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Additional promises mean nothing: The awkward flaw in the worlds climate talks
World leaders have vowed to fight rising temperatures for years. Many of those pledges fade when the summits end.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently
Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Marjorie Taylor Greene says fallout with Trump 'has all come down to the Epstein files'
The Georgia Republican said the president’s recent attacks on her could put her life in danger.
10:31 AM Politico Top Stories Massie says Trumps Epstein investigation might be 'a big smokescreen'
The Kentucky Republican is steaming ahead with his push to release the government’s files on Epstein despite drawing ire from the president.
11:27 AM Politico Top Stories Ukraine working on prisoner exchange with Russia, Zelenskyy says
Technical talks to finalize details of the exchange “will be held in the near future,” top Ukrainian official Rustem Umerov said.
11:19 AM Politico Top Stories Former Fed official resigned following ethics probe, document shows
Adriana Kugler stepped down from the central bank in August amid scrutiny of her financial holdings.
12:59 PM Politico Top Stories Trumps Dont-Call-it-a-Day-After Plan for Venezuela
The administration is discussing whether to exile the dictator and how to lift sanctions on his wrecked country.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories The man behind Rubio's transformation of the State Department
Michael Needham is officially the counselor and director of the secretary’s policy planning staff; unofficially, he is the implementer-in-chief of a muscular foreign policy.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories You can't eat if you're dead: Dems eye RFK Jr. as their 2026 boogeyman
Inside Democrats’ effort to attack RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves without angering his base.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump stews and Dems gloat over feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene
Trump and the Georgia Republican continued their back-and-forth barbs Saturday morning following a very public blowup late Friday.
12:10 PM Politico Top Stories Trump breaks with wacky Marjorie Taylor GreeneProtests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)
Saturday’s march through the streets of Belém, Brazil, was a contrast to the muzzling of dissent at past years’ U.N. summits.
03:52 PM Politico Top Stories Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
08:02 AM Politico Top Stories How the lefts dark money behemoth spent its millions
The Sixteen Thirty Fund dropped more than $300 million on a range of liberal causes in 2024.
06:36 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans turn on Trumps defense policy chief
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises.
12:30 PM Politico Top Stories These Reagan-appointed judges have had it with Trump
A handful have lashed out against Trump in their rulings. Now, one judge has resigned from his post in order to speak out more forcefully.
05:24 PM Politico Top Stories Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Trumps Epstein focus
In an interview, Greene said if Republicans don’t pivot to affordability quickly, the midterm elections are Democrats’ to win.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump, amid Epstein furor, directs Bondi to investigate Democrats
“Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish,” Trump wrote in another Truth Social post Friday.
12:32 PM Politico Top Stories House plans to vote Tuesday on releasing Epstein files
President Donald Trump has made repeated attempts to kill the effort, but a discharge petition has forced Speaker Mike Johnson's hand.
05:47 PM Politico Top Stories Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
03:00 PM Politico Top Stories House Republicans float bill mirroring Trump's health care demands
The Ways and Means Committee could move ahead with legislation that would align with the president's calls to redirect insurance subsidies to Obamacare enrollees.
02:16 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
12:28 PM Politico Top Stories Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges
The mayor-elect has tapped government veterans as he looks to implement the $6 billion initiative.
03:17 PM Politico Top Stories Both Nevada senators spurned their party. They were reading the room.
Once a Democratic stronghold, Nevada’s shifting economy — and shrinking patience — are fueling a Republican revival.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Nevada Dems, GOP battle over no-tax-on-tips
GOP candidates are wagering the tax deduction will be a winner with working-class voters, while their Democratic opponents try to flip the script.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Nevada Supreme Court revives criminal case over Trump elector gambit
The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including these defendants — for any potential federal crimes related to the 2020 election.
10:44 PM Politico Top Stories Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from blockbuster corruption scandal
“Clearing any corruption in any government institution is a matter of dignity for our government,” prime minister tells POLITICO.
11:44 AM Politico Top Stories Senators distance themselves from controversial payout provision
Only one Republican senator has public plans to sue under new legislative language House Republicans are now seeking to scrap.
06:23 PM Politico Top Stories Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.
04:55 PM Politico Top Stories Latest Epstein files knock White House on its heels
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
05:50 AM Politico Top Stories The 9 most shocking revelations in the Epstein docs
The emails, released by the House Oversight Committee, include exchanges with dozens of prominent individuals spanning over a decade.
07:31 PM Politico Top Stories Take Money Out of Wall Street: The Debate Animating the Fed Chair Race
Top contenders to lead the Federal Reserve under Trump are lining up around a policy that doesn’t seem Trump-like.
07:55 AM Politico Top Stories The next shutdown threat is around the corner
Most of the federal government will continue running on autopilot through Jan. 30, setting up another showdown.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories The White House knows it needs to act on health care affordability. Heres whats on the table.
Senior Trump administration health officials have been meeting to discuss how to respond to the year-end ACA subsidy expiration.
04:46 AM Politico Top Stories Republicans in Congress lukewarm on Trump idea of tariff rebate checks
Any effort to send a tariff rebate to Americans would need approval from Congress.
02:49 PM Politico Top Stories Jeffries stalls effort to restore federal workers bargaining rights
Reps. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) were poised to sign a discharge petition to force a floor vote before the House minority leader stepped in.
01:10 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats eye Trump country for a special election surprise
The upcoming special election to replace retired Rep. Mark Green is bringing top Democratic names to a district Donald Trump carried by more than 20 points.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Mamdani and Hochul have to work together. It wont be easy.
The moderate governor and mayor-elect will need each other if they want to be successful next year.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to all of the above energy policy |