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Panamas president ahead of Rubios visit: I cannot negotiate on the canal
The visit to Panama will be Rubio’s first international trip as President Donald Trump’s secretary of State.
03:28 PM on 01/31/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's FBI, DNI picks appear on the Hill for confirmation hearings
Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, and Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence, are appearing for their confirmation hearings.
09:54 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories A combative nomination hearing raises more questions about Gabbards qualifications
Tulsi Gabbard is widely viewed as Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet nominee remaining and her confirmation for director of national intelligence could hinge on her performance at the hearing.
10:28 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories The senators who could stop Tulsi Gabbard
Meet the four GOP difference-makers, and four more to watch.
04:45 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Donald Trump names new acting FAA administrator in wake of tragedy of terrible proportions
Trump said he was tapping Chris Rocheleau, a top executive for an aviation business association, for the post.
11:41 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Congress' airport is now home to America's worst aviation disaster in decades
Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the downed plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, and one had been recovered from the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, said the D.C. Fire and EMS chief.
08:03 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Federal workers reeling over Trump's buyout offer: This is the last lifeboat in town
“There’s also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town,” said an employee.
05:00 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Dems find some hope in elections in Iowa and Minnesota
Some Democrats are cautious about reading too much into the results. But it’s the first good news they’ve had in a long time.
05:00 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories The Iffy Transparency of Trumps Order on the JFK Assassination Files
He’s promised the same before and fell short. This time could be more of the same.
10:00 AM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | Watching RFK Jr. in the Senate Was Personally Painful
I worked for his father. He never would have been so slippery.
05:41 PM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump went for shock and awe. Now hes mopping up.
There was widespread concern even before the White House walked its plans back.
05:23 PM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | All Presidents Test the Limits of Their Authority. Trump Is Doing Something Far More Radical.
The funding freeze went beyond previous presidents’ efforts at executive authority.
01:00 PM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories The Gulf of America Is Only the Beginning
The early skirmishes over global landmarks are nothing compared to the fights over renaming public projects after President Donald Trump himself.
07:52 PM on 01/30/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps pledge to lower prices is already facing a reality test
“If it was so simple, they would just do it,” Norbert Michel, a vice president at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, said of lowering prices.
05:00 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps federal spending freeze is straight out of Project 2025
The OMB memo is the boldest, and clearest example of how the administration is employing Project 2025’s strategies.
10:11 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories GOP steps aside as Trump assaults Congress power
The president goes after the "power of the purse" with nary a peep from Republican leaders.
04:45 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. is in the hot seat
Trump's health secretary nominee is expected to face questions on vaccines, abortion, and food production regulation at his confirmation hearing.
10:37 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's spending freeze spreads chaos across US
Supporters of climate, infrastructure, mortgage, tech, health, veterans' and other projects expressed alarm as tens of thousands of programs appeared possibly at risk.
07:15 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump hires new lawyers to appeal his hush money conviction
The lawyers will replace Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who represented Trump during the trial last spring.
10:51 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories DOJ moves to drop prosecution of former Trump co-defendants in classified documents case
The request offered no explanation for the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against the two Trump allies.
11:26 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories The West is trying to interfere in our elections, Russia moans
Kremlin whacks the U.S. with claim about vote-meddling.
09:04 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories It's judgment day for Bob Menendez
A federal judge will sentence the convicted former senator from New Jersey.
07:00 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories 'It was leaked to us: Army in chaos over Trump orders
Confusion around the new administration’s spending freezes and executive orders has caused disarray inside the Pentagon.
06:00 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories How Trumps orbit used blunt force to squeeze Hegseth through
The aggressive posture, inspired by Trump, meant going after not only Democrats, the media and Hegseth’s accusers — but also their own party.
08:00 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Ukraine is pinning hopes on Putin exasperating Trump
Washington and Kyiv are holding fast to separate assumptions about the prospect of ending the ongoing war — but both could be wrong.
04:47 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Ignoring the Law and Congress Doesnt Care
Trump’s TikTok bailout is worse than it looks.
10:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump got what he wanted with Colombia. But his tactics could come back to bite him.
Stoking confrontations to show strength, the president risks alienating allies and aiding China.
05:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration targets thousands of programs in funding freeze
A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget reveals the potential scope of the Trump administration's plans to freeze federal funding.
11:27 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Gary Peters not running for reelection in battleground Michigan
Both parties will be in a mad dash to find candidates for the seat.
09:34 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Costs plus Trump deliver double whammy to blue states on climate
The same affordability concerns that swept President Donald Trump to office are keeping blue-state leaders from mounting a vigorous response to his dismantling of federal climate policies.
05:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories The Danish PM's diplomatic dash to save Greenland from Trump
Mette Frederiksen visits Paris, Berlin and Brussels on Tuesday as U.S. president eyes the mineral-rich Arctic island.
06:19 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Wake-up call: How a Chinese startup could rock Trump's stock market
If DeepSeek is as affordable and transformative as advertised, the stock market bull run that welcomed Trump back to the White House could hit a major roadblock.
08:12 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump: Chinas DeepSeek AI is a wake-up call for US tech
America must be “laser-focused” on winning the artificial intelligence race, says U.S. president.
06:16 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Poland urges Tesla boycott after Musks call to move past Nazi guilt
“There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas,” says minister Sławomir Nitras.
06:12 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Two Trump-backed Republicans look to strengthen House GOP majority in Florida primary
Republican voters in several Florida counties head to the polls on Tuesday, where they will select GOP nominees to fill seats that were held by former Reps. Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz.
10:56 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
09:36 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Week One inside Trumps DOJ: It feels like a non-violent war
Fear reigns among the staff at the beleaguered law-enforcement agency as a new reality sets in.
08:35 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump details his costly congressional wishlist
The president was short on procedure, long on demands in addressing House Republicans Monday.
07:46 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Acting attorney general fires prosecutors who worked for special counsel Jack Smith
Smith had resigned earlier in January.
05:39 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave
“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.
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