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Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs
The president continues to throw curveballs at businesses — and even his own team.
07:00 AM on 03/29/2025 Politico Top Stories If We Dont Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority
It’s been months since Democrats suffered a devastating defeat at the polls. For all the talk about the party’s need for change, few seem actually willing to make the leap.
05:55 AM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories If Trump Defies the Courts, It Will Backfire BadlyStefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin marginsDead fish are piling up at California's pumps and both Newsom and Trump are to blame
Newsom and Trump’s fragile truce on water is starting to show strain — and it’s because of dead salmon.
05:00 AM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories 'Modest stagflation' risk climbs for Trump as inflation jumps
Barely two months after Inauguration Day, voters are sounding alarms over the lack of progress on cost-of-living issues.
10:54 AM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories This Is Completely Insane: A Reality Check About the Signal Chat Leak
A national security insider explains what counts as a war plan and why top officials don’t even need Signal.
03:50 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth's growing pile of mistakes
Some White House and Pentagon officials now believe Hegseth is the one who messed up in the Signal chat scandal by sending sensitive details on his phone.
06:59 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr.s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling
The cuts sent shockwaves through the department’s sprawling workforce, prompting a scramble among senior agency officials to figure out which employees and policy priorities were affected.
04:54 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories An Apple Store government and other takeaways from Musks interview on Fox News
“In the context of the government we’re moving like lightning,” Musk said.
09:09 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal chats
The order came in a lawsuit filed by a pro-transparency group.
06:34 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Tracking Trumps Cabinet picksTrump allies are blaming Lutnick for Trumps tariff turmoil
There is a growing consensus that Lutnick could be forced to take the fall for the economic chaos generated by the president’s unsteady tariff policies.
07:44 PM on 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Its Now a Hate Crime to Vandalize Teslas in DC
A splashy manhunt over anti-Musk graffiti shows just how far the capital will go to placate the Trump administration.
10:00 AM on 03/28/2025 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 03/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats concede they have no alternative to Chuck Schumer for now
The embattled minority leader has faced criticism across the party over his fumbled strategy over a government funding bill.
04:45 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: I always thought it was Mike
Some military and government officials have expressed concern about the contents of Hegseth’s messages saying he leaked sensitive attack details that were “reckless and dangerous.”
07:05 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Leavitt: Waltz took responsibility for Signal scandal, praises Hegseth
There has been intense scrutiny on both men after a journalist was inadvertently included in a sensitive private group chat.
10:32 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories A lot of peoples BS meters are going to go off: GOP deals with Signalgate
While Trump rarely admits mistakes, many of his allies said Wednesday that’s exactly what the White House needed to do.
05:54 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories The countrys most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.
The president has used a strongman playbook to bring universities, news organizations and law firms to heel. That didn’t work on The Atlantic.
11:39 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump announces additional 25 percent tariff on auto imports
The tariffs, which the U.S. will start collecting on April 3, are likely to drive up car prices domestically, dealers warn.
05:30 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Von der Leyen vows EU will protect its interests as Trump announces huge car tariffs
The U.S. has escalated its trade war with Europe by implementing a 25 percent tariff on automobile imports.
06:56 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps trade war hits home on the front line of Canada
Border town residents are adapting to a changing relationship with their U.S. neighbors
12:43 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr.'s food stamp plan fuels tension with USDA
The Health secretary's push to approve state-level restrictions is irritating some Agriculture officials who see it as overreach.
05:00 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories HHS to cut thousands of workers in sweeping reorganization
The cuts would dismiss 10,000 workers across every agency.
09:17 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating states own NIH
The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.
09:00 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories How Californias excesses inspired the abundance craze
The so-called Abundance movement has become all the rage on the left. But its origin story is uniquely rooted in San Francisco and the Golden State's political culture.
09:00 AM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories New Noem plan leaves FEMA on the chopping block
The Homeland Security secretary expressed support for eliminating long-term disaster recovery efforts under the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
12:12 PM on 03/27/2025 Politico Top Stories The Atlantic releases screenshots of timing, weapons used in Yemen war plans Signal chat
The magazine said that it decided that “there is a clear public interest in disclosing" the information.
08:59 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasnt as smooth behind the scenes.
The fight over Waltz’s survival shows the administration is obsessed with reporters more than national security protocols.
05:55 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories It is highly classified: Hegseth leaked sensitive attack details, former officials say
Hegseth and the White House have denied sharing classified information or war plans.
10:17 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Judge targeted by Trump is assigned to Signalgate lawsuit
Judge James Boasberg will preside over a case alleging that Trump administration officials violated federal record-keeping laws when they used Signal to discuss military plans.
11:10 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about
The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era.
05:55 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states
The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded to seven regional applicants as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law.
05:00 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps war on public media comes to Congress
“I'm not sure I see a reason why the taxpayer should be forced to subsidize NPR and PBS,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said.
05:00 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories They voted for Trump. Will he green light their $2B infrastructure project?
The Biden administration awarded more than $50 million to revitalize the port on Oregon's southwest coast, but Trump's efforts to slash federal spending have put the project in jeopardy.
10:00 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court upholds federal ban on ghost guns
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a 7-2 decision that the regulations are permitted under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
10:52 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories A lot closer than people expected: GOP worries, Dem cash dominate tense Florida special election
President Donald Trump handpicked state Sen. Randy Fine to replace Mike Waltz in the district.
06:55 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats build on their down-ballot winning streak in Pennsylvania
The party has pulled off some surprising upsets since President Donald Trump took office.
09:23 AM on 03/26/2025 Politico Top Stories The policy advocate running the show: Trumps SEC pick draws concern from the left |