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DeSantis Hope Florida scrutiny deepens amid new revelations on $10M payment
Two groups wound up giving money to the effort to defeat the pot amendment within days of receiving it from the Hope Florida Foundation.
06:38 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories North Carolinas top court clears path for some ballots to be tossed in contested state Supreme Court race
The ruling from a Republican majority could open a path for a GOP candidate to overturn an apparent loss.
06:42 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Trust is going down: Why Trump should fear the bond market
“The market now believes that trade policy can change from minute to minute,” said Chip Hughey, a managing director of fixed income securities at Truist.
12:34 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. says Deep State is real, called FDA employees sock puppet of industry
The HHS secretary’s remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some to walk out.
02:33 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump May Be Triggering the Fastest Nuclear Weapons Race Since the Cold War
The threat of U.S. withdrawal has prompted countries around the world — from Germany to South Korea — to talk about building their own nuclear arsenals.
10:00 AM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories The Supreme Courts Mixed Signals on Trumps Deportations to El Salvador
The administration is trying to create a legal black hole that could exceed the abuses of the post 9/11 era.
05:00 AM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Trade war threat sinks consumer confidence, alarms Wall Street
The turmoil is shaking Americans’ confidence, with expectations of spiking prices soaring to their highest level since 1981, one survey showed.
12:07 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Paxton's challenge isn't the only one worrying Senate Republicans
The Texas primary challenge to longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn prompts a perennial fear for Republicans: Will Trump help them protect their own?
04:45 AM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories An agency head gave her staff a day off and they got antsy
Employees were worried the day off was a prelude to an agency overhaul. Officials clarified later it was to observe a religious holiday.
01:32 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Republicans Love Steakhouses. Democrats Love Bistros. They All Love Spending Big at These DC Eateries.
Where Republicans and Democrats are spending their money in D.C.
04:45 AM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Tracking Trumps Cabinet picksHow Ugly Is This Going to Be?
A roundtable of POLITICO reporters discuss where Trump’s tariffs may be headed.
08:00 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget
The surprise announcement comes as the Defense Department prepares to lay off tens of thousands of civilians.
10:37 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Reality Check: What Trumps Supposed Retreat Really Means in a Historic Trade War
Even with Trump’s recent reversal, net tariffs are still the highest they've been in a century. We break down what this all means.
05:45 PM on 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump Never Liked German Cars in America. Heres What Their Top Auto Lobbyist Thinks.
Germany’s top auto lobbyist warns about “a spiral of protectionism.”
02:00 PM on 04/12/2025 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 04/12/2025 Politico Top Stories Buffeted by Trumps tariffs, Hill Republicans are desperate for a deal
Key senators encouraged the president to quickly secure trade agreements amid mounting Wall Street losses and rising political anxiety.
04:15 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump threatens additional 50 percent tariffs on China
The move escalates ongoing tit-for-tat retaliation with Beijing that followed the president's sweeping import tax rollout last week.
11:42 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories EU agonizes over using its trade bazooka to hit back at Trumps mega tariff
The bloc has an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other as it prepares for a tough encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump.
03:36 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
“Europe is always ready for a good deal,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
10:56 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump plows ahead as markets plunge
Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to challenge the president’s aggressive tariff regime.
12:00 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Wall Street titans push back on Trump's trade war
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
06:49 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories A Former GOP Education Secretary Thinks People Will Notice Trumps Demolition Job
Margaret Spellings says the president’s effort to slash the Education Department is a big mistake.
05:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump asks Supreme Court to block judges order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia’s deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”
12:07 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats look to ride anti-Musk sentiment to victory in Virginia next
High off its victory in Wisconsin, the party looks to November.
04:45 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Appeals court blocks Trump from firing two leaders on federal boards
The decision almost certainly tees up another Supreme Court showdown over the power of the president to control every aspect of the executive branch.
09:28 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories An anti-Trump Republican for governor tries to defy gravity in New Jerseys primary
Jon Bramnick is running to the right on immigration against his rivals for the GOP nomination.
05:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true.
The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.
07:39 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Therell Be a Shock: A Congressman Who Sells Cars Predicts Pain and Then Acceptance of Higher Prices
Rep. Mike Kelly says this is a long overdue "wake-up call" about America’s job-killing trade imbalance.
10:00 AM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories The Hidden Loser in Trumps Auto Tariffs: Domestic EV Manufacturing
The president’s new tariffs on imported vehicles and his plans to kill a popular tax credit will likely torpedo demand for vehicles made by American workers.
12:00 PM on 04/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Lee Zeldins push to gut EPA is giving him political heft in MAGA land
The EPA administrator's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.
04:00 PM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg
With a historic antitrust suit looming against Meta, could the company get a reprieve from its new ally in the White House?
10:00 AM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories All the presidents salesmen: Senior Trump officials hawk MAGA-friendly products
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted a fast food chain’s fries. And then there’s Tesla.
10:00 AM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories House GOP leaders vow to push forward with budget vote
Growing conservative backlash to Senate-approved plan hasn't yet derailed Speaker Mike Johnson.
03:22 PM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's pro-Palestinian activism crackdown closely mirrors a plan from the creators of Project 2025
As President Donald Trump was seeking to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation quietly released a blueprint to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement. Many of its recommendations have since become policy.
02:00 PM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories US officials: Trump has been flooded with requests for trade talks
Brooke Rollins said countries are "burning" up the phone lines to talk trade.
12:02 PM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories Barbara Lee was supposed to be a lock for Oakland mayor. Why is the race so close?Judge reaffirms order to return Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador
She rejected the idea that the Trump administration has no power to bring the deportee back.
09:48 AM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories The Canadian Whos Donald Trumps Oldest Enemy
Graydon Carter’s long-running feud with Trump is legendary.
07:00 AM on 04/06/2025 Politico Top Stories Le Pens Save Democracy rally falls short of expectations in France |