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Nobody to pump the toilets? Trump purge could cripple parks.
Since 2010, the National Park Service has seen staffing levels plummet even as visitation climbed. Further cuts could hamper the busy summer season, staffers and advocates warned.
04:58 PM Politico Top Stories Nothing off limits: Kennedy lays out plan for HHS
His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.
12:35 PM Politico Top Stories What we know about the 14 percent of federal awards in Trumps crosshairs
Five charts explain what we know about Trump’s proposed spending freeze
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Judge calls prosecutors into court to explain reasons for abandoning Eric Adams case
Judge Dale Ho scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.
10:08 AM Politico Top Stories Republicans are teeing up the next big immigration test for nervous Democrats. Activist groups are watching.
A GOP-led “sanctuary cities” bill has some advocates on edge.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Moscows media gloats over US-Russia talks
The meeting in Saudi Arabia is seen by Kremlin acolytes as Putin coming back in from the cold.
11:50 AM Politico Top Stories Whos in charge of DOGE? Not Elon Musk, White House says
A Trump administration personnel official says Musk has "no actual or formal authority to make government decisions."
10:00 PM Politico Top Stories Can alum of school board culture wars oust Young Kim?
Kim’s swingy Southern California district is getting a closer look from national Democrats.
09:31 AM Politico Top Stories Cuomo loses attempt to block probe into his $5M pandemic book deal
The loss comes as the former governor takes steps toward a run for New York City mayor.
10:27 AM Politico Top Stories Hochul weighing whether to remove Eric Adams as mayor
The governor will meet in Manhattan on Tuesday with "key leaders" to discuss “the path forward."
10:54 PM Politico Top Stories Hes Spent Years Watching Silicon Valley Take Companies Apart. He Has a Warning for DC.
A tech insider speaks about Elon Musk’s playbook for DOGE.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories A Top Democrat Speaks Out on How the Party Will Fight Trump
Rep. Jamie Raskin is still optimistic about defeating Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s agenda.
03:00 PM Politico Top Stories JFK Wanted You to Watch This Movie Before He Was Assassinated
The president had a hand in the making of a Cold War blockbuster.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trumps Anti-DEI Edicts Just Scared a Big Sponsor Away From a Major Pride Event
Booz Allen’s decision to cancel a sponsorship ought to worry anyone who cares about Washington culture.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories After Munich, How Will Europe Handle Trump?
Last week, the continent confronted its worst fears about the new president, but also recognized the need for a new strategy.
09:37 AM Politico Top Stories The Marco Rubio Guide to Survival is Not Working Well
The secretary of State is taking positions that were once anathema and sounding very Trumpy online.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories An army of MAGA think tanks behind him, its Trumps Washington now
If Trump’s first administration was run by a ragtag group of rabble rousers barely large enough to fill the White House ranks, his second is being steered by a more sophisticated operation.
09:54 AM Politico Top Stories Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies
Blue states have not provided enough initial evidence to justify a temporary restraining order, Judge Tanya Chutkan said at a court hearing.
01:04 PM Politico Top Stories A Warning to Trump Targets: The Law Isnt on Your Side
The law protecting defendants from vindictive prosecutions wasn’t built for the Trump era.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Mass resignations from Eric Adams administration spark chaos in NYC government
The departures follow the Democratic mayor’s increasing closeness to Republican president Donald Trump, who provided him a legal reprieve.
01:11 PM Politico Top Stories New Jersey church leader promises transparency again in the face of crisis
Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a powerful figure who long ago pledged "a new level of transparency" on abuse. Now he’s making the same promises amid a new scandal.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories UK 'ready' to send peace-keepers to Ukraine, prime minister says
Ahead of a meeting in Paris on Monday, Keir Starmer commits to putting British troops in harm's way to secure lasting peace.
09:48 PM Politico Top Stories Mass layoffs, court challenges and buyouts: Making sense of Trump's plans to shrink the federal workforce
Answering some of the most important questions surrounding DOGE’s rapid transformation of the federal workforce.
01:31 PM Politico Top Stories RFK Jr.s plans could make Musks look small
The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary on a mostly party-line vote Thursday.
11:34 AM Politico Top Stories As US recedes, NATO scrambles to find a new leader
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with America’s plans in flux.
08:37 AM Politico Top Stories The US said Ukraine would meet with Russia to discuss peace. That was news to Kyiv.
“I do not know what it is,” said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
08:07 AM Politico Top Stories Putin likely to strike NATO nations next, Ukraine leader warns
The Ukrainian president says he won’t accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
11:22 AM Politico Top Stories Trump called Washington a city of filth' and 'decay. Hes trying to remake it in his image.
Trump in his first weeks of his second term has targeted the city like few presidents before him.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Dems concede Republicans running circles around them online as Trump remakes Washington
The Democratic response to Trump, one Texas lawmaker said, is “too slow and too tepid and not meeting the moment.”
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response
The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record high amid worsening outbreak.
08:13 AM Politico Top Stories Appeals court rejects Trump in showdown over firing of ethics watchdog
The D.C. Circuit panel voted, 2-1, against the president’s bid to immediately remove Hampton Dellinger.
07:43 AM Politico Top Stories Canada First Conservatives primed for Trump fight
Pierre Poilievre used a Flag Day rally to recalibrate a campaign sidetracked by tariff threats.
06:51 PM Politico Top Stories Top state Democrat calls on Adams to resign as party leaders convene for caucus weekend
Pressure is mounting on Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Adams as thousands of Democrats gather in Albany for annual convention.
08:06 PM Politico Top Stories Stunned federal workers brace for the real-world repercussions of Trump's purges
The Trump administration could face political backlash from voters in Republican and Democratic states who suddenly find a host of services vanish.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories Theyre not just suing to stop DOGE. Theyre suing Elon Musk himself.
A pair of lawsuits say that, with all the power he has accumulated, Musk is violating the Constitution's rules about the appointment of federal officers.
07:04 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 The umpires strike back: Judges rush to halt Trumps upheaval of the government
A flurry of orders from federal district judges has slowed Donald Trump's most controversial initiatives — prompting talk of outright defiance.
01:01 PM Politico Top Stories The 9 Trump World Breakups Waiting to Happen
MAGA 2.0 has brought together unlikely teammates. But the honeymoon might not last.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Teddys Tomb: The Kennedys Have Fallen Apart
The late senator fought to preserve the family’s political brand, but with RFK Jr. in Trump’s Cabinet, it’s hard to tell what that brand has become.
08:02 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans May Find It Harder to Cut Medicaid Than They Think
The program’s surprising superpower? It’s popular.
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