Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Trump fires top military leaders in unprecedented shakeup
The Friday night terminations include Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown.
07:59 PM Politico Top Stories Pentagon prepares to fire thousands of civilian employees in dramatic culling
More than 5,000 people will be eliminated from jobs next week who are not deemed “mission critical.”
05:10 PM Politico Top Stories Precision is the priority? Trump administration pauses some mass firings
One White House official says there is now a reluctance to fire veterans.
04:54 PM Politico Top Stories Trump administration launches probe into Maine's transgender sports participation policy
Launching a civil rights investigation is a key step in the process of yanking a school’s federal funding.
05:58 PM Politico Top Stories Trumps plan to rein in agencies sparks alarm for the Fed
The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.
05:19 PM Politico Top Stories Arbitrary and discriminatory: Judge blocks Trumps effort to deter DEI programs
U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that the policy likely violates the First Amendment.
07:38 PM Politico Top Stories Judge lets Trump administration proceed with mass recall of USAID workers overseas
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said initial claims that agency staffers and their families could be in physical danger proved to be “overstated.”
06:40 PM Politico Top Stories Supreme Court delays Trumps effort to fire federal ethics watchdog
The justices deferred ruling, for now, on the first test of executive power to reach the high court during Donald Trump’s second term.
09:35 PM Politico Top Stories Newsom sends Congress $40 billion request for LA fire aid
The letter comes amid weeks of intense debate in Washington centered around whether the anticipated disaster aid for California would come with conditions
11:05 PM Politico Top Stories Eric Adams sues Trump over missing $80M
In a surprise move, federal officials clawed back funds approved by Congress for immigrant services.
07:43 PM Politico Top Stories Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis
The president is barred from being elected more than twice by the Constitution.
01:50 PM Politico Top Stories Richard Grenell: There will be conditions on Los Angeles fire aid
The Trump administration special envoy said the White House is talking about what the conditions will be.
02:11 PM Politico Top Stories Looks like that's that. Trump may have just ended the Florida governors race.
Trump’s endorsement helped propel Ron DeSantis in the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary.
07:34 PM Politico Top Stories Opinion | Democrats: Its Time to Retire the Term People of Color
Democrats’ multiracial coalition is in tatters. Mending it requires a new way of thinking about race and voting.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Think Trumps Kennedy Center Will Be All Kid Rock and MMA? You Havent Met Paolo Zampolli.
Paolo Zampolli, a modeling agency honcho turned real estate player, has spent years pushing for Trumpian upgrades to DC's marble temple of high culture.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Are We Detroit Now?: Trumps Cuts Panic Washington
In a town built on the predictability of federal work, people are facing an unfamiliar sense of existential uncertainty.
09:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Tucker Carlsons Nicotine Pouch Became the Latest Front in the Culture War
Naturally, we had to try them.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Dems said they want to work with Musk. DOGE is making that hard.
A handful of Democrats once sounded open to working with the tech billionaire. His wrecking ball to the federal government has made them question that.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories DOGE cancels federal contract for 9/11 research
Researchers working on the Career Firefighter Health Study received notice last week of the CDC contract’s termination.
01:33 PM Politico Top Stories Jared Polis: DOGE is 'tearing down the old without necessarily having a more efficient way of doing it'
The occasionally contrarian Democratic governor said government could be more efficient — but Elon Musk’s DOGE is butchering it.
11:15 AM Politico Top Stories Warning signs for Trump in new polling
Two new polls show the president's approval rating is slipping.
11:42 AM Politico Top Stories Trump says federal government should 'take over' local politics in DC
Trump is jockeying for local political power by positioning himself as the antidote to the city’s crime and homelessness.
12:53 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats Avoided Criticizing Biden. Jason Furmans Doing It Now.
One of the Obama administration’s top economists is offering a scorching public critique of Biden’s economic legacy.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories You screwed people: Inside the National Science Foundations firing of 168 workers
At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Governors in both red and blue states are facing policy peril in Trump era
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown, combative trade policies and spending cuts create challenges for state executives.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump executive order requires sweeping review of federal regulations
It’s the latest action in Trump’s quest to dramatically expand his authority over the federal government.
11:25 AM Politico Top Stories Democrats make a subtle case against Trump on the economy
One month into the president's new term, Democratic governors are recognizing the challenges of high costs.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories A list of the Project 2025 ideas in Trump's executive orders (so far)
A side-by-side review by POLITICO found dozens of cases where the president’s early executive actions have aligned with portions of the 922-page policy document.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories February 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.
02:59 PM Politico Top Stories Trump Is Making It Harder for the Supreme Court to Side With Him
A haphazard approach makes it more likely the Supreme Court rules against him.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Elon Musk Now Has 13 Children. A Conservative Pro-Family Scholar Says Hes Missing Something.
Brad Wilcox discusses the tech billionaire’s growing brood.
05:52 PM Politico Top Stories Trump attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator without elections who duped US
The president’s remarkable attack on the Ukrainian president is sure to deeply worry international allies and domestic supporters of an American-led global order.
11:14 AM Politico Top Stories Zelenskyy says Trump is surrounded by disinformation
U.S. leader’s claim that Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 4 percent is Russian disinfo, Ukrainian president says.
10:47 AM Politico Top Stories Trump blaming Ukraine for Putins war leaves Europe reeling
The U.S. president called out Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a diatribe against Kyiv.
12:19 PM Politico Top Stories Trump stuns Senate GOP with House budget endorsement
“Did not see that one coming,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.
12:59 PM Politico Top Stories Joe Rogans Infatuation with Elon Musk Is Angering his Fans
The most prominent podcaster in the world used to forgo politics. Musk’s entry into government has him singing a different tune.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Elon Musk looks beyond Washington toward Wisconsin
Not satisfied with massively remaking Washington, the tech mogul’s allies look to exert his influence in the states.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories The family-values right takes on Musk's family
Some unusual techie ideas about the human future are raising questions in the GOP coalition.
08:14 PM Politico Top Stories European aviation dumbstruck by Musks takeover of US air traffic control
The billionaire’s people have marched into the Federal Aviation Administration, and Europeans are “freaking out.”
04:55 AM Politico Top Stories Ahead of Council hearing, NYPD releases trove of info on surveillance tech
A new compendium provided to the Legal Aid Society gives more insight into the department’s hi-tech arsenal.
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