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Trump built a surprising voter coalition. One key piece just cracked.
Republicans could not recreate the president's coalition in last week's off-year elections.
10:42 AM Politico Top Stories MAHA Is Embracing Elizabeth Holmes. Heres Why.
An alliance is building between the Trump-aligned movement and convicted Theranos founder.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories This Comedian Just Showed Democrats How to Solve Their Messaging Problems
A new comedy special captures the party’s messaging challenges — and a way forward.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Growing pains: How NYCs left plans to take on city government under Mamdani
A political movement predicated on opposition must adapt to having one of its own in City Hall.
01:01 PM Politico Top Stories The man who talked to the president every day for decades
Gary Walters spent nearly four decades making the White House a home.
05:03 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
12:04 PM Politico Top Stories Flight restrictions will ease, DOT says once air traffic controllers return
Here’s the latest on flight cuts at 40 busy airports across the United States.
03:43 PM Politico Top Stories Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
The new legislative language is an escalation of the GOP’s efforts to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith.
07:31 PM Politico Top Stories Ted Cruz accuses GOP senators of being frightened to call out Tucker Carlson
In the wake of the Nick Fuentes controversy, Cruz called on fellow Republicans to “stand up and say it is wrong.”
01:37 PM Politico Top Stories Why Nancy Pelosi Stands Alone
Rahm Emanuel on the political genius of the retiring former House speaker.
04:29 PM Politico Top Stories Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had a little different take on the subject.
11:21 AM Politico Top Stories How Redistricting Turned a Setback Into a Bloodbath
The 1894 election cycle holds some key lessons for partisan gerrymanders today.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories 'A battlefield victory': Trump's tariff critics doubt they'll win the war, even if Supreme Court steps in
The president's trade agenda took a beating from the justices and Democrats alike this week. Republicans and business groups still don't expect him to back down.
02:50 PM Politico Top Stories Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies before rogue activist judges: Its a war, man
In fiery remarks, the No. 2 DOJ official rejected claims that the president has weaponized prosecutors.
08:16 PM Politico Top Stories Stefanik hit by GOP rival after launching NY governor bid
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman floated his own gubernatorial run and criticized Stefanik as having limited appeal.
03:09 PM Politico Top Stories Blowout Is the Word
Mikie Sherrill knows why she — and Zohran Mamdani — got elected.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps Economy Is Looking More and More Like Saudi Arabias
Top-down state capitalism is on the rise in both countries.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Dems negotiating ACA credits nearing high-stakes moment of truth
A scheduled Friday vote to move ahead on a government funding deal comes as Democrats are still uncertain about how to move a health care deal forward.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories New York Is Quietly Preparing Against Trumps Takeover of the City
Gov. Kathy Hochul has built a virtual war room to prepare for Trump’s next move
06:31 PM Politico Top Stories Vance is the frontrunner for 2028, Rubio privately confides
President Donald Trump has repeatedly named Vance and Rubio as his two most likely successors.
05:00 AM 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 Politico Top Stories Poll: Heres how much Trump voters would pay in taxes to back his policies
The POLITICO Poll measured how much economic pain voters will tolerate — if it aligns with their partisan views.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Poll: Heres who Democrats think is their leader
Only one person hit double digits.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Trump clings to filibuster demand as shutdown drags on
Despite a week full of political rebukes, President Donald Trump is still insisting on killing the filibuster to resolve the shutdown.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Senate hopes for a weekend shutdown miracle
Majority Leader John Thune is keeping senators in Washington for the first time amid the record shutdown. There’s no guarantee it will work.
09:06 PM Politico Top Stories Jackson lets Trump hold back full SNAP funding for now
The justice’s order came after the Trump administration raced to the Supreme Court ahead of a lower-court deadline to pay full SNAP benefits.
09:52 PM Politico Top Stories Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Bolstered by big wins, Dems eye out-of-reach Senate races
“The Senate map doesn’t look great, but if there’s any hope of winning, we have to be aggressive,” said one consultant.
05:01 AM Politico Top Stories Mamdanis Real Fight Has Just Begun
He won the election. Now he'll need to overcome these political challenges.
08:15 AM Politico Top Stories We completely changed the electorate of this city
In an interview with POLITICO, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani blames the attack ads against him for the divided city he faces.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Pelosi is out. Expect heavy campaigning in CA and cues for senior Dems in DC to follow suit.
The former speaker’s announcement comes as she faces a tougher-than-expected group of primary challengers.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories Republicans take stock of Newsom, a Tier 1 Democrat after Prop 50
The California governor notched a major redistricting victory, and Republicans are paying attention.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories Californias new map puts GOP on the run
Five incumbent Republicans must now choose between intraparty warfare or a run in districts designed for Democrats.
06:06 PM Politico Top Stories Redistricting pressure heats up after Prop 50s passage: All Democratic elected officials should take note
Proposition 50 — once thought to be too risky — won big Tuesday. Now, Democrats are using its passage to push for more redraws.
07:00 PM Politico Top Stories How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause
The birds are an unlikely example of how public health fights have shifted political dynamics in ways the U.S. is influencing and reckoning with.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories The conservative justices nerded out on legal theory, and other takeaways from the tariff arguments
Here are five takeaways from the Supreme Court's oral arguments in Trump's tariffs case.
07:14 PM Politico Top Stories Highly unusual: New warning signs for DOJs Trump-ordered case against Comey
A federal magistrate judge questioned whether privileged material was improperly obtained and used.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Whats really concerning Republicans after Tuesdays romp
Trump’s former political adviser told POLITICO in an exclusive interview that the president plans to talk a lot more about about the cost of living as we turn in the new year.
01:45 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats gird for longer shutdown fight after election sweep
Bipartisan negotiations continue, but pressure mounted Wednesday to push the 36-day shutdown even longer.
04:17 PM Politico Top Stories Are Trumps tariffs making money? Watch this chart.
Our chart updates every weekday, giving important clues to how things are going.
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