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How Professional Wrestling Explains Donald Trump's Washington
Donald Trump has a deep connection with the world of professional wrestling. Look no further than this weekend's WrestleMania.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories DC Isnt Becoming a State. But It Could Become Maryland.
Washingtonians may be aghast at the thought of reconnecting with their northern neighbor, but some think it’s preferable to appeasing Trump.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories How Mark Zuckerberg is flipping the script on kids safety online
The Facebook founder is lobbying Congress to leave his firm alone — and making headway.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Just chaos: How Trumps White House could swing the war on Big Tech
Google and Meta are both under breakup threat at once. Apple and Amazon’s trials are next. And through it all, Washington wonders — will Trump bail them all out?
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Bonkers crazypants: American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts
A purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.
11:28 AM Politico Top Stories JB Pritzker burnishes his national brand as one of Trumps fiercest critics
The two-term governor hasn’t announced whether he’ll run for reelection next year, but is increasingly making high-profile appearances across the country.
12:01 PM Politico Top Stories We Didnt Even See the Border Until Now: How Trump Has Driven Canadians and Americans Apart
Trump’s punishing tariffs have big implications for the upcoming Canadian election. It’s affecting personal relationships between the two countries, too.
07:00 AM Politico Top Stories A Prerequisite for Democrats to Come Back to Power
Longtime Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik has some advice for the party — including to embrace the populist economics of Bernie Sanders and AOC.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories This high school course is dividing districts across California
The fight over ethnic studies is creating a quiet headache for Gov. Gavin Newsom.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories He was too conservative for the Republican Party. Now hes a leading candidate.
Bill Spadea, a leading contender to be governor of New Jersey, had a tumultuous conservative upbringing that put him at odds with fellow Republicans.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Trump 'trying to change the subject' on deportee, Van Hollen says
Speaking in multiple interviews, Sen. Chris Van Hollen discussed the implications of the Abrego Garcia case.
11:22 AM Politico Top Stories Putin violated his own Easter truce hundreds of times, Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian president reiterated offers for a month-long ceasefire.
07:49 AM Politico Top Stories World Bank climate message shifts amid Trump era uncertainty
The bank’s messaging on climate represents a delicate balancing act between the institution and the U.S., its largest shareholder.
10:00 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 April 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
12:08 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 Canada Discovers Uniting Against Trump Is the Easy Part
The fabric of Canada’s nationhood makes Mark Carney’s one people, one country message difficult to sustain.
07:29 PM Politico Top Stories Rubios firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown
When Marco Rubio fired the man in charge of dismantling USAID, he made enemies inside the MAGA movement.
05:55 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 Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trumps bid to start implementing his plan to end birthright citizenship
The court will consider a technical issue with potentially momentous consequences: the authority of lower-court judges to issue broad injunctions that block a president’s policies nationwide.
03:27 PM Politico Top Stories Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff whiplash.
10:17 AM Politico Top Stories Trump promises a trade deal with Europe
“They want to make one very much,” the president said.
12:40 PM Politico Top Stories Judge rules Google holds illegal ad monopoly
It's the latest in a series of blows by Washington against the trillion-dollar tech giant.
11:22 AM Politico Top Stories Google is about to get the Ted Cruz treatment
As Meta and X bow to Trump, top Republicans in Congress have their sights on Google next.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories The Ivy League resistance is just getting started
The nascent pushback, showcased by Harvard’s decision to reject several proposals from Trump this week, is a notable turnaround from a year ago.
12:36 PM Politico Top Stories The return of Robert Hur
The former special counsel is representing Harvard University in its battle with the Trump administration, after drawing the ire of the left for his characterization of Joe Biden last year.
01:28 PM Politico Top Stories An influential GOP senator is contradicting Trumps team and getting away with it
The Senate Armed Services Chair has found a way to appease the president and push back on the administration.
06:23 AM Politico Top Stories Trump Looks Willing to Write Off an Entire Continent
Administration officials say African countries can’t just invoke “China” and get aid.
10:01 AM Politico Top Stories Trump hammers Federal Reserve chief Powell: Termination cannot come fast enough!
U.S. president lashes his central bank nemesis for not cutting interest rates fast enough.
07:27 AM Politico Top Stories Ice cream, outlandish ideas and absolute loyalty: Inside Trump and Lutnick's close relationship
Most Trump allies are trying to get Howard Lutnick ousted from his job. But his friendship with the president protects him.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories The ideological twist in Elon Musks tariff opposition
To flood the world with robotaxis and humanoid robots, Elon Musk needs open markets — and the kind of globalized trade Donald Trump’s tariff war is closing off.
08:01 AM Politico Top Stories The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will
The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump’s remarkable revenge campaign.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Pentagons SWAT team of nerds resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
01:04 PM Politico Top Stories Opinion | Trumps Attack on Harvard Is Ridiculous. But It Still Needs to Change.
The university was right to stand up to Trump. It still needs to change.
11:08 AM Politico Top Stories Opinion | 7 Critical Things Trump Doesnt Understand about Putin
For the Russian strongman, the price of peace looks higher than the costs of war.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories If We Dont Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority
It’s been months since Democrats suffered a devastating defeat at the polls. For all the talk about the party’s need for change, few seem actually willing to make the leap.
05:55 AM Politico Top Stories What the Polls in Canada Are Really Saying
A top Canadian pollster explains how Trump completely upended the election.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Risk of failure looms large as GOP starts drafting the big, beautiful bill
Republicans are hoping that speed and a push from Donald Trump can keep their legislative agenda afloat.
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories Absolutely paralyzed: Wall Street dealmaking stalls over Trump trade war
Industry leaders are warning that the fallout from the market volatility and the slowdown in deals will be felt beyond the financial world.
10:39 AM Politico Top Stories Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiros residence planned to beat him, documents say
The man faces charges including attempted homicide, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault, authorities said.
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