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RFK Jr. is in the hot seat
Trump's health secretary nominee is expected to face questions on vaccines, abortion, and food production regulation at his confirmation hearing.
10:37 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's spending freeze spreads chaos across US
Supporters of climate, infrastructure, mortgage, tech, health, veterans' and other projects expressed alarm as tens of thousands of programs appeared possibly at risk.
07:15 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump hires new lawyers to appeal his hush money conviction
The lawyers will replace Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who represented Trump during the trial last spring.
10:51 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories DOJ moves to drop prosecution of former Trump co-defendants in classified documents case
The request offered no explanation for the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against the two Trump allies.
11:26 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories The West is trying to interfere in our elections, Russia moans
Kremlin whacks the U.S. with claim about vote-meddling.
09:04 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories It's judgment day for Bob Menendez
A federal judge will sentence the convicted former senator from New Jersey.
07:00 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories 'It was leaked to us: Army in chaos over Trump orders
Confusion around the new administration’s spending freezes and executive orders has caused disarray inside the Pentagon.
06:00 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories How Trumps orbit used blunt force to squeeze Hegseth through
The aggressive posture, inspired by Trump, meant going after not only Democrats, the media and Hegseth’s accusers — but also their own party.
08:00 PM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Ukraine is pinning hopes on Putin exasperating Trump
Washington and Kyiv are holding fast to separate assumptions about the prospect of ending the ongoing war — but both could be wrong.
04:47 AM on 01/29/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Ignoring the Law and Congress Doesnt Care
Trump’s TikTok bailout is worse than it looks.
10:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump got what he wanted with Colombia. But his tactics could come back to bite him.
Stoking confrontations to show strength, the president risks alienating allies and aiding China.
05:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration targets thousands of programs in funding freeze
A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget reveals the potential scope of the Trump administration's plans to freeze federal funding.
11:27 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Gary Peters not running for reelection in battleground Michigan
Both parties will be in a mad dash to find candidates for the seat.
09:34 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Costs plus Trump deliver double whammy to blue states on climate
The same affordability concerns that swept President Donald Trump to office are keeping blue-state leaders from mounting a vigorous response to his dismantling of federal climate policies.
05:00 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories The Danish PM's diplomatic dash to save Greenland from Trump
Mette Frederiksen visits Paris, Berlin and Brussels on Tuesday as U.S. president eyes the mineral-rich Arctic island.
06:19 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Wake-up call: How a Chinese startup could rock Trump's stock market
If DeepSeek is as affordable and transformative as advertised, the stock market bull run that welcomed Trump back to the White House could hit a major roadblock.
08:12 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump: Chinas DeepSeek AI is a wake-up call for US tech
America must be “laser-focused” on winning the artificial intelligence race, says U.S. president.
06:16 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Poland urges Tesla boycott after Musks call to move past Nazi guilt
“There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas,” says minister Sławomir Nitras.
06:12 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Two Trump-backed Republicans look to strengthen House GOP majority in Florida primary
Republican voters in several Florida counties head to the polls on Tuesday, where they will select GOP nominees to fill seats that were held by former Reps. Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz.
10:56 AM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
09:36 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Week One inside Trumps DOJ: It feels like a non-violent war
Fear reigns among the staff at the beleaguered law-enforcement agency as a new reality sets in.
08:35 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump details his costly congressional wishlist
The president was short on procedure, long on demands in addressing House Republicans Monday.
07:46 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Acting attorney general fires prosecutors who worked for special counsel Jack Smith
Smith had resigned earlier in January.
05:39 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave
“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.
06:08 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. says hes open to seizing drug patents
Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week.
06:15 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories What that powerful new Chinese AI app means for Washington
The overnight rise of a new Chinese AI raises some big questions for Trump's AI policy.
06:49 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump plan to upend civil service advances under new name
New guidance gives federal agencies 90 days to do a preliminary review of jobs that are "policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating."
07:03 PM on 01/28/2025 Politico Top Stories A sign of a sickness: abortion opponents grapple with RFK Jr. nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed abortion rights, but the nation’s leading anti-abortion groups aren’t lobbying senators to reject him.
02:00 PM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Some GOP senators want open committee vote on Gabbard
Any Republican opposition could doom the top intelligence nominee’s confirmation.
11:55 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories It will kill people: Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
03:39 PM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Florida Legislature defies DeSantis on illegal immigration as Republican foes assert power
House Speaker Danny Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton pushed back in a way the governor hasn’t seen before.
11:49 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories That Would Give Trump Pause: How to Game Out the Next Trade War
Trump vs. Xi: Who will win?
10:00 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's agenda is about to hit a make-or-break moment
Huddling at the president's Florida resort, Republicans are looking to make a game plan.
04:45 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories DeSantis, fellow Republicans in standoff over Trump agenda: Mommy and daddy are fighting
It’s a staggering turn of events for a governor used to getting his own way — and a test of his national staying power as he stares down the end of his term in two years.
05:00 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump claims victory in tariff and migration standoff with Colombia
Hours after threatening punitive tariffs, the White House said Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants and lifted the threat of new levies.
10:50 PM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Feds arrest hundreds over the weekend as White House ramps up immigration actions
ICE made almost 1,000 arrests.
09:47 AM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Lindsey Graham: 'Wrong signal' to pardon those who assaulted police
The South Carolina senator said the presidential pardon power might need to be reined it at some point.
12:24 PM on 01/27/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats approach to Trump this time is much quieter
Democrats aren’t playing the outrage game this time.
02:00 PM on 01/26/2025 Politico Top Stories This US President Said Canada Would Fall Like Easy Prey. It Wasnt Donald Trump.
It isn’t the first time an American president has cast a hungry eye toward the neighbor upstairs.
12:00 PM on 01/26/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump slaps tariffs on Colombia after it turns around US migrant flights
Colombia's president responded on social media: "We are not anyone's colony."
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