Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
OpenAI pivots its California ballot fight to Legislature
Should talks with state lawmakers not pan out, the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act campaign is reserving the option to go for the 2028 ballot.
08:30 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Bonta sues to block Trump funding threat over student forced outing law
The Trump administration contends that a state law on parental notification of a child's gender identity violates federal law.
08:00 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Lurie wades in as teachers' strike roils San Francisco
The walkout, affecting nearly 50,000 students, could present one of the biggest tests of Daniel Lurie's young mayorship.
09:15 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories DOJ fires acting US attorney in NY who was appointed by judges
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the administration’s intention to sack Donald Kinsella.
09:30 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories A tech group is launching a new effort to keep Democrats from falling behind on AI
Tech for Campaigns plans to partner with Democratic groups to test what works.
10:00 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories How Virginia's top court might decide Democrats' gerrymandering fate
State Supreme Court Likely To Determine Fate of Redistricting In Virginia
10:26 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories The Legal Fallout in Minnesota Has Only Just Begun
The deadly clashes with ICE are likely to undermine law enforcement across the country.
05:00 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories A Law Firm Chair Resigned After Epstein Revelations. Heres the Reality.
Brad Karp stepped down as chair of Paul, Weiss — but it was a soft landing.
05:55 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories The White House is shrugging at Lutnicks Epstein ties. His foes are too.
It’s the latest example of how little weight association with Epstein carries for high-profile figures in the Trump administration.
06:14 PM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories The transatlantic alliance is down but not out
The Munich Security Conference will serve as a gut check of the frayed relationship, and whether Europe can hold on to its emerging self-assurance.
05:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Canadas Muscular New Anti-Trump Strategy Debuts in Greenland
How an icy town of 20,000 became a testing ground for the new international order.
05:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories US signals limited military pullback from Europe
“We will continue to show up,” America's ambassador to NATO said.
10:30 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Dems think they have the upper hand at Pam Bondis big Hill hearing
The attorney general could have to answer for the Trump administration’s handling of immigration enforcement, military action in Venezuela and the Epstein files.
04:45 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories From TSA lines to disaster relief, heres how a DHS shutdown would hurt
Immigration and border security agencies wouldn't as affected in a funding lapse as other parts of the department.
04:45 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump keeps driving online fundraising for both parties
The GOP president is dominating his own party’s online fundraising and proving a major driver for Democrats.
05:45 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Money being burned: Donors fret over Cornyn primary as Trump sits back
Privately, Republican donors fret that a three-way primary for Sen. John Cornyn’s seat is burning cash – and wish President Donald Trump would douse the flames.
09:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Filibuster fight comes full circle as GOP faces internal pressure on elections bill
Sen. Mike Lee and other hard-liners want to pursue the “talking filibuster.” Their colleagues are skeptical.
08:30 PM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Justification unsealed for FBIs seizure of 2020 Fulton County ballots
The allegations largely track claims leveled by conservative activists.
04:24 PM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Demolishing the Global Order. Heres What Might Come Next.
17 experts on how the world moves on from America.
05:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit?
Party insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI.
07:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories MAHA Is Embracing Elizabeth Holmes. Heres Why.
An alliance is building between the Trump-aligned movement and convicted Theranos founder.
05:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories This Comedian Just Showed Democrats How to Solve Their Messaging Problems
A new comedy special captures the party’s messaging challenges — and a way forward.
10:00 AM on 02/11/2026 Politico Top Stories How ICE defies judges orders to release detainees, step by step
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
05:00 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Georgia Republicans allow RNC to break party neutrality to support Burt Jones
Any move to intervene in Georgia could reshape a crowded race for an open governor’s seat in a premiere battleground state.
05:55 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Now were in a power struggle: Europes resentment grows over Trumps newest provocations
President Trump has backed off his threats toward Denmark's territorial sovereignty, but he and aides have continued to irritate much of Europe.
05:00 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Maxine Waters is the newest target in Democrats intergenerational war
Waters has been in Congress for 35 years, but Myla Rahman says the district needs fresh representation.
08:55 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Meet Americas most and least impactful voters
A new initiative breaks down which zip codes have the most competitive elections in America.
10:00 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll shows Democrats hold edge over Trump in energy cost battle
Energy affordability is expected to play a role in the midterm elections this year.
10:00 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories The NY congressional race on the frontlines of an AI industry civil war
Top artificial intelligence executives are spending big against Democratic House candidate Alex Bores. But his campaign is also raking in donations from AI experts and tech employees.
04:45 AM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories White House eyes data center agreements amid energy price spikes
A draft pact, obtained by POLITICO, seeks to help ensure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water resources or undermine grid reliability.
05:20 PM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump threatens to block opening of new Michigan-Canada bridge
The president fumed about the project in a social media post, demanding “Fairness and Respect” from Canada.
07:51 PM on 02/10/2026 Politico Top Stories How cigars, whiskey and an old-school Oklahoman got the government funded
From his clubby Capitol office, the 76-year-old Appropriations chair managed demanding colleagues and political headwinds — and pulled off a seemingly impressive feat.
04:45 AM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Energy secretary plans visit to Venezuela but says Trump isnt focused on its oil riches
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is scheduled to be the highest-level Trump administration official to set foot in Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
05:01 AM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump bashes Bad Bunnys halftime spectacle
The president had already blasted the NFL for choosing the Puerto Rican recording artist, who performed his show in Spanish.
11:04 PM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories New York GOPs midterm problem: No money, no bench and Trump
The hard-knock life of a blue-state Republican looks even worse this midterm.
05:55 AM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Washingtons all-in on smart rings
Finland's Oura is telling lawmakers and Trump officials it's got a solution to systemic health care challenges.
05:55 AM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The Midwestern Congressman Whom Washington Should Remember
An appreciation of the late Rep. Lee Hamilton by a veteran congressional reporter.
04:00 PM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Fulton County argues FBI seizure of 2020 ballots shows callous disregard for constitutional rights
A Trump-appointed judge set a Tuesday deadline to disclose justification for the raid.
07:02 PM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump cut science funding. Small businesses are paying the price.
Some federal contractors are feeling the squeeze after the president slashed support for climate programs and other research efforts.
02:00 PM on 02/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The sugar high will be short lived: Trumps big bet on tax refunds might not pay off
While Trump and his top advisers have been banking on the increased refunds as a pocketbook proof point to voters, skeptics caution the money could be quickly swallowed up by stubbornly-high prices elsewhere.
07:00 AM on 02/08/2026 Politico Top Stories |
