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Democrats face decision point on shutdown strategy
Republicans rebuffed Democrats' demands in shutdown negotiations. Democrats now have a choice to make.
06:39 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Posts Opinion Section
The tech mogul’s decision to revamp the editorial pages around his own views threatens not only independent journalism, but the Post’s business future.
05:58 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Republicans say states are pulling a fast one on Medicaid
GOP lawmakers are considering a plan to limit federal matching funds for the health insurance program to pay for tax cuts.
09:07 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories How 7 states could thwart GOP plans to overhaul Medicaid
Republicans have a bigger tent than they did in 2017. So does the health care program.
08:20 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories New York City health clinic now asking for proof of citizenship, citing Trump
Federally funded community health centers are required by law to provide basic health services to anyone in their area.
05:00 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories MAGA hat drama could taint Trumps top military adviser pick
The president said Dan Caine once offered to kill for him and slapped a signature red hat on his head, a violation of military rules.
05:00 AM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Consumers, companies brace for Trump tariff fallout
Americans are growing more pessimistic about the economy as they absorb the prospect for further increases in their cost of living.
05:00 AM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories DOGE is now dramatically raising the potential for a government shutdown
Adding Musk's cuts to spending talks could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.
03:26 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants to shrink the State Departments size, reach and focus
Plans call for fewer embassies, cuts to programs to build goodwill abroad and more focus on immediate U.S. interests.
04:46 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump appears open to using private forces to help deport millions of undocumented immigrants
The president added that he didn't think it was necessary, and that he hadn't read Erik Prince's proposal.
04:22 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories OPM illegally ordered agencies to fire probationary federal employees, judge rules
But the judge did not order the reinstatement of any fired workers, saying he was powerless to do so.
08:07 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories USAID cuts expected to devastate global health
The Trump administration has terminated funding for HIV, malaria and maternal health programs it had labeled lifesaving.
04:30 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps visit with UKs Starmer offers sobering preview for Ukraine
Trump lauded Britain’s leader but gave little ground, a day ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
04:46 PM on 02/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Where the Supreme Courts Conservatives Might Split on Trumps Agenda
Trump is trying to vastly expand presidential power. The court might not go along with it.
12:00 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Musk, standing before Trumps Cabinet, gets their applause and approval
“This can only be done with your support,” the DOGE leader told the Cabinet as he pledged to take a chainsaw to the bureaucracy they oversee.
01:59 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Senate Republicans say House budget wont fly with them
Tuesday’s big win for Speaker Mike Johnson might not last long.
01:47 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Minnesota Miracle upended by new Republican House speaker
Lisa Demuth is the first Republican woman and first Black person of either party to lead the chamber.
10:00 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Musk and Trump's federal layoffs are just getting started
At the first Cabinet meeting of the new administration, Donald Trump and Elon Musk also hinted that more demands for federal workers to explain their jobs could be coming.
12:13 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump posts madcap Gaza Riviera AI video featuring sunbathing Netanyahu
The clip features a song with the lyrics: “Donald Trump will set you free, bringing the life for all to see, no more tunnels, no more fear, Trump Gaza is finally here.”
06:31 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories The race to replace Trudeau heats up as Trump threatens Canada's economy
Front-runner Mark Carney argues that what Canadians need most right now is a crisis manager.
11:25 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Gavin Newsom is launching his own podcast and inviting MAGA favorites
Newsom declined to name the half-dozen guests he said have privately agreed to come on with him. But he gave a big hint: ”Look at the lineup at CPAC.”
05:50 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Corruption indictment against New Jersey power broker George Norcross is tossed
Norcross has had huge sway in South Jersey and state politics since the early 1990s and retained his power and prestige despite the indictment.
10:52 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories House and Senate Republicans are divided. Markwayne Mullin insists it isnt hopeless.
The Oklahoma senator is trying to bring Republicans together on Capitol Hill.
11:45 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Congressional Republicans start backing away from Musk
The tech mogul hinted he might wade into spending negotiations again ahead of the next government funding deadline.
08:42 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Voters might like tariffs, but not on Canada and Mexico, new poll finds
Americans aren’t so fond of taxing goods from the country’s closest allies.
05:00 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories A new crypto clash looms for Elizabeth Warren
Some Democrats are gearing up to defy Sen. Elizabeth Warren on crypto policy.
08:00 AM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Dan Crenshaw appears to threaten Tucker Carlson in hot mic moment
The congressman denied threatening the pundit.
07:31 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories House Republicans scramble for Plan B on Medicaid cuts
Tariff revenue and DOGE savings are among the alternatives GOP leaders are exploring.
06:38 PM on 02/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Furious and looking for action: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool
More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week.
10:33 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for processing camps and a private citizen army
The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.
05:55 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Dems prepare to blast Republicans over Medicaid a proven messaging strategy
Democratic House leaders are urging lawmakers to “localize” the effects of Medicaid cuts.
04:45 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Musk renews his 5 things demand with Trumps apparent support
“Failure to respond a second time will result in termination,” the billionaire warned.
08:59 PM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Musk's what did you do last week? email hits a million replies
About one-third of the federal workforce replied to the demand.
01:46 PM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president
The move reverses the long established precedent of journalists determining who participates in the press pool.
01:34 PM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories GOP lawmaker on Elon Musk: To the victor goes the spoils
"Every president in American history has the right to have his or her own advisers," Republican Texas Rep. Randy Weber said at a POLITICO Playbook event.
09:51 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Consumer confidence buckles as Trumps policies revive inflation concerns
This is a “flashing yellow light regarding growth and inflation prospects,” said Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at European insurance giant Allianz.
12:02 PM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories Eric Adams on a lonely island as mayors race gets underway
The Democratic incumbent has a shell of an operation as he fights for his political future.
05:00 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories House Republicans unfazed by protests: Were moving forward with the cuts
Many GOP lawmakers insisted their constituents back Musk’s moves.
11:17 PM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories There will continue to be a CFPB: Trump administration says it won't shut bureau
The bureau — long a big target of Republicans — is at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy.
09:21 AM on 02/25/2025 Politico Top Stories What the Dems who boycotted the first Trump inauguration say this time
POLITICO asked the 2017 boycotters what their plans are this time. Their answers reveal a faded resistance movement.
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