Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Iran war puts Cuba on the back burner
The administration has a lot to deal with in the Middle East – and doesn’t want to hassle with Russia.
05:28 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Trumps 2 to 3 week timeline for the Iran wars end sounds familiar
The two-week timeline is a favorite refrain of the president’s, but it rarely correlates to reality.
02:50 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Georgia's GOP Senate primary is a mess. Republicans are blaming each other.
Their infighting is complicating the party's chances of defeating Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
05:00 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump wants the SEC to relax quarterly reporting. Wall Street could be a problem.
Investors' early concerns offer a preview of the fierce lobbying fight that is likely to break out once the SEC releases the proposal.
10:26 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Feds raided homes of NYC Councilmember Farah Louis and her sister, mother says
The agents, some with their guns drawn, broke down the door of the Council member’s home to gain access.
05:00 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories When the World Stops Syncing
The global trade war that Donald Trump launched one year ago didn’t just temporarily raise tariffs. It may have also broken the global system that lets technologies like Bluetooth work everywhere.
04:45 AM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Floridas budget stalemate takes on Cherfilius-McCormick probe-related twist
A January Office of Congressional Conduct report showed the review also looked at funding that went to a foundation led by Freddie Figgers, a telecommunications executive from Broward County with ties to the governor.
12:00 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories March
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
03:51 PM on 04/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump has threatened to leave NATO over Iran. There are few signs thats happening.
A withdrawal from the alliance would require discussions with lawmakers and a defined process that does not appear to have started.
05:22 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories I came, I saw, I conquered: Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address
The president’s attempt to spell out an endgame comes as an additional 2,500 Marines make their way to the Middle East.
03:28 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps rage at NATO allies is binding them together against him
Leaders and defense officials have started hedging against the risk America will pull out of NATO, the bedrock of European security since 1949.
04:35 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump says war in Iran will not end until Strait of Hormuz is reopened
The president’s latest condition for the end of the war comes ahead of his prime time address later Wednesday.
10:49 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps grip on the Supreme Court seems to be slipping
The administration’s early winning streak at the high court may be fizzling.
06:48 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trumps bid to end birthright citizenship
The president’s unprecedented attendance at arguments didn’t seem to faze the justices.
12:44 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Isaacman aims to reinvigorate NASAs image, starting with the moon
The space agency is preparing to launch its highest-stakes mission in decades, carrying astronauts deeper into space than ever before.
05:55 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories NASA's historic moon mission blasts into space
The high-stakes journey will slingshot four astronauts around the moon and back.
07:07 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories House GOP relents on DHS funding plan after Trump weighs in
The president’s demand for a party-line enforcement funding bill by June 1 represents an endorsement of the Senate GOP’s approach to ending the record-setting shutdown.
01:24 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a major cyber incident
The designation suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems.
02:43 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Hill staffers brace for their bosss TMZ moment
The celebrity-focused site is making a splash with crowdsourced recess photos.
12:31 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories IRS CEO defiant as Washington asks whos running things
In an interview with POLITICO, Frank Bisignano says he’s focused on improving the tax agency’s tech capabilities and not on questions about his role at the IRS.
04:45 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories DeSantis signs Florida's version of SAVE America Act, draws immediate lawsuit
The GOP governor said, “This bill protects and expands integrity in our voter registration process.”
01:55 PM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Were going to have a problem: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020
Facing a difficult midterm landscape, there's a growing view in the GOP that revisiting election grievances risks distracting from the issues that matter most.
05:40 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Think Everybody Dead: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political Alliance
A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?
10:00 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Netflixs Chief Opens Up About Trump, YouTube and Europe
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos sits down for a wide-ranging interview as he prepares to make his case to EU officials.
02:00 AM on 04/02/2026 Politico Top Stories With gas prices on the rise, Trump officials discuss feared $150 oil
The White House braces for a potential oil spike to $150 or higher as the Iran war chokes supply.
06:52 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump says he expects US to leave Iran in 2 or 3 weeks
The president will address the nation Wednesday evening on the war.
07:36 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump signs order limiting mail-in voting
The order directs the Postal Service to only send mail-in ballots to an approved list of voters.
05:52 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Clout Faces Its First Real Test of 2026
A slate of early races in Indiana, Georgia, Louisiana and more will measure Trump’s hold on Republican voters.
05:55 AM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Federal judge orders Trump pause construction on White House ballroom
The judge said work on the $400 million project must halt pending congressional authorization.
03:34 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Musk's exploding megarocket puts $8B in space investments at risk
Dozens of startups working on data centers, mining and pharmaceuticals are hanging on Elon Musk's long-stalled megarocket.
12:59 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump tactics leave federal prosecutors offices rudderless
At least nine U.S. attorneys offices are being led indefinitely by the No. 2, according to a POLITICO analysis.
04:11 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps overtime tax break is a hit. Democrats arent sure what to do about it.
A new tax deduction on overtime pay is wildly popular, according to the Treasury. And many Democrats, who detested the GOP’s 2025 tax cut, find themselves liking the provision.
04:45 AM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Supreme Court strikes down conversion therapy ban
The justices ruled, 8-1, that the First Amendment prohibits states from using their licensing power to prevent therapists and other professionals from sharing particular views with patients.
10:11 AM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Opinion | Why Europe is wrong to think Iran is not our war
Europe will have to take on global threats alone if it doesn’t support America in Iran.
04:24 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats deny Bruce Blakeman access to public campaign funds
The move imperils up to $7 million the likely Republican nominee for governor could have received.
02:33 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Federal judge strikes down Trump order eliminating NPR and PBS funds
The order is unlikely to restart funding for public media after the Corporation of Public Broadcasting was defunded by Congress last year.
04:19 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Cant Use a Credit Card.
After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestinian territories now finds herself in Washington’s crosshairs.
10:00 PM on 04/01/2026 Politico Top Stories Kathy Hochul is spending political capital in her affordability fight
The Democratic governor is at odds with fellow Democrats in a high-stakes budget battle.
04:53 PM on 03/31/2026 Politico Top Stories New factories and supersized Obamacare premiums: North Carolina considers what Trump has wrought
The president’s health care policies are on the ballot in a crucial Senate race.
04:45 AM on 03/31/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: The battle for MAHA that could sway the midterms
A new POLITICO Poll finds cracks in the coalition that helped put HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump in office.
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