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Schumer brushes off Pelosis criticism over government funding fight
“There was no leverage point that we could've — we could've asked for things, they just would've said no,” the New York senator said.
10:29 AM on 03/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump vs. Canada: Prime Minister Carney calls snap election to take on president
Canada's new prime minister said he needs a mandate from Canadians to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
12:42 PM on 03/23/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | He Cut a Secret Deal That Cemented U.S. Economic Power And He Has a Lesson for Donald Trump
A forgotten Nixon-era negotiation offers urgent lessons for our new age of economic warfare.
10:00 AM on 03/23/2025 Politico Top Stories The Oracle of the White House Has Spoken: Economy Will Settle Down Soon
James Blair, a deputy chief of staff, is certain the uncertainty won’t last once Trump’s policies get past the "activist partisan judges."
02:00 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while hes still in office
House Republicans say they're honoring the sitting president with their unprecedented bills. Historians see something darker.
10:00 AM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump hangs sword of Damocles over the American legal system
Trump is directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to target lawyers and law firms “who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States.”
11:46 AM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump demands Maine governor apologize or the state will face consequences
The Trump administration has sparred with Maine and singled out its governor in recent weeks over his order banning trans athletes from playing in women’s sports.
01:29 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Hes never been a prosecutor. Hes about to lead the top prosecutorial office in the country.
Will Jay Clayton succumb to pressure from Trump’s DOJ, or will he defend his future office’s maverick streak?
07:00 AM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Cuomo endorsement divides key group of Black legislators
Three lawmakers said they aren’t actually with the ex-governor, despite being named in a press release backing him.
02:32 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories The Democrats Are Losing the Social Media Wars. This Young Socialist Is Changing That.
Zohran Mamdani may not win his election, but he could offer a strategy to the left.
10:00 AM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Two Love Is Blind Couples Broke Up Over Politics. Or Was It Over Something Else?
The reality show is a microcosm of a deep national divide over politics.
07:00 AM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Leakers to Musk: Were not Elons servants
Even before Musk’s comments, federal workers felt vulnerable and increasingly incensed.
03:44 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories DOJ moves to boot federal judge from Perkins Coie case
Attorneys with the Justice Department have twice this week asked for judges who ruled against them to be removed from cases, echoing a legal tactic used by Donald Trump.
06:44 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Pentagon admits to mistakes in campaign against 'DEI' content
Articles and images about Jackie Robinson and the Navajo Code Talkers were removed from Defense Department social media and websites.
08:51 PM on 03/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants adverse rulings overturned ASAP. Appeals courts are taking their time.
Appeals courts have largely declined Trump’s view of growing judicial emergencies requiring them to step in urgently and stop lower-court rulings Trump doesn’t like.
01:49 PM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Its not just impeachments. Republicans are eyeing other ways to rein in federal judges.
GOP leaders are seeking a release valve for the fury building over recent court rulings.
04:45 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps TikTok-Oracle deal could break the law but nobody can stop him
Congressional hawks are digging in that China can’t retain any control of the app. But for two months, Trump has kept it online anyway. Now what?
02:00 PM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.White House political chief warns the GOP: Democrats are running angry
James Blair says Republicans’ best bet for 2026 success is passing the Trump legislative agenda.
11:01 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories GOP push to ratify DOGE cuts runs into political reality
Despite widespread interest on Capitol Hill, it's not clear the White House is interested in rescissions.
10:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | The Free World Is Gone and Theres No Turning Back
No longer is there any pretense that the United States stands for the ideals that inspired it for 250 years. Europe and the rest of the world need to adjust.
05:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Wisconsin race youve (likely) never heard of tests new strategy for Dems nationally
Democrats are spending heavily linking conservatives to Elon Musk in Wisconsin.
04:45 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Meet the Czech Millennial Who's Building a Utopia in the California Hayfields
Armed with tech billions, Jan Sramek has dreams of creating a new, affordable, walkable city. If, that is, California lets him.
05:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Dem rivals to Kamala Harris: Hurry up and decide
The former vice president has told allies she will make a decision on whether to run for California governor by late summer.
09:14 PM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories California Democrats are in control. So why are they worried?
Modest legislative ambitions and a subdued response to the second Trump administration mark a striking departure for the state.
10:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump workforce cuts could create a recruiting opening for adversaries
The intelligence community has long feared the potential threat posed by disgruntled former employees.
12:01 PM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories The nations cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
05:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like
We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
04:45 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | The DEI Purge Will Weaken Our Military
Morale and recruiting will suffer while racist and sexist behavior will increase.
10:00 AM on 03/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump aides circulate plan for complete revamp of foreign aid programs
The proposal provides new details on how the administration plans to overhaul USAID — and what programs it expects to eliminate.
02:21 PM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories DOGE enters Institute of Peace amid staff resistance
An Institute of Peace security official said DOGE pressured a contractor to gain entry.
01:52 PM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories How major law firms are responding to Trumps attacks
Law firms are torn on how to handle the new Trump administration as the president targets some of their own.
05:55 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories Ivey puts Schumer on notice: 'We can't afford to have that happen again'
The Maryland Democrat said the House minority leader met the moment, but the top Senate Democrat missed the mark during the spending fight.
12:33 PM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories Dems pile on Schumer as bashing goes mainstream
The criticism isn’t just coming from activist groups or the halls of Congress.
09:59 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories Hill Republicans already hated the idiotic call to impeach judges. Then Trump jumped in.
The speaker has to deal with a new Trump-driven demand just as he moves to put the GOP's policy agenda into overdrive.
04:45 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories The Fed's forecast on Trump's economy: Slower growth, higher inflation
The Fed chief said “a good part" of a projection for higher prices is coming from tariffs.
12:12 PM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump says he had very good telephone call with Zelenskyy
The call came a day after Trump’s lengthy conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
11:51 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories You see? Russia broke Trumps hyped partial Ukraine ceasefire after 1 hour
Moscow struck civilian infrastructure Tuesday night, prompting Ukraine to respond with counterattacks.
06:30 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories Punching allies in the face: Trump sparks US weapons conundrum for Europe
The U.S. president’s repeated attacks have raised worries about Washington’s reliability, but decades of dependence on American equipment has no quick fix.
10:54 AM on 03/19/2025 Politico Top Stories 5 ways Trumps mass deportations are meeting resistance. And why it may not matter. |