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JD Vance Aced His First Test. The Next One Will Be Tougher.
The vice president wrangled a few holdout senators. Now he’s faced with taming an unruly House.
10:00 AM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work immediately or be let go
Federal employees received an email Saturday afternoon, and gave them a deadline of Monday night.
03:22 PM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories DOGE shared its receipts and some of them dont match
“Everyone is very well-aware they’re repeating the wrong numbers,” said one manager at a company on DOGE’s list of cuts.
10:00 AM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Republican governors defend DOGE even as they face looming deficits
As governors gathered in Washington, they stood by the president amid a brewing backlash.
02:13 PM on 02/23/2025 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 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories 'Viciousness of Trumps climate attacks stuns even his critics
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
12:00 PM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump and Hochul discuss Manhattan toll program in White House meeting
The federal government has rescinded approval for the controversial congestion pricing plan.
12:07 PM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories As Eric Adams melts down, Andrew Cuomo forges ahead
The former governor has put together the structure of a campaign and is courting New York power players.
09:18 AM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Was 'Little House on the Prairie' Woke? The Answer Explains American Politics.
The cameras have yet to roll. But already, a planned remake finds itself at the center of controversy.
10:00 AM on 02/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump fires top military leaders in unprecedented shakeup
The Friday night terminations include Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown.
07:59 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Pentagon prepares to fire thousands of civilian employees in dramatic culling
More than 5,000 people will be eliminated from jobs next week who are not deemed “mission critical.”
05:10 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Precision is the priority? Trump administration pauses some mass firings
One White House official says there is now a reluctance to fire veterans.
04:54 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump administration launches probe into Maine's transgender sports participation policy
Launching a civil rights investigation is a key step in the process of yanking a school’s federal funding.
05:58 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps plan to rein in agencies sparks alarm for the Fed
The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.
05:19 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Arbitrary and discriminatory: Judge blocks Trumps effort to deter DEI programs
U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that the policy likely violates the First Amendment.
07:38 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Judge lets Trump administration proceed with mass recall of USAID workers overseas
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said initial claims that agency staffers and their families could be in physical danger proved to be “overstated.”
06:40 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court delays Trumps effort to fire federal ethics watchdog
The justices deferred ruling, for now, on the first test of executive power to reach the high court during Donald Trump’s second term.
09:35 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Newsom sends Congress $40 billion request for LA fire aid
The letter comes amid weeks of intense debate in Washington centered around whether the anticipated disaster aid for California would come with conditions
11:05 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Eric Adams sues Trump over missing $80M
In a surprise move, federal officials clawed back funds approved by Congress for immigrant services.
07:43 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis
The president is barred from being elected more than twice by the Constitution.
01:50 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Richard Grenell: There will be conditions on Los Angeles fire aid
The Trump administration special envoy said the White House is talking about what the conditions will be.
02:11 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Looks like that's that. Trump may have just ended the Florida governors race.
Trump’s endorsement helped propel Ron DeSantis in the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary.
07:34 PM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | Democrats: Its Time to Retire the Term People of Color
Democrats’ multiracial coalition is in tatters. Mending it requires a new way of thinking about race and voting.
05:00 AM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Think Trumps Kennedy Center Will Be All Kid Rock and MMA? You Havent Met Paolo Zampolli.
Paolo Zampolli, a modeling agency honcho turned real estate player, has spent years pushing for Trumpian upgrades to DC's marble temple of high culture.
10:00 AM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Are We Detroit Now?: Trumps Cuts Panic Washington
In a town built on the predictability of federal work, people are facing an unfamiliar sense of existential uncertainty.
09:00 AM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories How Tucker Carlsons Nicotine Pouch Became the Latest Front in the Culture War
Naturally, we had to try them.
05:00 AM on 02/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Dems said they want to work with Musk. DOGE is making that hard.
A handful of Democrats once sounded open to working with the tech billionaire. His wrecking ball to the federal government has made them question that.
05:00 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories DOGE cancels federal contract for 9/11 research
Researchers working on the Career Firefighter Health Study received notice last week of the CDC contract’s termination.
01:33 PM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Jared Polis: DOGE is 'tearing down the old without necessarily having a more efficient way of doing it'
The occasionally contrarian Democratic governor said government could be more efficient — but Elon Musk’s DOGE is butchering it.
11:15 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Warning signs for Trump in new polling
Two new polls show the president's approval rating is slipping.
11:42 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump says federal government should 'take over' local politics in DC
Trump is jockeying for local political power by positioning himself as the antidote to the city’s crime and homelessness.
12:53 PM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats Avoided Criticizing Biden. Jason Furmans Doing It Now.
One of the Obama administration’s top economists is offering a scorching public critique of Biden’s economic legacy.
05:00 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories You screwed people: Inside the National Science Foundations firing of 168 workers
At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.
10:00 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Governors in both red and blue states are facing policy peril in Trump era
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown, combative trade policies and spending cuts create challenges for state executives.
05:00 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump executive order requires sweeping review of federal regulations
It’s the latest action in Trump’s quest to dramatically expand his authority over the federal government.
11:25 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats make a subtle case against Trump on the economy
One month into the president's new term, Democratic governors are recognizing the challenges of high costs.
10:00 AM on 02/20/2025 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 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories February 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
02:59 PM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Making It Harder for the Supreme Court to Side With Him
A haphazard approach makes it more likely the Supreme Court rules against him.
05:00 AM on 02/20/2025 Politico Top Stories Elon Musk Now Has 13 Children. A Conservative Pro-Family Scholar Says Hes Missing Something.
Brad Wilcox discusses the tech billionaire’s growing brood.
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