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House Republicans scramble for Plan B on Medicaid cuts
Tariff revenue and DOGE savings are among the alternatives GOP leaders are exploring.
06:38 PM Politico Top Stories Furious and looking for action: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool
More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week.
10:33 AM Politico Top Stories Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for processing camps and a private citizen army
The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories Dems prepare to blast Republicans over Medicaid a proven messaging strategy
Democratic House leaders are urging lawmakers to “localize” the effects of Medicaid cuts.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Musk renews his 5 things demand with Trumps apparent support
“Failure to respond a second time will result in termination,” the billionaire warned.
08:59 PM Politico Top Stories Musk's what did you do last week? email hits a million replies
About one-third of the federal workforce replied to the demand.
01:46 PM Politico Top Stories White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president
The move reverses the long established precedent of journalists determining who participates in the press pool.
01:34 PM Politico Top Stories GOP lawmaker on Elon Musk: To the victor goes the spoils
"Every president in American history has the right to have his or her own advisers," Republican Texas Rep. Randy Weber said at a POLITICO Playbook event.
09:51 AM Politico Top Stories Consumer confidence buckles as Trumps policies revive inflation concerns
This is a “flashing yellow light regarding growth and inflation prospects,” said Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at European insurance giant Allianz.
12:02 PM Politico Top Stories Eric Adams on a lonely island as mayors race gets underway
The Democratic incumbent has a shell of an operation as he fights for his political future.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories House Republicans unfazed by protests: Were moving forward with the cuts
Many GOP lawmakers insisted their constituents back Musk’s moves.
11:17 PM Politico Top Stories There will continue to be a CFPB: Trump administration says it won't shut bureau
The bureau — long a big target of Republicans — is at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy.
09:21 AM Politico Top Stories What the Dems who boycotted the first Trump inauguration say this time
POLITICO asked the 2017 boycotters what their plans are this time. Their answers reveal a faded resistance movement.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Tracking Trumps Cabinet picks
Here's who has a seat at the table
10:49 AM Politico Top Stories Its the Health Care, Stupid.
Forget DOGE. Republicans are playing with political fire as they move to gut Medicaid.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Canada Hopes to Thwart Trump
By wooing governors and cultivating cross-border bonhomie, Canada’s premiers aim to quell the calls for tariffs and annexation.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories How Gettysburg Became a Refuge for Conservatives Battered by Trump-Era Strife
It might take a mock battlefield to solve America’s political divisions.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories What Germanys Election Means for America and the World
The country's next leader will face pressure from both Trump and the far right.
08:24 PM Politico Top Stories Germanys Merz vows independence from Trumps America, warning NATO may soon be dead
The election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
05:38 PM Politico Top Stories Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet Europes most powerful leader as US turns its back.
After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate new era without Washington as close ally.
01:14 PM Politico Top Stories Alice Weidel took the German far-right to new heights. Here's how she did it.
One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The Afd leader's dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.
04:23 PM Politico Top Stories Progressives Say They Want Clean Energy. They Held Up This Hydro Project for Years.
An effort to bring clean energy to Massachusetts has languished in red tape.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories Zelenskyy offers to resign in exchange for peace, NATO membership
“If you need me to leave this chair, I am ready to do that; and I also can exchange it for NATO membership for Ukraine,” Ukrainian president says.
11:39 AM Politico Top Stories The whisper-network readies a state-level resistance to Trump
New Jersey and Virginia will be some of the first opportunities for Democrats to see if they can rely on an anti-Trump sentiment to notch some wins.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Republican senator urges Musk to show compassion toward workers
Sen. John Curtis said: ‘These are real people. These are real lives.”
01:03 PM Politico Top Stories Trump and Hegseth are politicizing the military, Sen. Jack Reed says
"It's the beginning of a very, very serious degradation of the military and politicization of the military," he said.
12:28 PM Politico Top Stories Jan. 6 defendants wanted a defiant Capitol photo op. It ended with Enrique Tarrios arrest.
The Proud Boys leader was taken into custody after swiping at a protester’s hand after she put it close to his face.
03:26 PM Politico Top Stories Email starts power clash between Musk and agency leaders even the Trump loyalists
The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” threat is the first sign that even staunch White House allies are beginning to flex their political muscle against him.
05:14 PM Politico Top Stories Before he became Trumps bulldog at DOJ, Emil Bove was nearly demoted for bellicose management style
When Bove worked in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, some colleagues saw his conduct as abusive, prompting office leaders to open an internal inquiry.
05:18 PM Politico Top Stories Mayor Lurie Tries to Bloomberg-ize San Francisco
There’s decades-low crime, but outsiders remain skeptical about the city by the bay.
11:00 AM Politico Top Stories If Trump Is Set on Toppling Washington Pillars, Heres a Possible Target
The State Sponsors of Terrorism List is more of a political weapon than a logical grouping of countries.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories JD Vance Aced His First Test. The Next One Will Be Tougher.
The vice president wrangled a few holdout senators. Now he’s faced with taming an unruly House.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work immediately or be let go
Federal employees received an email Saturday afternoon, and gave them a deadline of Monday night.
03:22 PM Politico Top Stories DOGE shared its receipts and some of them dont match
“Everyone is very well-aware they’re repeating the wrong numbers,” said one manager at a company on DOGE’s list of cuts.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Republican governors defend DOGE even as they face looming deficits
As governors gathered in Washington, they stood by the president amid a brewing backlash.
02:13 PM Politico Top Stories Inside RFK Jr.s health department takeover
Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories 'Viciousness of Trumps climate attacks stuns even his critics
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Trump and Hochul discuss Manhattan toll program in White House meeting
The federal government has rescinded approval for the controversial congestion pricing plan.
12:07 PM Politico Top Stories As Eric Adams melts down, Andrew Cuomo forges ahead
The former governor has put together the structure of a campaign and is courting New York power players.
09:18 AM Politico Top Stories Was 'Little House on the Prairie' Woke? The Answer Explains American Politics.
The cameras have yet to roll. But already, a planned remake finds itself at the center of controversy.
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