Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Poll: The affordability crisis underpins rising political backlash in major economies
The international poll illustrates the uphill battle many leaders face in trying to contain the intertwined economic and political backlash.
12:01 AM Politico Top Stories Its now time for the Obamacare blame game
With insurance rates spiking and Congress stalemated, professional advocates are swooping in to shape the narrative.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories The day Brian Fitzpatrick finally said enough
The purple-district Pennsylvanian had staked out an aisle-crossing persona without impeding GOP prerogatives. Until Wednesday.
06:16 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
04:26 PM Politico Top Stories Trump counts on incremental pressure, for now, to make Maduro cry uncle
But the president is weighing additional moves to bring about regime change in Venezuela.
09:29 PM Politico Top Stories Prosecutors tried and failed to add 3rd felony charge against Letitia James, court docs show
A judge refused the Justice Department’s bid to keep the failed indictment under wraps.
11:44 PM Politico Top Stories Trump touts accomplishments, attacks Democrats amid persistent concerns over economy
The president’s prime-time speech leans on blaming Democrats for affordability issues.
10:37 PM Politico Top Stories Trumps dismantling of climate research center is a destruction of knowledge, critics say
The White House says it’s targeting the “premier research stronghold for left-wing climate lunacy.”
03:32 PM Politico Top Stories Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos
The president is still expected to sign the legislation, which now heads to his desk.
12:36 PM Politico Top Stories December 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
09:52 AM Politico Top Stories Michelle Obama pushes back on Trumps Rob Reiner comments
The former first lady said Reiner and his wife were not “deranged or crazed.”
12:24 PM Politico Top Stories Data centers have a political problem and Big Tech wants to fix it
A growth engine for the economy is becoming a political albatross. Can messaging change that?
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks.
The House Judiciary Committee will question the former special counsel behind closed doors.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Extremely demoralizing: Republicans respond to the bombastic Wiles interview
The chief of staff’s Vanity Fair interview raises questions about why the White House even participated.
04:47 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans push mail-in voting for the midterms in defiance of Trump
Fearing a turnout slump, Republicans are promoting mail voting to keep Trump’s supporters engaged — even as he tries to end the practice.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Russians Mean Something Different When It Comes to 'Peace'
It isn’t just the absence of war.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he's only got so much wiggle room.
05:21 PM Politico Top Stories Hegseth says he wont release full boat strike video
The Pentagon chief also sidestepped a request for the House and Senate to view the Sept. 2 "double-tap" attack.
01:57 PM Politico Top Stories Trump officials privately raise doubts about Hassett for Fed chair
Hassett’s critics say he has not been effective as head of the National Economic Council, playing little part in driving policies.
05:15 PM Politico Top Stories Trump orders blockade of Venezuela, targeting sanctioned oil tankers
The restrictions heighten tensions between the U.S. and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
07:20 PM Politico Top Stories Jobless rate rises, adding to Trump's economic messaging woes
A further deterioration of the labor market would deepen the challenges Trump faces with voters who are increasingly dissatisfied with his economic stewardship.
09:56 AM Politico Top Stories White House weighs risks of a health care fight as ACA subsidies set to expire
Republicans inside and outside the White House dispute how politically damaging the subsidies’ expiration would be.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories House GOP moderates signal theyll fall in line with Johnsons health plan
Vulnerable members have agitated for a vote to extend Obamacare subsidies. But that appears unlikely to happen.
07:23 PM Politico Top Stories Trump Is Raging at a Looming Supreme Court Loss on Tariffs. Hes Got a Point.
Reviving the tariffs will be messier than administration officials suggest.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories A blue wave in next years midterms might not flip that many seats. Heres why.
Democrats have far fewer easy targets next year than they did in 2018.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Rob Reiner was more than a Hollywood liberal. He was a sophisticated political operator.
Reiner could “code switch from directing actors into political strategy,” one friend recalled.
06:58 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans rebuff Trump's post on Rob Reiner
The president said the Hollywood icon suffered an “incurable affliction” at the time of his death.
10:57 AM Politico Top Stories The White Houses unabashed embrace of AI
The official White House X account has posted pictures of the White House fitted with the McDonald’s golden arches and being showered with golden coins to the tune of Bruno Mars' "24K Magic” and Trump as a buff Jedi on Star Wars day.
04:35 PM Politico Top Stories French and German adults lean toward dialing back Ukraine support, new POLITICO poll shows
With key peace talks underway to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the U.S., U.K. and Canada tilt toward continuing material support for Kyiv.
04:15 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration hits back at lawsuit over White House ballroom
The Department of Justice argued the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s legal challenge impedes the president’s right to renovate the White House.
08:13 PM Politico Top Stories New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
12:22 PM Politico Top Stories News Organizations Are Bowing to Trump. This Small Magazine Knows How to Resist.
U.S. media outlets could learn some lessons from The Caravan.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories 15 years into Obamacare, the GOP health care message is as muddled as ever
The party is again struggling to unite behind an alternative to expiring insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories I Didnt Vote for This: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Poll shows the (unlikely) way Trump could win over Dems
The POLITICO Poll tested an experiment: What if Trump proposed a liberal policy?
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Blakeman or Stefanik? New York Republicans want Trump to pick.
The president has equivocated on who he prefers to run for governor in his native state, creating a headache for Stefanik.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories New anti-abortion campaign takes aim at EPA drinking water rules
Students for Life of America is pushing the federal agency to include an anti-abortion drug on its list of drinking water contaminants.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories This vaccine adviser to RFK Jr. has some choice words for his critics
MIT business professor Retsef Levi teaches about how health care decisions are made, but isn’t a doctor.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Maryland residents bristle at Wes Moores redistricting push
A recent survey found fewer than one-third of state residents view the push as a leading priority.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps AI moratorium threatens state-level crackdowns on housing costs
State lawmakers are increasingly proposing bills to regulate the use of AI in the housing industry, over concerns that it could be used to promote anti-competitive and discriminatory practices.
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