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White House weighs risks of a health care fight as ACA subsidies set to expire
Republicans inside and outside the White House dispute how politically damaging the subsidies’ expiration would be.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories House GOP moderates signal theyll fall in line with Johnsons health plan
Vulnerable members have agitated for a vote to extend Obamacare subsidies. But that appears unlikely to happen.
07:23 PM Politico Top Stories Trump Is Raging at a Looming Supreme Court Loss on Tariffs. Hes Got a Point.
Reviving the tariffs will be messier than administration officials suggest.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories A blue wave in next years midterms might not flip that many seats. Heres why.
Democrats have far fewer easy targets next year than they did in 2018.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Rob Reiner was more than a Hollywood liberal. He was a sophisticated political operator.
Reiner could “code switch from directing actors into political strategy,” one friend recalled.
06:58 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans rebuff Trump's post on Rob Reiner
The president said the Hollywood icon suffered an “incurable affliction” at the time of his death.
10:57 AM Politico Top Stories The White Houses unabashed embrace of AI
The official White House X account has posted pictures of the White House fitted with the McDonald’s golden arches and being showered with golden coins to the tune of Bruno Mars' "24K Magic” and Trump as a buff Jedi on Star Wars day.
04:35 PM Politico Top Stories French and German adults lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows
With key peace talks underway to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the U.S., U.K. and Canada tilt toward continuing material support for Kyiv.
04:15 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration hits back at lawsuit over White House ballroom
The Department of Justice argued the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s legal challenge impedes the president’s right to renovate the White House.
08:13 PM Politico Top Stories New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
12:22 PM Politico Top Stories News Organizations Are Bowing to Trump. This Small Magazine Knows How to Resist.
U.S. media outlets could learn some lessons from The Caravan.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories 15 years into Obamacare, the GOP health care message is as muddled as ever
The party is again struggling to unite behind an alternative to expiring insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories I Didnt Vote for This: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Poll shows the (unlikely) way Trump could win over Dems
The POLITICO Poll tested an experiment: What if Trump proposed a liberal policy?
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Blakeman or Stefanik? New York Republicans want Trump to pick.
The president has equivocated on who he prefers to run for governor in his native state, creating a headache for Stefanik.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories New anti-abortion campaign takes aim at EPA drinking water rules
Students for Life of America is pushing the federal agency to include an anti-abortion drug on its list of drinking water contaminants.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories This vaccine adviser to RFK Jr. has some choice words for his critics
MIT business professor Retsef Levi teaches about how health care decisions are made, but isn’t a doctor.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Maryland residents bristle at Wes Moores redistricting push
A recent survey found fewer than one-third of state residents view the push as a leading priority.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps AI moratorium threatens state-level crackdowns on housing costs
State lawmakers are increasingly proposing bills to regulate the use of AI in the housing industry, over concerns that it could be used to promote anti-competitive and discriminatory practices.
12:01 PM Politico Top Stories 16 dead in Australia's Bondi Beach after gunmen fire on Jewish celebration
The attack targeted the Jewish community, with Prime Minister Albanese calling it “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism.”
07:01 AM Politico Top Stories Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, ran toward the gunfire when the shooting started on Bondi Beach. He was shot twice.
07:36 PM Politico Top Stories Thousands of carveouts and caveats are weakening Trump's emergency tariffs
At least $1.7 trillion of imports are now excluded, either because they are duty-free or subject to another tariff.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump administration races to finalize tariff payments and hamstring possible refunds
In response, companies are now filing lawsuits to make sure they get paid back if the Supreme Court invalidates some of the president's duties.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Why inflation angst may temper Trumps trade threats to Mexico, Canada
As Trump floats pulling out of a trade deal with Mexico and Canada, officials on both sides of the border are betting the president won’t risk quashing a deal that has helped keep prices in check.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The anti-machine movement is having a moment in New Jersey
A year after being elected to the Senate by running against the status quo, Andy Kim is wielding his political might.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats gather in California feeling sunny once again
At the Democratic National Committee’s winter meetings in L.A., party leaders are feeling good for the first time in a year.
09:03 AM Politico Top Stories Kamala Harris delivers reality check to bullish Democrats
The former vice president warned her party that “for so many, the American dream has become more of a myth than reality.”
09:56 PM Politico Top Stories European Diplomats Are Dissociating in Trumps Washington
At a series of Christmas parties this week, diplomats were still struggling to come to grips with the uncertain future of the transatlantic relationship.
09:55 AM Politico Top Stories 2 US soldiers and 1 civilian interpreter killed in ambush in Syria
The Pentagon confirmed the news on X, saying the troops were “conducting a key leader engagement.”
01:15 PM Politico Top Stories Trump seems to wave the white flag on his US attorneys gambit
The president is pushing for an end to the so-called “blue slip” to solve for the disqualification of a handful of unconfirmed U.S. attorneys.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Geographic Roots of Our Immigration Divide
How ideas like “heritage Americans” and “nation of immigrants” wound up in conflict.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Safety whitewash: Defense bill spawns uproar over military helicopters in DC
A provision of the Pentagon policy legislation has enraged a top federal accident investigator, key Republicans and families of the January air crash victims.
06:00 PM Politico Top Stories The lawyer behind Voughts bureaucracy crackdown
The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature.
04:59 PM Politico Top Stories 20 states lodge lawsuit against Trumps $100,000 H-1B visa fee
The new levy for highly skilled workers has been of particular concern for tech and health care employers.
03:29 PM Politico Top Stories DOJ skewers judge as it seeks to quash contempt proceedings
The bitter showdown follows President Donald Trump’s call to impeach Judge James Boasberg.
04:16 PM Politico Top Stories Trump, Clinton, Gates included in Epstein photo trove
The House Oversight Committee Democrats released photos from the Epstein estate linking powerful men to the late convicted sex offender.
10:20 AM Politico Top Stories GOP health care chaos spills into battleground midterm races
Republican Senate candidates aren’t on the same page about extending Obamacare subsidies, reflecting a broader tension that is creeping into House and Senate races.
11:46 AM Politico Top Stories The nations cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Nobody Wants to Take Responsibility for the Tragedy Thats Going on Here
Bill Gates won’t sugarcoat it: Slashing global aid fueled a surge of death.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories We dont have a lot of time: Congress comes to terms with an all-but-certain lapse in Obamacare subsidies
Some Republicans are scrambling to see if a deal can come together in the final weeks of 2025, but most are skeptical.
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