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The Supreme Courts Mixed Signals on Trumps Deportations to El Salvador
The administration is trying to create a legal black hole that could exceed the abuses of the post 9/11 era.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trade war threat sinks consumer confidence, alarms Wall Street
The turmoil is shaking Americans’ confidence, with expectations of spiking prices soaring to their highest level since 1981, one survey showed.
12:07 PM Politico Top Stories Paxton's challenge isn't the only one worrying Senate Republicans
The Texas primary challenge to longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn prompts a perennial fear for Republicans: Will Trump help them protect their own?
04:45 AM Politico Top Stories An agency head gave her staff a day off and they got antsy
Employees were worried the day off was a prelude to an agency overhaul. Officials clarified later it was to observe a religious holiday.
01:32 PM Politico Top Stories Republicans Love Steakhouses. Democrats Love Bistros. They All Love Spending Big at These DC Eateries.Tracking Trumps Cabinet picksHow Ugly Is This Going to Be?
A roundtable of POLITICO reporters discuss where Trump’s tariffs may be headed.
08:00 PM Politico Top Stories Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget
The surprise announcement comes as the Defense Department prepares to lay off tens of thousands of civilians.
10:37 PM Politico Top Stories Reality Check: What Trumps Supposed Retreat Really Means in a Historic Trade War
Even with Trump’s recent reversal, net tariffs are still the highest they've been in a century. We break down what this all means.
05:45 PM Politico Top Stories Trump Never Liked German Cars in America. Heres What Their Top Auto Lobbyist Thinks.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 Buffeted by Trumps tariffs, Hill Republicans are desperate for a deal
Key senators encouraged the president to quickly secure trade agreements amid mounting Wall Street losses and rising political anxiety.
04:15 PM Politico Top Stories Trump threatens additional 50 percent tariffs on China
The move escalates ongoing tit-for-tat retaliation with Beijing that followed the president's sweeping import tax rollout last week.
11:42 AM Politico Top Stories EU agonizes over using its trade bazooka to hit back at Trumps mega tariff
The bloc has an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other as it prepares for a tough encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump.
03:36 PM Politico Top Stories EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
“Europe is always ready for a good deal,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
10:56 AM Politico Top Stories Trump plows ahead as markets plunge
Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to challenge the president’s aggressive tariff regime.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Wall Street titans push back on Trump's trade war
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
06:49 AM Politico Top Stories A Former GOP Education Secretary Thinks People Will Notice Trumps Demolition Job
Margaret Spellings says the president’s effort to slash the Education Department is a big mistake.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories Trump asks Supreme Court to block judges order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia’s deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”
12:07 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats look to ride anti-Musk sentiment to victory in Virginia nextAppeals court blocks Trump from firing two leaders on federal boards
The decision almost certainly tees up another Supreme Court showdown over the power of the president to control every aspect of the executive branch.
09:28 AM Politico Top Stories An anti-Trump Republican for governor tries to defy gravity in New Jerseys primary
Jon Bramnick is running to the right on immigration against his rivals for the GOP nomination.
05:00 AM Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true.
The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.
07:39 PM Politico Top Stories Therell Be a Shock: A Congressman Who Sells Cars Predicts Pain and Then Acceptance of Higher Prices
Rep. Mike Kelly says this is a long overdue "wake-up call" about America’s job-killing trade imbalance.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories The Hidden Loser in Trumps Auto Tariffs: Domestic EV Manufacturing
The president’s new tariffs on imported vehicles and his plans to kill a popular tax credit will likely torpedo demand for vehicles made by American workers.
12:00 PM Politico Top Stories Lee Zeldins push to gut EPA is giving him political heft in MAGA land
The EPA administrator's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.
04:00 PM Politico Top Stories Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg
With a historic antitrust suit looming against Meta, could the company get a reprieve from its new ally in the White House?
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories All the presidents salesmen: Senior Trump officials hawk MAGA-friendly products
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted a fast food chain’s fries. And then there’s Tesla.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories House GOP leaders vow to push forward with budget vote
Growing conservative backlash to Senate-approved plan hasn't yet derailed Speaker Mike Johnson.
03:22 PM Politico Top Stories Trump's pro-Palestinian activism crackdown closely mirrors a plan from the creators of Project 2025
As President Donald Trump was seeking to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation quietly released a blueprint to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement. Many of its recommendations have since become policy.
02:00 PM Politico Top Stories US officials: Trump has been flooded with requests for trade talks
Brooke Rollins said countries are "burning" up the phone lines to talk trade.
12:02 PM Politico Top Stories Barbara Lee was supposed to be a lock for Oakland mayor. Why is the race so close?Judge reaffirms order to return Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador
She rejected the idea that the Trump administration has no power to bring the deportee back.
09:48 AM Politico Top Stories The Canadian Whos Donald Trumps Oldest EnemyLe Pens Save Democracy rally falls short of expectations in France
The French far right has framed the verdict against Le Pen as an attack on democracy — but was unable to attract a large crowd to a rally of support on Sunday.
01:00 PM Politico Top Stories Keir Starmer vows to 'shelter British business from the storm' of US tariffs
British prime minister promises to "turbocharge" plans to improve the U.K.'s competitiveness this week.
07:01 AM Politico Top Stories Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
The president is pleased with Elon Musk, but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.
11:17 AM Politico Top Stories GOP senators line up with Democrats to oppose Trump's Canada tariffs
A loss on the Senate floor Tuesday would represent the most significant Republican rebuke of Trump's second term.
07:47 PM Politico Top Stories Democrats look to make a play for GOP turf with surge of new candidates
"This puts a lot more on the field," said Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.), a co-chair tasked with recruitment for the party campaign arm.
10:00 AM Politico Top Stories Republicans look to blunt Dems' advantage on family tax credit |