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Trump promised a post-war economic rebound. The damage may linger far longer.
The war’s damage to energy infrastructure and closure of a key shipping lane could mean lasting price spikes for everything from housing to food even long after the fighting ends.
05:55 AM on 04/07/2026 Politico Top Stories Republican super PAC's multi-hundred-million dollar ad buy shows a Senate GOP on defense
Republicans are targeting eight battleground states in a bid to protect its majority.
01:01 PM on 04/07/2026 Politico Top Stories 'Walking on eggshells: How Trump is managing his delicate China truce
What President Donald Trump wants most out of his next visit to China isn’t a fight.
10:00 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories CIA deception campaign bought time for rescue of downed airman
The downing of a U.S. fighter jet over Iranian airspace Friday set off a scramble to rescue an American airman inside hostile territory.
04:13 PM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump again threatens to hit Iranian civil infrastructure
He warned in a profane and jarring post: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one.”
09:04 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Proactively fall in line: Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office
Two former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration.
11:50 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories How the GOPs fraud crackdown could impact the midterms
While many Republicans approve of tackling fraud, the Trump administration’s recent efforts may not be enough to overcome concerns about higher costs.
04:00 PM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories 2 Republican election officials say Trumps mail-in voting order will be overturned
The officials said they are confident litigation challenging the executive order will succeed.
11:48 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Florida communities with highest climate change risk face new Tallahassee hurdles
A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
02:00 PM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Politicians are debuting holograms at airports. Its either innovation or the height of inauthenticity.
From Jacksonville to San Francisco and Las Vegas, holograms are starting to make inroads in American politics.
12:00 PM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories This Democratic governor is touting her role in the Iran war
Arizona is facing deep cuts to the water supply that feeds its desert economy. Gov. Katie Hobbs is banking on President Donald Trump to blunt them.
07:00 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps UN fight is becoming New York Citys problem
An office space deal threatens to leave the city on the hook for the U.N.’s financial travails.
12:01 PM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Job growth shatters expectations in March, in boost to Trump
That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
09:58 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump stretches America First on Iran. His voters are going along with it.
Still, his hold could grow more tenuous if the number of U.S. casualties rises and the war stretches into the summer.
05:00 AM on 04/06/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump admins challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians
Scholars warn that DOJ’s declaration that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could impact other administrations.
07:56 PM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories The White House has a war-funding sales pitch the GOP might not buy
The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.
09:08 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Bad idea: Party-line plan for ICE funding has some fearing a slippery slope
A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.
04:45 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations and wants $174M more
The fiscal 2027 budget shows an 866 percent funding request jump for renovations to the White House living space and possibly other areas.
06:26 PM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, towards conception
New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.
05:04 PM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories How a House win in Nebraska could cost Democrats the presidency
The frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska’s 2nd District would have to give up his state senate seat, increasing the risk of a Republican supermajority.
04:55 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps partisan AI pitch stalls on the Hill
The White House’s latest effort to block state AI rules faces rising skepticism from key Democrats, undercutting chances for a national AI law this Congress.
02:59 PM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Online Brawler Is Trying to Keep MAGA Cool
Alex Bruesewitz went from volunteer online hatchet man for Donald Trump to his lead impresario. What will he do if pop culture decides MAGA is no longer cool?
05:55 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories The Trump administration wants banks back in the mortgage business. Banks have other ideas.
Regulators hope getting banks to lend more to homebuyers will unlock more lending and give more insight into brewing risks. Analysts are skeptical.
04:55 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories One pilot rescued after fighter jet crash in Iran
The second crew member’s fate is unknown.
11:29 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it.
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.
10:00 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence
The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.
09:49 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Democratic House challenger in Arizona pulls in $2.3M quarterly haul
JoAnna Mendoza, a Democrat challenging Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), is running in a toss-up district along the U.S.-Mexico border.
05:45 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Todds sort of lead horse: Trumps former criminal defense lawyer ascends DOJ
Todd Blanche will be the first acting attorney general in modern history to have been the president’s personal criminal defense lawyer.
05:00 AM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories April
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
06:03 PM on 04/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster
Pam Bondi was ousted from her post as attorney general on Thursday, but Trump is said to be considering also removing others.
07:32 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Bondi isnt off the hook yet for Epstein testimony
House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.
06:00 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Pam Bondi fails Trumps loyalty test
The criminal cases Trump demanded his attorney general bring stalled or failed to get off the starting line.
04:29 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Pam Bondi out as attorney general
The president announced Bondi’s exit in a post Thursday on Truth Social.
01:21 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories A year later, here's where things stand on Trump's manufacturing revival
The president said factories and manufacturing jobs would "come roaring back" thanks to his tariffs.
05:55 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps ballroom design gets final OK from planning commission
"We are not some sort of free-ranging ballroom justice commission," said the National Capital Planning Commission's chair in response to criticism of the president and plans for the project.
03:54 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Republicans arent rushing to save Trumps ballroom
A judge has challenged Congress to approve Trump’s multimillion-dollar construction project, but Republicans aren’t showing any immediate interest in the subject.
04:45 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories House Republicans kvetch anew about DHS funding plan
Speaker Mike Johnson will likely have to rely on Democrats to act when the chamber returns April 14.
07:05 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Hegseth ousts top Army general
The departure of Army Chief of State Gen. Randy George follows a string of high-level firings under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and comes amid the Iran war.
05:57 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Officials warn US is running out of targets to strike in Iran
Iran is fighting a different kind of war, one less focused on military tactics than economics.
05:00 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories 'What the hell did he just say?' GOP Iran worries build after Trump speech.
Republicans wanted a clear message on the war from Trump. Instead, some feel like they got the runaround.
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