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The whisper-network readies a state-level resistance to Trump
New Jersey and Virginia will be some of the first opportunities for Democrats to see if they can rely on an anti-Trump sentiment to notch some wins.
07:00 AM on 03/10/2025 Politico Top Stories Mayor Lurie Tries to Bloomberg-ize San Francisco
There’s decades-low crime, but outsiders remain skeptical about the city by the bay.
11:00 AM on 03/10/2025 Politico Top Stories What Germanys Election Means for America and the World
The country's next leader will face pressure from both Trump and the far right.
08:24 PM on 03/10/2025 Politico Top Stories Progressives Say They Want Clean Energy. They Held Up This Hydro Project for Years.
An effort to bring clean energy to Massachusetts has languished in red tape.
02:00 PM on 03/10/2025 Politico Top Stories Climate coalition launches lawsuit against Trump freeze
The lawsuit represents the latest salvo in a battle with the Trump administration over the agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
06:02 PM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act.
08:00 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
DOGE has accessed other government databases, including at the Treasury and IRS.
11:48 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs
Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, House GOP leaders are serving up a plan Democrats will despise.
12:20 PM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories The Real Reason Zelenskyy Doesnt Wear a Suit
There’s a deeper reason the Ukrainian president eschews American-style formalwear.
09:55 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign
The Harris-Walz campaign should have “rolled the dice” more, he told POLITICO.
10:00 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Devastating Political Consequences: One Error That This Senior Dem Thinks Cost His Party Big
Rep. Brendan Boyle wants to talk about Medicaid and prices, but he thinks Democrats have to take on the other issues, too — and has thoughts on how.
02:00 PM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Gavin Newsom Jump-Started a Conversation Democrats Need to Have
Since losing in November, the party has sidestepped a reckoning on transgender rights.
07:00 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Europe scrambles to aid Ukraine after US intelligence cutoff
Ukraine is already “shooting half-blind” one analyst says, as Kyiv struggles to fend off Russia without U.S. intel.
07:01 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. poised for awkward face-to-face with food companies
Everything from seed oils and banning certain food additives to front-of-pack nutrition labels is potentially up for discussion.
07:01 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories Inside RFK Jr.s health department takeover
Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.
02:00 PM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories If Trump Is Set on Toppling Washington Pillars, Heres a Possible Target
The State Sponsors of Terrorism List is more of a political weapon than a logical grouping of countries.
07:00 AM on 03/09/2025 Politico Top Stories I dont trust a word of it: Federal workers deeply skeptical that Trump will rein in Musk
The president and Republicans have faced political blowback over steep cuts to the workforce.
04:10 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants his Cabinet and Musk to play nice on DOGE cuts
The consternation over Musk’s role reached a crescendo this week during a contentious Cabinet meeting.
05:17 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration declares TSA screener union contract void
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will cancel TSA’s collective bargaining agreement and stop collecting union dues, a move it says will “strengthen workforce agility.”
12:52 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump strikes dark tone as he seeks to restart nuclear talks with Iran
“We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,” the president warned.
03:32 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories California Democrats find unusual ally in Melania Trump
State lawmakers who have been pushing for stricter rules on deepfakes welcome the first lady's common cause.
03:23 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories A $400M punishment for Columbia University from the Trump administration
The administration said Columbia’s grants were scrutinized because of the “school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”
01:43 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories 'Detox': Fading outlook on Trump's economy clouds first jobs report
Consumer confidence has fallen sharply and more businesses are raising alarms over the policy uncertainty by delaying hiring or investment plans.
10:38 AM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Inside California Democrats' intra-party feud over trans rights
New reporting details a private meeting between Gov. Gavin Newsom's top staffers and members of the California Legislature’s LGBTQ Caucus.
12:25 PM on 03/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Kamala Harris gets serious about whether to run for California governor
"I am staying in this fight,” she's told allies in phone calls and at private gatherings.
05:55 AM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk
The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.
01:55 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps CHIPS demand creates a $52 billion headache for Congress
It’s not clear to lawmakers what the president thinks should happen to a “horrible, horrible” law — or if changing it is politically possible.
01:00 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Senate Democrats' impending choice: Shutdown or surrender
House Democrats say they won't vote for the House GOP's spending plan. Democrats across the Capitol aren't so sure.
04:45 AM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like
We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
04:45 AM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Just do it: Trump committed to dismantling Education Department as order looms
“The decision of whether to abolish the department is one that only Congress can make," said Sen. Susan Collins, the chamber's top appropriator.
08:49 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the exceedingly odd DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
07:39 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill
"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
05:09 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Ontario premier sticks to electricity tariffs despite Trump trade reversal
The move in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods could raise costs for 1.5 million customers in three border states.
06:02 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump casts doubt on NATO security agreement: If they dont pay, Im not going to defend them
The president signaled that he would consider abandoning a key part of the NATO security pact if members don’t spend more on defense.
06:20 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Al Greens censure is the latest sign of a fraying Congress
A once-solemn ritual of institutional accountability is now another stage for partisan posturing.
02:56 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories A list of the Project 2025 ideas in Trump's executive orders (so far)
A side-by-side review by POLITICO found dozens of cases where the president’s early executive actions have aligned with portions of the 922-page policy document.
05:00 AM on 03/07/2025 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 on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories Crypto Can't Stop Fighting Itself
In a friendly Washington, the crypto community might be its own worst enemy.
04:42 PM on 03/07/2025 Politico Top Stories How Trumps whipsaw trade agenda is threatening economic growth
Consumer and corporate optimism have faded in recent weeks as markets began to contend with the possible consequences of Trump’s agenda.
05:00 AM on 03/06/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration mulling tariff exemptions for key agriculture products
The president paused duties on autos and auto parts imported from Canada and Mexico, raising hopes other industries could also win exemptions from the heavy new tariffs.
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