Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
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 03/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Meet the Kurdish guerillas hoping America will support them blazing a path to Tehran
President Donald Trump has ruled out enlisting Kurdish militias to invade Iran, but at least some of the fighters are betting that as the war drags on, the U.S. may still come calling.
01:00 PM on 03/20/2026 Politico Top Stories 'All bets are off': Trump's war on Iran confounds the world's central bankers
The specter of a prolonged energy crunch could dash the hopes of consumers, businesses and investors worldwide for rate cuts this year.
05:00 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories They hold the cards now: Trump allies fear Iran is slipping beyond the presidents control
Trump supporters who backed his promise to avoid new Middle East wars worry Iran’s attacks on shipping are pushing the U.S. toward escalation — and maybe even boots on the ground.
05:05 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump lauds Japans promise, however vague, to help with Iran
But the allies offering to help secure the Strait of Hormuz made no firm commitments.
01:38 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories New Washington state law bans law enforcement from covering face
All officers, including federal police, must show their faces while on duty.
05:23 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Federal workforce unhappy, disengaged, new survey finds
A year after DOGE, a new survey of government employees shows low job satisfaction and engagement.
04:30 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories He has to justify what he did: Black leaders slam JB Pritzker after Illinois primary
Hard feelings linger after the billionaire governor lifted Juliana Stratton to victory over the Congressional Black Caucus’ preferred candidate.
05:00 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign
The ads became a sore spot within the White House over Kristi Noem.
05:56 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories DeSantis rejects gas tax pause, warns of Cuba 'exodus' amid global turmoil
DeSantis said even if the state suspends gas taxes, fluctuations in oil prices may erase any potential savings for motorists.
01:10 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump digs in on Powell, suggesting DOJ probe should continue
The president's comments in the Oval Office leave Kevin Warsh, his nominee to replace Powell as Fed chair, in limbo.
02:31 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Mullins nomination to be DHS chief advances out of committee
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania broke with his fellow Democrats to vote to advance Mullin’s nomination.
09:48 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories The GOP is dismissing Joe Kent. They might come to regret it.
The ideological fault line Joe Kent’s defection exposed this week is providing hard for the GOP to paper over.
05:34 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump is poised to take Irans Kharg Island. Heres what could unfold next.
The president’s attacks on Iran’s oil infrastructure could determine the course of the war — and its domestic political fallout.
10:00 AM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories US acknowledges gaps with Israel on Iran war objectives
An Israeli attack on a major Iranian gas facility Wednesday night appeared to open a fresh fissure in the coordination between the two allies.
04:09 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories UN chief suggests both sides may be committing war crimes in US-Israel conflict with Iran
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres decries attacks on energy infrastructure in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
06:07 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East
The discussions, while evolving, would mark a drastic new step in the Iran war.
02:41 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans balk at going it alone on Iran war funding
Key lawmakers doubt budget reconciliation is a viable path for a $200 billion Pentagon infusion.
06:15 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.
Israel’s targeting of the South Pars gas field is a major escalation in the war that energy watchers feared could turbocharge the economic disruption.
05:37 PM on 03/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Trumps Federal Reserve Pick May Surprise Him
A childhood job at a racetrack taught Kevin Warsh more than he realized about how to amass power.
05:55 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Its Going to Take ICE a Long Time to Dig Out of This
After controversial shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, a former ICE chief breaks down how the agency ended up here — and what has to change.
12:00 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Vance Is Handcuffed: The Tech Fight Bedeviling 2028 Republicans
Republicans’ evolving stances on AI are offering a preview of the post-Trump debates within the party.
10:00 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Will Iranians Rise Up? Here Are the Odds.
Iranians despised the Ayatollah. That doesn’t mean they’ll side with the United States.
02:01 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Forget Regime Change. How About Behavior Change?
In Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, Trump’s top priority is making sure whoever’s left in charge deals differently with the United States.
05:00 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Infiltrating the Supreme Court
A roundtable conversation with top Supreme Court reporters on secrecy at the court, the justices’ ethics and how they do their job at a crucial moment.
05:00 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories March
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
03:51 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Senate Republicans struggle to make their voting fight uncomfortable for Democrats
So far discussions of the SAVE America Act are falling short of the “talking filibuster” conservatives are demanding.
04:45 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories This tech-backed mayor jumped into Californias govs race with a bang. Now he might as well drop out.
Matt Mahan, a centrist Democrat with an anti-establishment streak, is polling at 3 percent.
05:00 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories King of Illinois: Pritzker swings Senate race as he targets Trump
Juliana Stratton’s victory in a heated Senate primary vindicates the governor’s political operation heading into 2028.
12:16 AM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Mullins DHS nomination set for quick vote as of now, Rand Paul says
The Oklahoma senator’s secretive travel a decade ago emerged as a late-breaking issue in his confirmation.
02:10 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Mullin presents himself as a different kind of DHS secretary during tense confirmation hearing
“My goal at six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day,” Mullin told senators.
02:38 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Fight over local Facebook group pits the ACLU against a powerful NJ law firm
“They’re suing us for being critics. Not defamation. Not harassment. For criticism,” said Alan Levy, an attorney who, together with his wife, filed suit in September 2024.
05:28 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories States reconsider Cesar Chavez celebrations after sexual abuse allegations
Leaders in several states said they were considering scrapping state holidays honoring the labor leader.
05:03 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says
This is the first confirmation that the FBI has resumed actively buying people's data for investigations.
12:50 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Gabbard dodges questions about foreign threats to midterms
The Trump administration has been moving to assert greater power over U.S. elections based on claims of widespread fraud and foreign interference in past votes.
03:22 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Iran and oil imperil Trump-Japan summit
Geopolitical tensions over Iran and China have roiled the agenda of the president's upcoming summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
06:00 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps intel agencies back his claims on peace deals, Europe
The 2026 Annual Threats Assessment laid out escalating threats to the U.S., including the potential for new countries to launch missile attacks against the mainland.
05:11 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online
The administration is bucking decades of decorum by depicting the Iran war as a violent video game.
05:00 PM on 03/18/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Buries the 20th Century
Donald Trump's legacy became clearer than ever with the attack on Iran's regime, the latest 20th century artifact to crumble in the Trump era.
05:00 AM on 03/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps patience runs out: Inside the final days before the strike on Iran
President Donald Trump, already upset with Tehran’s violent crackdown, gave diplomacy a final shot, but ultimately decided time was up.
04:02 PM on 03/17/2026 Politico Top Stories |
