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Trumps absurdly incoherent Iran pleas leave allies befuddled
European countries have ruled out helping secure the Strait of Hormuz until the conflict is over — but also haven’t received any specific requests for assistance from the U.S.
11:54 AM on 03/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Allies and Congress are about to lose a key window into US military plans
The Pentagon’s decision not to release a Global Posture Review follows the go-it-alone pattern of the Trump administration.
06:15 PM on 03/26/2026 Politico Top Stories Meta hit with $375M verdict in New Mexico child safety case
The verdict marks a win for state regulators targeting tech platforms over harms to young users, as Meta vows to appeal.
06:58 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories 2028 Dem hopefuls scramble for distance from AIPAC
Democrats eyeing White House bids are distancing themselves from the powerful pro-Israel group amid slumping support for Israel within the party’s base.
05:00 AM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Newsom Talks Trump, 2028 and Where He Draws the Line on Israel
The California governor opens up about family, risk and the choices that could shape his political future.
05:00 AM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories NTSB chair warns against 'pointing fingers at controllers' in LaGuardia crash
The nation's top accident investigator, Jennifer Homendy, instead focused on problems tracking a fire truck involved in the deadly crash.
06:41 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories USDA cancels $300 million program to help farmers buy land amid anti-DEI push
The Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, awarded roughly $300 million to roughly 50 projects for five-year contracts beginning in 2023.
03:19 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court questions what it means to be in the US
The court heard arguments over whether people seeking asylum can be turned away at the border.
03:04 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Markwayne Mullin takes over at a precarious moment for DHS
Mullin has pledged to be a different leader than his controversial predecessor, Kristi Noem.
03:08 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories How Jack Smith connected the dots between GOP lawmakers, Trump aides in 2020 election probe
New documents reveal the extent of the former special counsel’s efforts to investigate the president.
04:13 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Marco Rubio Is Escaping the Brunt of Fury Over Iran
“He’s the least crazy,” one Democratic senator said.
11:49 AM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories Pentagon prepares to send another 3,000 troops to Middle East
The decision to move the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the region heightens the possibility U.S. troops will enter Iran.
02:10 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories The worst Ive seen: Oil industry grapples with the fallout from US-Israel war with Iran
The Middle East war is scrambling markets and threatening to remake the energy industry.
06:00 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories DHS funding proposal falls flat as Democrats, conservatives and Trump raise doubts
“Any deal they make, I’m pretty much not happy with it,” the president said.
05:36 PM on 03/24/2026 Politico Top Stories How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right
The waning of a religious concept among younger evangelicals is reshaping the right’s once unquestionable support for Israel.
02:00 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Youre Accumulating Opposition and Enemies
Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw had real social media savvy. But it wasn’t enough to survive in the Trump era.
10:00 AM on 03/23/2026 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 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme
Everyone else: Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Trump: Rosie O’Donnell? The Red Sox? Coca-Cola?
05:00 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change
The Trump administration recruited five marginalized researchers to challenge the international consensus on global warming. Here’s how it went wrong.
10:00 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Heres how different US tariff revenue was in 2025
Our chart updated every weekday in 2025, showing how tariff revenue was changing.
10:47 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories It's 3 times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.
12:00 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump administration, energy developer announce end of U.S. offshore wind projects
The announcement marks the latest blow by the administration against the U.S. offshore wind industry.
12:12 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories The Trump-inspired realignment of the conservative think tank world
The battle for lasting influence is on, and who ends up on top in this new realignment of conservative think tanks will not only determine who is most influential in Trump’s second term but could also mold the shape of conservative policy in the post-Trump era.
12:01 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Prepping Has Begun for the Post-Trump DOJ
Trump has degraded the Justice Department. It’s not too early to think about reconstruction.
05:00 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories I am Auntie Maxine: Waters eyes leadership bid as Capitol Hill gerontocracy fights to hold on
The California Democrat could soon become the oldest chair in the history of the powerful House Financial Services Committee.
04:46 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories The pressure is untenable: Trump's deployment of ICE agents to airports ramps up shutdown fight
ICE agents have arrived at airports in Illinois, New York, Texas and New Jersey.
01:07 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court worries Trumps attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting
The court heard arguments Monday over whether states should be able to count mail-in ballots after Election Day.
02:50 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Former political rivals take on Trumps push to nationalize voting
GOP lawyer Ben Ginsberg and former Obama White House counsel Bob Bauer aim to present a united front against the Trump administration’s efforts to oversee election administration
06:03 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump says strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure paused for 5 days amid US-Iran talks
In a social media post, Trump wrote that the U.S. and Iran have had “very good and productive conversations” in the past two days.
07:38 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Texas isnt cheering oil price spike
Industry executives are gathering in the U.S. energy capital this week as uncertainty mounts and crude costs soar.
07:30 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories White House energy adviser says oil companies all on board with upping production
Jarrod Agen, the executive director of the White House National Energy Dominance Council, said he has not received pushback to the administration's calls to drill more amid the war in Iran.
07:06 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories US-Iran war damaged global oil markets more than Russia-Ukraine war, Chevron CEO says
Mike Wirth said it will take some time to rebuild inventories and supply chains after the Strait of Hormuz fully opens.
11:55 AM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories Gabbard plans to shift coveted, CIA-backed high-tech fund to her office
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is finalizing a plan to assume responsibility for the CIA-backed venture capital firm In-Q-Tel.
03:05 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories We're in the testing phase: Trump admin eyeing Irans parliament speaker as US-backed leader
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is seen by at least some in the White House as a workable partner.
05:05 PM on 03/23/2026 Politico Top Stories They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League.
In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.
10:03 AM on 03/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Senate advances Mullins DHS nomination
The chamber is poised to confirm the Oklahoma Republican this week.
02:12 PM on 03/22/2026 Politico Top Stories They once called him a goose-stepping extremist. Theyre now sitting out his comeback bid.
Brandon Herrera, the GOP nominee in Texas’ 23rd congressional district, won’t get help from pro-Israel and GOP Jewish groups. But they aren’t backing his Democratic opponent, either.
07:00 AM on 03/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Jeffries tells Trump to keep his reckless mouth shut
The House minority leader warned the president could get "somebody killed."
11:51 AM on 03/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday
The border czar said he is discussing plans to deploy immigration agents to airports around the nation as the partial government shutdown continues.
10:11 AM on 03/22/2026 Politico Top Stories The Epstein files cottage industry
People and institutions named in the files have rushed to lock down top-tier lawyers.
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