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Judges warn Trump's mass deportations could lay groundwork to ensnare Americans
Judges across the country continue to note that if courts don’t protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The US-China trade meetings low bar: Progress
Close China watchers say they don’t expect Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to make any immediate concessions when the two sides meet in Switzerland this weekend.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from laying off federal employees
The ruling puts on hold the White House’s plans to implement government-wide layoffs at a number of agencies.
10:25 PM Politico Top Stories Feds believe Eric Adams lied about his personal cellphone during Manhattan street raid
The DOJ released a trove of documents on the same day the mayor sat down with Trump.
11:27 PM Politico Top Stories ICE releases New Jersey mayor arrested at protest with lawmakers
Ras Baraka said he did nothing wrong.
09:29 PM Politico Top Stories Trump has sat for only 12 daily intelligence briefings since taking office
The scarcity of the President’s Daily Briefings comes as he pursues high-stakes diplomacy with America’s friends and foes.
06:00 PM Politico Top Stories Im Being Kicked Out: A Trans Military Commander Confronts Trumps Ban
A Supreme Court ruling allows the military to ban transgender people from serving. Now, those service members are living with uncertainty.
05:15 PM Politico Top Stories Poll shows big problem for Trumps trade deal: Its Trump
With dozens of deals to be brokered, the U.S.-U.K. trade deal should be one of the easiest — and a POLITICO-Public First poll found that American and British adults have serious doubts about Trump’s commitment to it.
05:50 AM Politico Top Stories 55 Things You Need to Know About the New Pope, Leo XIV
The first American to preside over the church spent much of his career as a missionary abroad.
02:16 PM Politico Top Stories Internal polling shows Fetterman's support is tanking with Democrats in his backyard
The survey indicates a potential "freak-out moment" for the Pennsylvania senator who has made Pittsburgh — his home region — core to his brand.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories The Woman Leading the Surging MAGA Antitrust Movement
Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ’s antitrust division, will show how serious the right is about bringing big tech companies to heel.
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 'How come I cant breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
10:32 AM Politico Top Stories Whats Driving Trumps Attack on Museums
An ousted museum director from Poland explains why museums are on the “front lines” when populists take power.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Californias frustration with homelessness is boiling over, poll finds
A survey from POLITICO and the UC Berkeley Citrin Center asked registered voters if they supported an aggressive approach to clearing encampments.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Administration That Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Is Trying to Jail a Guy Over a Protest Banner
Jan. 6 looms large in a case against a nonviolent demonstrator.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps Most Important Relationship Is Ending. And the Break-Up Isnt Pretty.
For a half-century Trump and the mainstream media have mutually benefited from a stormy symbiosis. Why is he trying to kill the institution that made him?
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps Controversial US Attorney Is Coming for Medical Marijuana
The Trump-allied prosecutor has threatened Wikipedia, medical journals and Congressional Democrats. Now he’s putting a medical-marijuana dispensary on notice, too.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Donald Trump Revealed Jeff Bezos True Self
Not long ago, Washington dreamed that Jeff Bezos would become the king of the Beltway. Then the rules changed.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories The 7 Most Shameless Attention-Seekers in Congress
Our third annual list of representatives and senators who just can’t get enough attention from us.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Leo is Americas first pope. His worldview appears at odds with America First.
Steve Bannon called Leo the “worst pick for MAGA Catholics.”
06:57 PM Politico Top Stories Pope Leo XIV seen as bridge builder after Francis turbulent reign
New pope marks continuity with Francis’ progressivism, but offers a steadier hand after a divisive 12 years.
05:17 PM Politico Top Stories Virginia GOP roiled by controversy over sexually explicit photos
The controversy has consumed the state Republican party as it looks toward a tough November.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories JD Vances Little Brother Tries His Hand at Politics. Its Not Going So Well.
Cory Bowman says he wants to be mayor of Cincinnati. He might have other things in mind.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Marco Rubios esteem is rising in Trump world at a cost
With four hats, including national security adviser, the former Trump rival is defying predictions he’d be a weak player.
07:01 AM Politico Top Stories Vance defends Trumps post depicting AI-generated image of himself as pope
The vice president said he is “fine with people telling jokes.”
04:10 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats reverse course to oppose Senate crypto bill
The surprise statement comes as the Senate is expected to begin considering the landmark stablecoin bill in the coming days.
08:46 PM Politico Top Stories The problems are piling up for the GOP megabill
The House's early stumbles paint a clear picture: Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is nowhere near ready for prime time.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Hegseth attorneys dual roles trip conflict-of-interest alarms
Tim Parlatore’s close relationship with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — while representing legal clients facing off against the department — is drawing scrutiny.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories The nations cyber community is quietly rebelling against Trumps changes
One former Republican representative described any potential weakening of the nation’s cyber agencies as “borderline suicidal for this country.”
11:55 AM Politico Top Stories Opinion | Visa Applicants Don't Have First Amendment Rights
Western governments should be weighing foreigners' values before granting visas, not deporting them afterward.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump's offer to resign
Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps immigration shock and awe is losing in the court of law
Dozens of judges across the country — appointed by presidents of both parties — have ruled against Trump’s audacious immigration policies.
06:08 PM Politico Top Stories White House wants Rubio in powerful dual role long-term
It’s a remarkable elevation for a former 2016 primary rival who exchanged personal attacks with Trump as they battled over the Republican Party’s future.
05:07 PM Politico Top Stories Evers calls White House border czars immigration enforcement threats chilling
White House Border Czar Tom Homan threatened consequences for the Wisconsin Democrat, alluding to the possibility of criminal charges.
05:36 PM Politico Top Stories Trump asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access sensitive Social Security data
Trump’s DOJ seeks emergency intervention from the justices for the second time this week.
06:23 PM Politico Top Stories Trump sends a scorched-earth budget plan. GOP lawmakers hate it already.
The request for obliterating many domestic programs sets up a clash with Congress ahead of the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
10:48 AM Politico Top Stories Judge strikes down Trump executive order punishing prominent law firm
The judge said Trump's executive order sanctioning Perkins Coie was "motivated by retaliation" and is unconstitutional.
08:05 PM Politico Top Stories Hes Trying to Colonize This Community: Inside Elon Musks Plan to Take Over This Texas Town
Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories The key Republican warning about a megabill Medicaid fallout
David Valadao knows a thing or two about taking politically toxic votes around health care.
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