Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Ro Khanna confronts voters spoiling for a fight against GOP in town hall tour
POLITICO rode along with Khanna on a swing through battleground California districts as he mused about dejected Democrats from the front seat of an SUV.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump says car tariffs coming in next few days
The president also said he would be announcing pharmaceutical tariffs in the "not too distant" future.
03:59 PM Politico Top Stories Inside Elon Musk and Russ Voughts quiet alliance
The DOGE leader and budget director are slashing the government with an outside-inside approach.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mass firings of probationary workers
The appeal is part of a nascent effort by the Trump administration to press the Supreme Court to rein in district court judges.
12:50 PM Politico Top Stories Judge reaffirms order blocking Trump from using wartime powers for deportations
The new ruling came hours before a critical appeals-court showdown over the issue.
12:42 PM Politico Top Stories Liberal group warns Democratic leaders over their strategy against Trump
MoveOn's members say they are deeply frustrated with the party's current approach to the president.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump taps Alina Habba to be interim US attorney for New Jersey
In recent months, she’s served as a White House defender amid its attempts to shrink the size of the federal government.
12:26 PM Politico Top Stories How the Navy SEALs Conquered Congress And Became the Shock Troops of the MAGA Revolution
There’s a record number of ex-SEALs on Capitol Hill. Is politics at odds with the special forces’ ethos of working in the shadows?
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories DOGE and Musk were gonna have a big impact: Federal job cuts shake the Capital Region
State and city officials are opening local jobs to feds to try to lessen the economic fallout from a mass exodus of workers.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Global AIDS program teetering after Trump admins shock-and-awe
President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.
06:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Trump could lose in court, but still gut Bidens green agenda
The controversy over $20 billion of climate grants is stalling projects across the country and could force cancelation of projects designed to help people lower their energy costs.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Politico Top Stories We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.
Democratic voters are even angrier than you think.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Politico Top Stories Opinion | The DEI Purge Will Weaken Our Military
Morale and recruiting will suffer while racist and sexist behavior will increase.
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