did It.
A former House Transportation Committee chair says Congress could bear some blame for congestion that may have contributed to the midair collision over the Potomac.
12:39 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down?
The president’s failure to name a USAID administrator and other steps seem to suggest that, at the very least, he’ll fold USAID into the State Department.
02:11 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's Tariff Threats Are About to Hit a Limit
Trump’s tariffs need to do more than intimidate. He needs them to fund his agenda.
11:59 AM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories DOJ fires dozens of prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases
It’s the latest extraordinary purge of officials Donald Trump has deemed adversarial to his interests.
06:50 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Curtis Yarvins Ideas Were Fringe. Now Theyre Coursing Through Trumps Washington.
“In almost every way, JD is perfect,” he says in a conversation about JD Vance, Trump’s second term and the end of democracy.
12:04 PM on 02/01/2025 Politico Top Stories Goddamn, do something years of warnings came before DCs air tragedy
Air traffic controller shortages, soaring travel demand, a surge of airport near-collisions and complaints of congressional dysfunction escalated before the U.S. saw its first fatal domestic airline crash since 2009.
07:32 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories 'Scream night': Democrats get shouted down by their own activists over climate change
Democrats just want to pick someone to lead their campaign apparatus. Climate activists demanded more.
10:28 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Gabbard was hoping for the Pete Hegseth hearing treatment. She didnt get it.
Gabbard’s attack strategy at her confirmation hearing Thursday didn’t garner the high praise from Republicans some other Trump nominees have gotten.
06:37 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Tragedy hits home for Reagan Nationals powerful frequent flyers
Lawmakers have an intimate, and paternalistic, relationship with the airport where 67 died Wednesday.
05:39 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump reiterates plan to raise tariffs Saturday on Mexico, Canada
The remarks come amid ongoing discussions between the Trump administration and Mexican and Canadian officials.
05:28 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Who started the stupid rumor? Embattled Eric Adams is back
The New York City mayor responded to rumors of his resignation in a rousing speech after returning from reported illness.
02:59 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories With Adams in crowd, NYC police commissioner unveils quality-of-life initiatives
Jessica Tisch proposed cracking down on subway infractions and pursuing changes to state discovery laws.
01:48 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump weighs rescinding controversial Manhattan toll
The president could act soon to end congestion pricing, which went into effect this month.
02:08 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories This is not a joke: Rubio says Trump is serious about buying Greenland
The secretary of State said purchasing the Danish territory is important to the country’s national interests in the Arctic.
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