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A federal agency goes full Trumpist
For years, the FCC's Brendan Carr was a low-key conservative policy player. Now he’s using an entire agency to wage Trump’s battles.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Pence: 'I've never been a fan of American presidents criticizing America on foreign soil'
The former vice president called Trump’s recent remarks a “disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform.”
01:23 PM Politico Top Stories No Way to Run a Two-Car Parade Let Alone the House
Coastal Republicans express anger at red-state leaders who won’t help them with SALT deductions.
04:55 AM Politico Top Stories Does It Matter If the Pope Is Black?
I have Creole roots just like the new pope. Will Leo embrace that heritage?
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Commerce not chaos': Trump remakes the foreign trip
The president offered a brash new brand of mercantilism in the Middle East.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories The new law firms being founded to fight Trump
In the last two weeks, at least three new law firms have been formed to represent clients who have been targeted by the administration.
04:19 PM Politico Top Stories Its Outrageous That You Banned American Products From Your Shelves
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra opens up about U.S.-Canada tensions and the signals he hopes to see from new Prime Minister Mark Carney.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories The Rise and Rise of the Impeachment Resolution
The vast escalation of impeachment efforts in recent years has rendered this once-rare constitutional remedy into a political gimmick.
03:00 PM Politico Top Stories Audio emerges of Joe Bidens damaging interview with Robert Hur
The former president had asserted executive privilege over a recording sought by Republicans.
06:08 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration acknowledges another error in a high-profile deportation
In a late Friday court filing, immigration officials said a claim by a Guatemalan man — a key plank of the government’s response in a class action lawsuit — was based on erroneous information.
10:38 PM Politico Top Stories Supreme Court extends block on Trumps deportation bid under Alien Enemies Act
The justices faulted the administration for its attempt last month to carry out swift deportations just one day after providing a bare-bones deportation notice to the detainees.
04:38 PM Politico Top Stories Judge scolds Trump officials for continued recalcitrance in Abrego Garcia case
“You haven’t complied,” Judge Paula Xinis told Justice Department lawyers.
06:42 PM Politico Top Stories House budget panel rejects GOP megabill amid conservative opposition
Top Republicans are negotiating changes with irate conservatives as they aim for passage next week.
11:21 AM Politico Top Stories White House considers plan B as DOGE cuts hit a wall on the Hill
The Republican Senate has been skeptical of codifying DOGE’s massive cuts.
04:50 PM Politico Top Stories GOP leaders draw the line at Trump's Library of Congress takeover
Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories First time we were hearing of them: The GOP megabill is packed with surprises for some Republicans
Senior Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee were caught off guard by Medicaid provisions in their own bill.
05:15 PM Politico Top Stories Dems maintain theyre 'looking forward' as questions about Biden loom
The fresh questions about the former president come just as the party seems to be coalescing on a message around the GOP's megabill.
05:18 PM Politico Top Stories Trumps Trip Lays Bare a Stark Advantage Some Arab States Have Over Israel
The dynamics are shifting in the Middle East under a U.S. president who sees the world through a financial lens.
01:30 PM Politico Top Stories Senate Armed Services leader pans Trumps Qatar jet plan
“It would be like the United States moving into the Qatari embassy,” Sen. Roger Wicker said.
02:20 PM Politico Top Stories Boeing signs deal in Doha against backdrop of Air Force One delays, Qatars luxury jet gift
The Qatari luxury Boeing 747 did not come up during brief remarks celebrating the separate deal between Boeing and Qatar Airways.
11:37 AM Politico Top Stories Duffy defends moving wife's flight from Newark to another airport
Transportation Sean Duffy said his remarks on a recent SiriusXM show were taken out of context, and that he moved his wife's flight because of delays, not safety.
03:33 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats raise alarms as National Weather Service races to fill jobs ahead of hurricane season
Internal documents reviewed by POLITICO revealed a range of open positions, from a lead meteorologist role in Fairbanks, Alaska, to meteorologist-in-charge at the NWS office in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
04:39 PM Politico Top Stories No one knows whos in charge of Trumps dramatic space policy
Space industry officials and Hill staff say there’s no one driving the massive policy shifts.
03:59 PM Politico Top Stories After handshake, Trump urges new Syrian leader al-Sharaa to mend ties with Israel
The U.S. president met the former Islamist rebel for diplomatic talks in Saudi Arabia.
09:31 AM Politico Top Stories Are Trumps tariffs making money? Watch this chart.
Our chart updates every weekday, giving important clues to how things are going.
10:47 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps free plane is not so free
The Boeing aircraft that Qatar may give the president would require a pricy and complicated overhaul to serve as Air Force One.
04:30 PM Politico Top Stories Rule of law is endangered, chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
07:39 PM Politico Top Stories There Is No Rational Basis Behind What the President Is Trying to Accomplish
Oregon’s attorney general is suing to block Trump’s tariffs — and he might win.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps NIH Chief Lets Loose on Fauci, Vaccines and Covid Cover-Ups
Jay Bhattacharya discusses pandemic fallout and his plans for American science in Trump 2.0.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Republican Trainwreck of the 2026 Election Cycle
John Cornyn is one of the winningest politicians in Texas history. But he might not even make it out of the GOP primary this time.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Opinion | There's Nothing Patriotic About Trump Celebrating Half of World War II
By ignoring the thousands who died in the Pacific, Trump shortchanges history and deprives us of lessons we need to learn.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories He Got Arrested for Praying at the Capitol. He Has Thoughts On Protest Under Trump.
Rev. William Barber on the future of protest politics during Trump 2.0
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories A Clue From the Supreme Court on How It Will Handle Trump
Federal judges throughout the country are losing patience with the administration. Will it be an issue for the Supreme Court?
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Elizabeth Warren Called Jerome Powell Dangerous. So Why Is She Defending Him Now?
One of the Democratic Party’s leading economic populists has gone from scorching Powell and the Fed to defending them against Trump’s pressure campaign.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Big Tech is pitting Washington against California
Tech giants plan to use their Trump-era lobbying muscle to head off state AI regulations. But can they agree on what they want from Washington?
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Following New York City lobbying push, DoorDash spends $1M on Cuomo's mayoral bid
The donation marks the largest of any in the crowded Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Anti-Trump fervor defining the New York City mayors race
Democrats are competing to show they are best suited to fight the president in the race to replace Eric Adams.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Cash plays: Trump heads to Middle East seeking deals
Forget NATO. Trump's first major foreign trip takes him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan
New mandates proposed for megabill would likely force states to revamp how they finance their programs or cut benefits.
10:56 PM Politico Top Stories Middle America Didnt Trust What They Were Getting |